BLACK MAN
Beautiful black man stand be proud
Do not allow yourself to be boisterous and loud
Black man my brother look around you and see
And then ask yourself “what can I do to improve the community”
Black man I wonder where is your taste
To call each other “nigger” is such a disgrace
Black men, come forward, and take a look around
Do you really understand what’s going down?
Who’s killing us today, certainly not the Klan?
We are dying in vain by each other’s hand
To glorify drugs and promote violence we must take offense
Because self-induced destruction is sheer nonsense
Yes black man we must step up and be bigger
And stop thinking of ourselves as being nothing but niggers
When we look in the mirror we must see a positive reflection
And then guide our youth in that same direction
It is our duty to show the little ones’ the way
We do this by putting a black man on display
Not a clown who is bopping, strutting and swaying
But a man who stands tall, loves God and has no problem praying
Being a black Christian man life can be and does get hard
But we get the strength to go on when we praise the Lord
Knowing that we wouldn’t even be in the race
If not for his amazing grace
On a personal note I must say
It’s because of his love and mercy that I am here today
There is something else that I must interject
That is to treat our women with respect
They are not to be treated as if they come with a price tag
And they are never to be used as a punching bag
I also must take the time and state
The need in getting our priorities straight
It is ludicrous to wear $200 dollar sneakers on our feet
And our children don’t have enough food to eat
Running around town body draped in gold
While momma and the babies are out in the cold
These words are not written to shame anyone
But we must repair the damage that’s been done
We must stand up and take our rightful place as men
And then ask God for forgiveness of our sins
We must move in accordance to Gods plan
If we don’t we will become the late black man
Beautiful black man stand be proud
Do not allow yourself to be boisterous and loud
Black man my brother look around you and see
And then ask yourself “what can I do to improve the community”
Black man I wonder where is your taste
To call each other “nigger” is such a disgrace
Black men, come forward, and take a look around
Do you really understand what’s going down?
Who’s killing us today, certainly not the Klan?
We are dying in vain by each other’s hand
To glorify drugs and promote violence we must take offense
Because self-induced destruction is sheer nonsense
Yes black man we must step up and be bigger
And stop thinking of ourselves as being nothing but niggers
When we look in the mirror we must see a positive reflection
And then guide our youth in that same direction
It is our duty to show the little ones’ the way
We do this by putting a black man on display
Not a clown who is bopping, strutting and swaying
But a man who stands tall, loves God and has no problem praying
Being a black Christian man life can be and does get hard
But we get the strength to go on when we praise the Lord
Knowing that we wouldn’t even be in the race
If not for his amazing grace
On a personal note I must say
It’s because of his love and mercy that I am here today
There is something else that I must interject
That is to treat our women with respect
They are not to be treated as if they come with a price tag
And they are never to be used as a punching bag
I also must take the time and state
The need in getting our priorities straight
It is ludicrous to wear $200 dollar sneakers on our feet
And our children don’t have enough food to eat
Running around town body draped in gold
While momma and the babies are out in the cold
These words are not written to shame anyone
But we must repair the damage that’s been done
We must stand up and take our rightful place as men
And then ask God for forgiveness of our sins
We must move in accordance to Gods plan
If we don’t we will become the late black man
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