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My Black Anxiety

The sky just reminded of faith I walk away Soon king will look up one day I’ll even feel the blessings of summer air With graceful energy I wouldn’t care if it rained See I’m a black man with something in my mental My vernacular is perfect My smile is expensive My skin is dark but beautiful as liquid gold I shall die on the road while innocent Candles shall light for my remembrance Never mind you can’t kill me I been rich I know all my amendments Dinner with people who ancestors spoke the N word but I never hear it Opposite races building a friendship We can not control the message it’s so encrypted I cheated on every female that was a princess Wake up in the morning to mentions I fall victim to my inner pride Tall glass of vicious wine I’ll go to sleep around dinner time Key lime pie as she finish lines Victimized myself as I’m approaching wealth I go missing all the time A cell phone wouldn’t help Deleted numbers And I change phones At the gun range with saint Moses When the hunger came I became hopeless Full stomach now with the same homies Everybody wanna put a name on me As I awake It’s a must that I check the safe To much money on the line Haven’t seen my son in over 70 days Visits to my mama grave I’m still a slave Locked in my room I’m shocked I’ve been groomed As an House N Who am I without them Shocking This jewelry is my bell I’ll never be able to run away Invisible plantations in America today

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