hey how’s it going guys so thank you a date so I’m gonna do two poems today the
date so I’m gonna do two poems today the
date so I’m gonna do two poems today the first one is called summon and the
first one is called summon and the
first one is called summon and the second one I’m gonna perform its call it
second one I’m gonna perform its call it
second one I’m gonna perform its call it my skin so this first one it’s called
my skin so this first one it’s called
my skin so this first one it’s called summon and also thank you guys for all
summon and also thank you guys for all
summon and also thank you guys for all coming at such a hard edges to be able
coming at such a hard edges to be able
coming at such a hard edges to be able to do this
so they told me that all men are created
so they told me that all men are created equal but some just happened to try
equal but some just happened to try
equal but some just happened to try harder you see all men have wings but
harder you see all men have wings but
harder you see all men have wings but some just happen to fly a little higher
some just happen to fly a little higher
some just happen to fly a little higher all men tell lies but only some were
all men tell lies but only some were
all men tell lies but only some were called liars all men have a light inside
called liars all men have a light inside
called liars all men have a light inside that drives them but only some had
that drives them but only some had
that drives them but only some had burning fires but all men were invited
burning fires but all men were invited
burning fires but all men were invited to invite it to the party but only some
to invite it to the party but only some
to invite it to the party but only some receive fliers but all of them were
receive fliers but all of them were
receive fliers but all of them were invited to sit down enjoy themselves eat
invited to sit down enjoy themselves eat
invited to sit down enjoy themselves eat the cake but some didn’t receive
the cake but some didn’t receive
the cake but some didn’t receive anything they were quite late so how do
anything they were quite late so how do
anything they were quite late so how do you get to eat the cake is it a
you get to eat the cake is it a
you get to eat the cake is it a free-for-all first come first serve
free-for-all first come first serve
free-for-all first come first serve who’s early who’s late well ha I got
who’s early who’s late well ha I got
who’s early who’s late well ha I got there first of our beats you check mate
there first of our beats you check mate
there first of our beats you check mate see all men have the potential to be but
see all men have the potential to be but
see all men have the potential to be but only some really truly see greatness
only some really truly see greatness
only some really truly see greatness sometimes it’s hard to see it’s foggy
sometimes it’s hard to see it’s foggy
sometimes it’s hard to see it’s foggy it’s kind of missed it and while all men
it’s kind of missed it and while all men
it’s kind of missed it and while all men are special only some I really recognize
are special only some I really recognize
are special only some I really recognize taking down enlisted these wasted
taking down enlisted these wasted
taking down enlisted these wasted opportunities make you sick to your
opportunities make you sick to your
opportunities make you sick to your stomach I mean if I ever get another
stomach I mean if I ever get another
stomach I mean if I ever get another chance how can I fix it well if I ever
chance how can I fix it well if I ever
chance how can I fix it well if I ever get another opportunity there’s no way
get another opportunity there’s no way
get another opportunity there’s no way that I’m going to miss it all men have a
that I’m going to miss it all men have a
that I’m going to miss it all men have a candle within them but only some really
candle within them but only some really
candle within them but only some really lit it I don’t know what else to say
lit it I don’t know what else to say
lit it I don’t know what else to say they just get it and while all men have
they just get it and while all men have
they just get it and while all men have souls only some are lifted is it really
souls only some are lifted is it really
souls only some are lifted is it really fair to call that select few the chosen
fair to call that select few the chosen
fair to call that select few the chosen ones the talented the gifted
this second one is called my skin I know
this second one is called my skin I know my skin might look a little ashy right
my skin might look a little ashy right
my skin might look a little ashy right now I woke up a little too late to put
now I woke up a little too late to put
now I woke up a little too late to put on lotion today but I wrote this poem
on lotion today but I wrote this poem
on lotion today but I wrote this poem about my skin because I love it it’s the
about my skin because I love it it’s the
about my skin because I love it it’s the first day of the school year in third
first day of the school year in third
first day of the school year in third grade we’re studying Plymouth Rock one
grade we’re studying Plymouth Rock one
grade we’re studying Plymouth Rock one of my classmates raises his hand and
of my classmates raises his hand and
of my classmates raises his hand and exclaims ooh ooh my my answer just came
exclaims ooh ooh my my answer just came
exclaims ooh ooh my my answer just came over on the Mayflower now I didn’t know
over on the Mayflower now I didn’t know
over on the Mayflower now I didn’t know much in the third grade but I did know
much in the third grade but I did know
much in the third grade but I did know that my ancestors and I’ve come on the
that my ancestors and I’ve come on the
that my ancestors and I’ve come on the Mayflower but rather they were
Mayflower but rather they were
Mayflower but rather they were involuntarily shipped on slave ships
involuntarily shipped on slave ships
involuntarily shipped on slave ships packed like sardines and beaten with the
packed like sardines and beaten with the
packed like sardines and beaten with the whip beaten so the red blood gushed out
whip beaten so the red blood gushed out
whip beaten so the red blood gushed out they bodies beaten soda blue popped out
they bodies beaten soda blue popped out
they bodies beaten soda blue popped out they veins beaten so they was made every
they veins beaten so they was made every
they veins beaten so they was made every color of the American flag except for
color of the American flag except for
color of the American flag except for white so now it’s the first day of the
