THE MARATHON CONTINUES
I DID NOT KNOW HIM BUT I WISH I HAD
I DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE MAGNITUDE OF HIS COMPASSION BUT I WISH I HAD
I DID NOT KNOW HIS INVESTMENT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY BUT I WISH I HAD
THIS MAN WAS MY KIND OF MAN, HE TOOK HIS MONEY AND INVESTED, DIVESTED, REINVESTED, HARVESTED.
ONE THING I AM LEARNING, THE THINGS I THINK MAKE JUST COMMON SENSE TO ERADICATE POVERTY IS ALL ABOUT MONEY, IT IS TIED TO POLICIES, RULES, LAWS, DISTANCE AND DOLLARS.
IT IS NEVER ABOUT ABILITY BUTAVAILABILITY.
WE CAN
WE WILL
WE MUST
IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE HIS LEGACY NO MATTER THE COMMUNITY AND WE ALL KNOW THE COMMUNITY I AM SPEAKING; WE NEED TO DO IT OURSELVES MINUS THOSE WHO ARE HERE TO REAP AND CONTINUE TO HOLD US DOWN AND OUT.
A MARATHON IS A LONG DISTANCE RACE; SOME SPRINT, SOME WALK, SOME DRAG, SOME ARE WHEELED BUT WE ARE IN THIS RACE TOGETHER GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION.
HOW LONG MUST WE SIT ON THE SIDELINES AND WATCH OUR YOUTH BECOME PREY
HOW LONG MUST WE SIT ON THE SIDELINES AND WATCH OUR YOUTH BE LEGISLATED MALTREATMENT
HOW LONG?
NOT LONG; GET IN WHERE YOU FIT IN!
KEEP ON GOING TO THE FINISH LINE
KEEP ONGOING AS YOU PUSH TO 10CM
KEEP ON GOING WHERE YOU KNOW WE COULD GO AND SHOULD GO
KEEP ON GOING TOWARDS THE DIRECTRION OF UNITY, DEFIANCE, GOOD TROUBLE, ERADICATION OF THOSE LYING STATISTICS WHERE YOU ARE LEGISLATED THIS GANG BANGING MENTALITY
KEEP ON GOING TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING THIS WICKED SYSTEM THAT IS AGAINST YOU, AND ALWAYS HAVE BEEN BUT NOT ALWAYS WILL BE
KEEP ON GOING TOWARDS THE FACT THAT AMERICA LEGISLATE MALTREATMENT AND MALPRACTICE AND PROVIDE NO OTHER OPTION BUT TO STEAL, KILL AND DESTROY; YES WE ARE USED TO IT BUT AT ONE POINT WE LIVED IN AREAS SUCH AS WHAT NIPSEY HUSSLE WAS NOT ONLY ENVISIONING BUT CREATIGNG NOW, THE BATON IS YOURS
KEEP ON GOING IN THE CONFIDENCE OF KNOWING WHAT YOU HAVE WITHIN
KEEP ON GOING IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT TAKES TO HURT, HARM, KILL AND CHANGE IT FOR THE BETTERING OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY
KEEP ON GOING AND CLARIFY WHY YOU ARE DOING WHAT YOU ARE DOING
KEEP ON GOING IN THE DIRECTION OF UNVEILING THE WICKEDNESS OF THIS COUNTRY
KEEP ON GOING IN THE DIRECTION OF DIGGING UP WHY YOUR MOM WAS HARD, HARSH, BRUTE, MEAN, DISTANT COLD AND COULD NOT GIVE YOU WHAT YOU NEEDED, IT WAS TO PRESERVE CHILDREN SHE BIRTHED BUT COULD NOT PROTECT, COVER OR SAVE
KEEP ON GOING AFTER WHAT WE DESERVE AS A PEOPLE
KEEP ON GOING TOWARD STHE DEMANDS OF ADDRESSING INTERGENERATIONAL AND GENERATIONAL POVERTY, PTSD AND THINGS THAT IS UNWARRANTED, INHUMANE, ILLEGAL, IMMORAL AND UNJUST
KEEP ON GOING AFTER OUR INNATE BRILLIANCE, TALENTS, GIFTS, SKILLS AND BRING THEM HOME
KEEP ON GOING LOOKING AT HOW COVETED WE, SO IF ALL OF YOUR YOUNG PEOPLE LOOKED HONESTLY, INTENTIONALLY, AND REALISTICALLY AT THE 9 AREAS OF HUMAN ACTIVITY:
*EDUCATION *ENTERTAINMENT*ECONOMICS*LAW*LABOR*POLITICS*RELIGION*SEX *WAR and these LAWS, RULES, POLICIES, MANDATES, CODES, RED TAPE all are in place to maintain it, if BLACK PEOPLE understood that these atrocious, inhumane, unjust, maltreatment and malpractice LEGISLATED towards us through the #BenignNegligentPolicy #BenignNegligence is as a collective and it doesn’t matter our zip code, educational attainment or socioeconomic background that we face this, if BLACK PLEOPLE understood how EACH system not only overlap but prey upon, use, abuse, misuse and profit immensely off our BACKS illegally, unjustly, immorally, WE CAN FLIP THIS OVERNIGHT.
KEEP ON GOING AFTER ALL WE ARE DO THESE PAST 400 YEARS
KEEP ON GOING AFTER OUR REPARATIONS
KEEP ON GOING BECAUSE THIS MARATHON STILL CONTINUES BUT THE BEAUTY OF IT ALL; QUICKLY YOU CAN CONNECT AND INTERCONNECT WITH OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE IN YOUR SAME PREDICAMENT SWIFTLY
KEEP ON GOING BECAUSE I AM SEEING, SENSING AND FEELING A SHIFT AND IF CHANGE WAS EVER TO BE HAD, THE YOUNG PEOPLE LEAD IT