WORDS SALEEMAH ABDELAAL
I’m sorry but all they’ll teach you is deceiving
Life isn’t all sunshine and rainbows
cause when the rain comes and the sun goes
It’s hard to find a meaning
I have so much anger stemming from pain
And I don’t think the hurt is worth the gain
Maybe you’re too young to hear my mentality
But who’s to decide when you’re ready for reality
I’m sorry..
We created this world and it’s pretty messsed up
There is always some type of fault in the way we grow up
I’ve watched other kids crying mama wake up
And she never did…
Silence…
Said the judge before he took a poor soul away
Locking up innocents everyday
Cause freedom of speech is just a phrase made to create a false sense of liberation in this capitalism fuelled world
See out there it’s easy to get killed over a word
Yeah words have started wars but they’ve also created peace
So don’t ever be afraid to share your piece and stand up to what you believe
Even if it leads to blood shedding or a flow of tears
You see I would rather get killed than live in fear
But let me step back
You’re growing up in a world where harassment is on the rise
Where people shame others for their size
I would love to give you my advise
But if I tell you anyone knows what they’re doing it would be delusion
See we are all the problem but we are also the solution
Yet we stumble around looking for answers in confusion
Refusing to ask anyone else for their resolution
Our ego contributing to segregation while trying to achieve integration
all on our seperate roads searching for the path to unity
We are meant to be one community
But the longer we are in peace with division and inequality the more we lose our humanity
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