Americas Nightmare

Americas Nightmare

You See…I am a member of an elite group…

Even though it constitutes within the 99% percent of those with the 1% of the wealth it

Contains 100% of the ambition and potential that exists within our society that

Still silently sees us as 60% of a human being but constitutes 75% of the money spent per day

While our men populate 60% of those in prison, but only 15% actually deserve to be there while being profiled 85% percent of time…but hey…you do the math

This group

Which Continues to live the dream that King laid for us while,

Remaining awake through a great revolution and

Keeping in mind the notion of the ballot AND the bullet while also

Surviving the nightmare that seems to never escape us day by day

Dreams of success and happiness continue to formulate within our minds as we

Take baby steps in hopes of reaching the promise land

Constantly and consistently fighting to not be a statistic while

Remaining simplistic and artistically linguistic

Being somewhat materialistic but never seeking unrealistic needs while being opportunistic and

Taking heed to the system that is not designed for us

And taking the road less traveled which ironically is a road aligned for us

We are known as the Invisible Women and Men

The Ralph Ellison’s of the world

Hidden from the masses because the media and the government only focuses on things that demean our race by making those the headlines while the things that matter most, which would allow us to maintain our pride and boast….are swept under the rug

It’s a disgrace that in the light of positivity, negativity seems to overshadow it

However the reasons that we are constantly overlooked is because we have the power to singlehandedly take this world by storm, and the government cannot STAND it

So they have PLANNED it by planting it, drugs, liquor and guns, as a way to attack EACH OTHER

As way to keep EACH OTHER from uplifting EACH OTHER

However recently we have seen past the mystification

Day by Day teaching one so that each one can be the future leaders that we have become

While the government fights to increases those numbers of us imprisoned because

What is currently happening with our race is not what they envisioned

So they arrest us for petty crimes to break down our pride

Like for hopping a bus or a broken tail light

While those that possess the wealth are ones who are the real criminals…..but I digress…

This group…the Invisible Women and Men

Are Indivisible, and becoming the new Nat Turners and Booker T Washingtons…the new talented tenth

Becoming more involved by social change while possessing knowledge of how the world was and is

Successful in every regard with our fist silently in the air….Excellence while showing society that old habits die young

Obtaining power by the use of our knowledge and character…Not in our wealth

Instead of being granted our 40 acres…we are earning it

We are slowly showing the world that we refuse to lie down and be attacked

Because you see this group that I belong to….that we belong to are our dreams….but Americas Nightmare…..Young….Gifted…..and Black