THE 'N' WORD

In this modern day world We seem to consume The "N" word of hate The slave word for doom This word has been drenched In red from our blood It enslaved us like swine Chain dragged through the mud How fast we forget Those lynch mobs and scars The burnings and beatings Those hot branding bars Our freedom was taken Our humanity stole We were just that "N" word No body no soul Our women were raped Some men were castrated Black children were sold Our race was degraded With the crack of a whip This word was yelled out With each break in our necks The rope showed know doubt We were hunted like prey Then put on the block We were branded as slaves With a chain brace and lock This "N" word was use To take guilt out of blame Because it made us inhuman To be killed with no shame Yet after all of those years Of that suffering pain The use of this word Has weaken our brain We throw it around Like a word with no past But history lives on From the shadow it cast It's now part of our language In every sentence we say It shows off our ignorance In a sorry sad way There's no other culture And no other race That would embrace such a slur Or welcome disgrace Yet we as Black people Have done so for years Our dignity lost Without feelings or tears It's part of the reason We will never excel Or out-live our slums And Ghetto-ish hell