We Can'T Breathe
Silenced, oppressed, tamed voices,
Tears of the innocents, amidst crisis
Genocides, massacres, fear of ISIS
Supposed friends of the masses, turned enemies
In the web of ignorance entangled
Deprived, cheated, manipulated, strangled
Betrayed by the ones we trusted the most
Became prey in the hands of whom we seek solace
As servants gasping for breath under our evil bosses
Hirelings like Shepherds, ravening wolves in sheep's clothings
They don't carry guns but their words are like swords
Piercing through the heart like fiery darts
With their mouths, they have hurt us
Tortured, condemned and maltreated us without a cause
They led us to mountains too high to climb
Perhaps we could fly but alas! they've cut our wings
They gave us laws to walk in them
There were too many of them
It became a very huge problem
But yet we must bear the emblem
The emblem of suffering and oppression
In solitude, kept at bay; in detention
They took our will and gave us wheelchairs
Still caged in our fears
We all have the right to live
And we have to live it right
Every lives matter, whether black or white
Its just diversity of creation, God made them so
But I have discovered something; its knowledge
Knowledge will break the edge
Ignorance is the spirit behind oppression
People perish because they lack information
You might just be free indeed
If you know you can
You can breathe and live again
But allow me show you the way
Its no other thing, no other one but Jesus
He saves, delivers and restores
He will breathe on you again
And when He does, everything comes back to life
Copyright © Israel Osinfade | Year Posted 2020
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