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Killmonger Mentality

Bury me in the ocean where my ancestors live
Engulfing this vessel in waters created by tears
From over 400 years of suffering in this insanity
Fighting for inalienable freedom, justice & equality

For they knew it'd be better than living in bondage
Jumping overboard to bring discord to a stoppage
Rapeage, terror, murder & other types of atrocities
Treated like anything less than members of society

I'd rather be buried a G than to cower on my knees
To be free to be anything that I damned well please
Many can't see the forest for the trees in his story
Ignoring blood on the leaves to appease a majority

Acting like Shaggy by crassly saying "it wasn't me"
Even though it gave them all centuries of a lead
Telling people like me to pull up by our bootstraps
Sending us off to wars to receive encores of Taps
Written by da_poetic-edifier (Damon)
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