Fortune Doesn’t Rest With Us-Devereaux Frazier

Danger

Black man ahead

There’s a cell-

No, that’s a gun!

Quick, fire!

Fortune doesn’t rest with us

Not with the politics and power structure

Lounging in black suits, blue ties

We pay at the prison bars, our lives are fines

For crimes we never did commit

They crown us with thorns and bitter remarks

When successful they mock and toss shit

On our names, on this legacy

Gold chains, rapper names

Fast beats, quick cleats

Long lines at social security

The plan was meant to deceive

And it’s working

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