Class Is In Session

Trying to remember  How it all goes  Ask, and no one knows Pointing in every direction  East and west just more reflection  Inward retreat  from these external beatings  a slave in a land of dreams  filled with too many misdeeds  They say we've  lost our way, I say the compass we were given was pointed  towards metals. They say we are animals with bad reputation. I say reattach our roots and let us franchise our fruit. They say drugs run rampant  in our communities  but the stamp upon delivery  commemorated Elvis when MLK was an after mention. The government  has always meddled in our endeavors  Welfare, warfare of the mind It used to mess with ones pride to be given something  without work Now it's just what "We" do but whites suffer too It ain't about erasing  our color but eradicating our power they knew that would keep us down long after the finger pointing would end If we are too educate  ourselves, our education should  begin with our own turmoil  No where in our school system  will they teach this, instead, they separate docile from misfits  I asked for a hall pass once, instead of cutting up I found  my way to the library  and in the dustiest book section I learned the most valuable lesson, knowledge hidden away holds invaluable truth.