Blackout

Black out

Black out

cut the wires

cut the cable

cut the cords

of the vocals

that make us known

in another man's world

we struggle to co-exist

with an equal

that continues to justify

that we are unequal

ignorance continues to be bless for some

not knowing

that they can make a difference

not knowing

that they can choose to change

not knowing

that they don't have to live up to stereotypes

not knowing

that now is the time for

change

they wander aimlessly

pretending to be blinded

so that they don't have to attempt to

distinguish sabotage from failure

black out

surround us in darkness

place us back in the holds of the ships

that brought us here

not like we really free anyway

we're watching the world change around us

one by one getting pulled into the confusion

each one leaving a streak as they sink to the bottom

of the melting pot

Damn, I don't even recognize myself anymore

I used to be so....

but now I'm just

so conformed, orthodox, so conventional

I am just like

all of them

lost in the storm of racism

drifting futher away from our own

no longer loving our own

losing focus

when we need to be trying to find away back home

black out

take it all out

no more telling big black lies

or crying black tears from black crime

black in

put back in

the black power

black pride

in the black dream

UNITY

so we can end the self-hate

because love has to start from within