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Dymond Horton Poem
Stereotypes
So now you join an equality club and think you’re an activist
You seriously wanna get hired but now a high school graduate
It’s really really sad that it even had to come down to this
Oh my God!!
You going against racism, profiling, and produce brutality
But behind closed doors you killin yo own, this I reality
Can’t wear a colored scarf in public, it’s the hood mentality
Just because you wear that color they shoot. Got the audacity?
Back in the day they made us work for free, manual labor
But nowadays you can’t even get a job. Do me a favor?
Pull up ya’ pants, fix ya’ collar. That’s what they pay attention to.
You try to get a job, they dismiss you before the interview.
We got it hard being black, yo.
The hatred and the despise.
Shout out to the Central Park five
And Korey Wise
Not like the other guys. Only there for support
And we here today in and outta court
Man quit goin’ to jail.
How you help your family?
Gotcha “baby momma” workin’ 2, 3 jobs. This is a tragedy.
You think you get all these chances? No, man this is insanity.
You get one chance to get it right, then you’re in the system.
Police shot a man, thought a brush was a gun, now po po po the victim.
No I’m not dissing you, just giving words of wisdom.
Don’t give in to the stereotypes. It’ll ruin your life.
They can’t wait to call you an animal because you got in a fight
They called us monkeys and that n-word, and you here repeating it.
Can’t find anything else to say? It’s like the insult...hmmm... you’re needing it.
You should be a part of a movement-matter of fact- you should be leading it.
Instead of calling each other that, you should be defeating it.
Yes, the world can get outta hand. But it’s all according to God’s plan.
So don’t try to change destiny and end another life man.
Copyright © Dymond Horton | Year Posted 2021
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Dymond Horton Poem
This is not easy to say out loud because I wanna keep it to myself
But I guess I gotta pull this book off the shelf
I wish I could tell you someway else
But I gotta do what I gotta do with the cards I was dealt
I love the way you think and I love the way you play
And I love the way you conduct yourself every single day
I love the way you work and I love the way you grind
And I love the way you control what's on your mind
I love the way you love, although it may sound selfish
But I love the way you care and I can't help it
I love how you act when you don't care who's around
And I love how you're the most handsome young man in town
You say my smile brightens your day, but how you think it got that way?
You see my smile when you bring it with the little things you do and say
I love your goofy demeanor and your happy spirit
And the joy that I can feel in your voice even when no one else can hear it
I love your patience and the way you understand
And how you provoke me to do what I can
I don't love you because you love me or how you make me feel
But I love how much I want us to have a future for real
Tupac said "forever isn't forever" but my love would die, never
I love spending time with you. I LOVE when we're together
And i love how you open your mind and retain information as if your head was partially severed.
I love how your laughter lights up anything going on in my head
And how you got determination to go out and get this bread
And how you're my motivation to get up and get out the bed
And how you want us to go to the top, and not stay down instead
I love how you're honest with me about the way you feel
And I love that God loves you and will help you heal
I found love in you and there's nothing, anybody can do
I wanna be in your life until it's through
And I wanna do it right, stand at the altar and say "I do"
Ouu this is why I love you
Copyright © Dymond Horton | Year Posted 2021
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