In the Way



Step aside, bruh ...
you’re in the way
Can’t you see that progress
is being stymied ... moving backwards
not forward
Hard earned labor now taken away
Constitutional high jinx:
changing the law
Democratic voodoo:
shrunken heads plotting in a closed voting booth
Every official act done 
is shrinking your liberty too
Step aside, sista ... 
you’re in the way
They’re taking us backwards,
from the ghetto projects to a Stonehenge cave
If you’re not part of the solution,
you’re a problem child
They’re blocking us in,
moving the goal posts again
You need to focus ... gain cultural clarity
Get past the who to the why
For your posterity 
are you brave enough to die?
If not, then get out of the way,
quit stumbling blocking
You’re too comfortable where you lay,
apathy is a sin ...
For the wrong things, you always pray
Aimlessly wandering,
with your G.P.S. needle wildly spinning
Your sense of direction
is blown askew in the wind
You’re in my way,
so step aside ...
Or you’re gonna have a bad day — 
New enemy, old friend
seems you’re going the wrong way again
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017


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Date: 9/14/2017 10:04:00 AM
Excellent statement thru verse my friend...well done Freddie...god bless...^WW^
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Date: 9/14/2017 2:16:00 AM
All I can say is WOW. In this circle of life, times and struggles do repeat themselves, This piece relates to the 20's 30's50's the 1960-1970's even right now today...(it's an arc a forever verse) Keep writing keep telling what we need to hear. blessings my brother James
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Date: 9/13/2017 5:56:00 PM
Once again you are absolutely right. The Washington establishment(and the states) is whistling past the graveyard, give up the ghost of your power, it's hurting the country. Well done.
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Date: 9/13/2017 1:14:00 PM
You've done it again Freddie. Blunt, well written expression with what you see. Keep up your great writing :)
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