Live your Life

Tue, 04/24/2018 - 03:18 -- MELANIN

You live and you die right?
People change quick as day and night... right?
Don't live nobody else life
You can die any damn night
What's the point in living if you ain't living for you
What's the point in living if you're not doing what you want to do
Fuck what the haters say boo
Keep bossing up and keep doing you
Keep the real ones in your crew
Know that real only lies within a few
Make mistakes after Mistakes
keep striving for greatness and never pump your breaks
Your wins and Your loses you embrace
know that no one can take your place
Everything in this world is about race
Minorities get treated with so much disgrace
just because of the color of their face
and because of their neighborhood birthplace
If grace do something, it's on grace
If Demarcus or Samara do something it's on us
It reflects us!
We can't live our life because we're such a disgust
We can't live our life because they say we belong on the back of the bus
We can't live our life because we always quick to erupt
we'll I got news flash for you......
just like Anna don't act like Billy
just like Timmy don't act like Jimmy
just like Molly don't act like holly
Karra don't act like Tarra
Ben don't act like Ken
Chloe don't act like Halle
Demaria don't act like Damaris
STOP it with these labels.
You can do it even if your disable.
Stop trying to throw your dreams off on somebody else.
Your dreams are meant for you to life.
Their dreams are meant for them to life.
Learn your niche.
When you find it, give it your all.
Live your life in every inch and every pinch that you want too.

This poem is about: 
My community
My country
Our world

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