Fighting A War
People dying
Children crying
Fear in those eyes
As another man dies.
The bombs are dropping
From heavan above...
Stop the madness..
Stop the blood from flowing along the ground...
Stop the tears..
Only then will you stop the fear.
The people are dying
We seem not to care
Won't anyone stand up for what is right?
We USE to have thousands on THEIR feet
Fighting the power
Fighting for what they thought was right
They fought without destroying another's life
Now we have brothers, husbands, wives, and sisters
dying ... because no one wants to fight the government.
No one really cares
There was protests for woman and their Right to Vote.
There was protests for ever race for Civil Rights.
There was thousands of protests against wars overseas.
Yet, know there's another and no one wants to fight back.
Everyone wants to send there children to death
Why wont anyone stand and fight, fight for there freedom...
and the life of their sons, daughters, and husbands
I Am
I am Martin Luther King
I wonder about my freedom
I hear my people's cries
I see segregation
I want integration
I am a man
I pretend to not feel excluded
I feel sadness
I touch the hearts of Americans
I worry about my future
I cry for the lives lost
I am hope
I understand your fears
I say want my heart believes
I dream of equality
I try to bring happiness and understanding
I hope for equality
I am a black American
I Am
I am Malcolm X
I wonder about my freedom
I hear the bullets shot
I see my people abused
I want to gain my freedom
I am justice
I pretend to be happy
I feel such sorrow
I touch the hearts of Americans
I worry about the well-being of my people
I cry for our losses
I am freedom
I understand MLK's preaching
I say we must fight
I dream for integration
I try to fight
I hope to win
I am a black American
My Wishes and My Fears
I am afraid of rejection
I am afraid of segregation
I am afraid that being hated
I am afraid that I'll be taken away
I am even afraid of being black
I am afraid of being beat
I am afraid of being killed
I am afraid that I'll be picked on
I am afraid that I will be spat on
I am even afraid losing my hope
I want to be free
I want to have integration
I want to be able to sit where I want
I want to go to school
I even want to be white
I want to have hope
I want to live
I want safety
I want a home
And I want equality
Most of all
Life's Lessons
I'm learning to become a soldier
And I'm learning to shoot a gun
And I'm learning to kill another
Not fight for peace, when I am out in the battlefield
And I'm learning not to spread peace
And I'm learning not to save human lives
And I'm learning (though it sometimes really hurts me)
Not to treat human's lives as precious
And I'm learning to grow cold, and hard
When I shoot to kill
And I'm learning that it's much
Much easier to be free
