The Brown People
It's the brown people that wear the crowns,
Crowns of anguish and sacrifice and blood.
Across my mind their cries are wound
Their tears are in my eyes, a chain-stricken flood.
It's the brown people that live in my dreams
My doubts crunch under their marching feet
And their words strike me like lightning beams
Fists that touch heaven pay their sins' fees
It's the brown people that inspire me
That make me realize how far I've come
And in my hand they have placed the key
To the locks that are left undone
It is I that love the brown people
The fighters who did not give in to consequence
The heroes who fought love with evil
The God-given royalty that have made all the difference