My people, Blacks unite! by Danny K

Close my eyes and imagine,
A world where hate runs thin,
Where my people stand together,
Instead of fighting within',
Uniting as one race with shared ancestry,
Not forgetting the past and our own history,
Being proud of who we are and what we've become,
Yet remembering that there is still more to be done,
Malcolm X and Martin Luther King can't be the only ones,
That gave their lives to strive for equality,
Something Obama's presidency doesn't guarantee,
So as I say this how many will sit and cower in fear,
Afraid of rising up and grabbing hold of a dream,
As I remain on fire never losing steam,
Thinking of the masses of people taken from their homeland and packed into ships,
Only to die before realizing the destination of their trip,
Or the many people who stayed alive only to suffer generations of enslavement,
Then Jim Crow with police with water hoses pushing them onto the pavement,
Leading up to mass incarceration due to high racial discrimination,
With many blacks trapped in jail cells and their own minds,
And now in 2010 we walk as if everything is fine,
But in my mind that history remains clear,
It's hard to stay ignorant when the truth is right there,
Staring you in the face day to day,
And I don't know if it will ever be okay,
However, I won't give up,
I'm going to continue this fight,
Until my people, the Blacks of this nation unite!