white so now it’s the first day of the
white so now it’s the first day of the school year in fifth grade and the
school year in fifth grade and the
school year in fifth grade and the teacher asked me so Evie what would you
teacher asked me so Evie what would you
teacher asked me so Evie what would you like to be when you grow up I told her I
like to be when you grow up I told her I
like to be when you grow up I told her I had dreams of changing the landscape of
had dreams of changing the landscape of
had dreams of changing the landscape of Education could I not see myself
Education could I not see myself
Education could I not see myself reflected in the curriculum I told her I
reflected in the curriculum I told her I
reflected in the curriculum I told her I had dreams of writing children’s books
had dreams of writing children’s books
had dreams of writing children’s books about Reconstruction and black history
about Reconstruction and black history
about Reconstruction and black history and all the other greatest black
and all the other greatest black
and all the other greatest black American Negroes and then she told me
American Negroes and then she told me
American Negroes and then she told me the possibilities were like zero so that
the possibilities were like zero so that
the possibilities were like zero so that day went home crying inside my soul was
day went home crying inside my soul was
day went home crying inside my soul was dying however deep down I knew I was
dying however deep down I knew I was
dying however deep down I knew I was nursing a desire to fly and all the
nursing a desire to fly and all the
nursing a desire to fly and all the while I knew we needed to soar and
while I knew we needed to soar and
while I knew we needed to soar and spread my wings so I started to write I
spread my wings so I started to write I
spread my wings so I started to write I spilled all my emotion
spilled all my emotion
spilled all my emotion pay-per-use rhyming words as my wings to
pay-per-use rhyming words as my wings to
pay-per-use rhyming words as my wings to soar in an effort put all my anger and
soar in an effort put all my anger and
soar in an effort put all my anger and frustration put it into verse in an
frustration put it into verse in an
frustration put it into verse in an effort to relieve the curse of being a
effort to relieve the curse of being a
effort to relieve the curse of being a large black male who appeared to be
large black male who appeared to be
large black male who appeared to be quite threatening but then you see I
quite threatening but then you see I
quite threatening but then you see I started to view myself as a black knight
started to view myself as a black knight
started to view myself as a black knight in shining armor see the more I learned
in shining armor see the more I learned
in shining armor see the more I learned about my history these memories of the
about my history these memories of the
about my history these memories of the past I started to wear as my armor this
past I started to wear as my armor this
past I started to wear as my armor this melanin in my dark skin brings me good
melanin in my dark skin brings me good
melanin in my dark skin brings me good karma so like Ralph Ellison I went from
karma so like Ralph Ellison I went from
karma so like Ralph Ellison I went from feeling like the Invisible Man from
feeling like the Invisible Man from
feeling like the Invisible Man from feeling like the Invisible Man to
feeling like the Invisible Man to
feeling like the Invisible Man to feeling like an invincible man now my
feeling like an invincible man now my
feeling like an invincible man now my history comes hope and inspiration
history comes hope and inspiration
history comes hope and inspiration through my veins trusting no one who
through my veins trusting no one who
through my veins trusting no one who tells me I can’t do something I will not
tells me I can’t do something I will not
tells me I can’t do something I will not be contained so even though my president
be contained so even though my president
be contained so even though my president may not be black anymore and my lambo
may not be black anymore and my lambo
may not be black anymore and my lambo may not meet blue my spirits are
may not meet blue my spirits are
may not meet blue my spirits are actually still pretty cool cuz I trusted
actually still pretty cool cuz I trusted
actually still pretty cool cuz I trusted my melanin filled memory rich skin will
my melanin filled memory rich skin will
my melanin filled memory rich skin will protect me from anything
protect me from anything
protect me from anything it is my shield it will tell me not to
it is my shield it will tell me not to
it is my shield it will tell me not to listen to any white man who tells me to
listen to any white man who tells me to
listen to any white man who tells me to know my place I’m gonna try and make
know my place I’m gonna try and make
know my place I’m gonna try and make everything about race it’s just that I
everything about race it’s just that I
everything about race it’s just that I do not believe that God branded my skin
do not believe that God branded my skin
do not believe that God branded my skin but rather he took his sweet time to
but rather he took his sweet time to
but rather he took his sweet time to make my skin grand God toasted my skin
make my skin grand God toasted my skin
make my skin grand God toasted my skin and then kissed it see the big black
and then kissed it see the big black
and then kissed it see the big black brute the strange fruit they grew to
brute the strange fruit they grew to
brute the strange fruit they grew to right from the tree that I hung from so
right from the tree that I hung from so
right from the tree that I hung from so I’ll cut my noose I’m free a big black
I’ll cut my noose I’m free a big black
I’ll cut my noose I’m free a big black man on the loose I speak my truth and
man on the loose I speak my truth and
man on the loose I speak my truth and now none of this stuff really faze me
now none of this stuff really faze me
now none of this stuff really faze me see I had straight A’s and now they
see I had straight A’s and now they
see I had straight A’s and now they can’t even try to degrade me shine my
can’t even try to degrade me shine my
can’t even try to degrade me shine my like bright illuminating all that is
like bright illuminating all that is
like bright illuminating all that is truth and love all the above and I love
truth and love all the above and I love
truth and love all the above and I love it
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