Not Long Ago

True history indeed 'Father Time' just doing his thing Distant memories, it seems But Miss reality forces us to grapple with this pain Manacles of the body and mind Yet, is the spirit still free, or not? So long to Jim Crow Even those infamous white sheets seem to have vanished It's funny but yesterday is all transformed into today Getting pulled over for the hell of it Blank stares and fake handshakes too Ballots not counted and others miscounted VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! We obliged and did the 'RIGHT THING,' or did we? Yet something called the Electoral College had the final say Enough! Wake up! My brother and my sister, I implore you We have worn out the snooze button on the 'clock of reclamation.' Now is the time! Yes, the precious dawn of a new millennium is upon us LIGHT! Soul-saving light in the morning with its refreshing dew Get Up! Stand Up! Reclamation is the ticket now and forever more We can't afford to forget the past, drift through today or dream of tomorrow YES, for it all was not very long ago