Be R.E.S.P.E.C.T.E.D. by Loquacious Mind

be R.E.S.P.E.C.T.E.D.
reflect ethically
speak poetically for equality
and cast thine enemy down

because prejudice
couples with ignorance
as Afro-America's poverty rate
in its lower thirtieth percentile
black brothers and sisters ostracize
one another from their own culture
newjack Gentiles
using the tools of-
foreign accents
national origins
figmented pigments
inventions in skin types
without scrutiny
lost along the line of descent
who continually believe they are
truly a People of Color unified
utilizing the same tactics
which segregated and enslaved
not just a people
but a nation

Jamaicans who hate Haitians
making no sense wholistically
'Rage Against the Machine'
slave-chasing Black men
in Blue because this machine
is only a system investing
Red and White
tax dollars in the billions
to punish, pursue and ensure
it is absolved of all crimes
committed against those people-
African

reasons why he remains poor
unemployed indebted to Society
misunderstood stood on disliked
discriminated stereotyped crucified
walked on stepped over overlooked
looked past passed by passerbys
demoralized criticized scrutinized
by equal opportunity employers
forsaken shunned exiled
outcast cast away forgotten
misrepresented by Congress
ignorant frowned upon as primitive
almost primordial disorderly
substandard imperfect
dressed in clothing lines designed
by the very object of his mental
preoccupations listening to
a particular type of music
acting a certain way towards others
lost along the line of descent like
he exiled set apart from the crowd
ignored disrespected
ultimately unelected
for two centuries

Black America has since been
nonexistent as a whole statistically
wanting to live a timeline
in which it has knowledge of
but no wisdom to complement
wanting to live a lifetime
an era who sacrificed for equality
across all races, religions,
ethnicities but be He:
the only one present
whose use of sociological
Ebonics separates We:
Pieces of The Pie
from the Whole
and protects itself seemingly
from the very eyes of God
even still ignore the cries
of white brothers and sisters
only asking for forgiveness
for being wrongly accused
of crimes they personally
never participated in
but rather
inherited

because we are
newjack Gentiles
Communist cultivists
creating products
Weapons of Mass Distortion
reforming social construction
birthing young ones
into a world
with no oceans
Tequila Sunrises
beautiful sunsets
turquoise skies
minus the ozone
Sonny's and Cher's
of tomorrow
subtracted the Bono's
the Have's and Have-Not's
Don Knotts's who Do-Not
have an understanding
of what it means to
be R.E.S.P.E.C.T.E.D.
reflect ethically
speak poetically for equality
and cast thine enemy down
and neither will
our children.