So Wait Slavery Was a Choice
So wait, let me get this right now
slavery was a choice.
So my ancestors didn't get brought
over here against theirs wills.
So my ancestors wasn't chained
and bound to a ship
So my ancestors wasn't brought
and sold like cattle.
Let me get this right now
slavery was a choice
So wait, my ancestors didn't
get beaten and murdered for
trying to escape.
And my female ancestors wasn't
raped and my male ancestors
didn't get beaten if they even
looked at a white woman.
Let me get this right now
slavery was a choice.
Slavery was never a choice,
but it was something horrible
that happened to my and your
ancestors.
So please don't say that slavery
was a choice.
Copyright © Tacara Turner | Year Posted 2018
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