Dixie Flag

Kill those niggers!
Kill those niggers!

screaming from the injustice pouring through such a crippled state
call me crazy, but I believe that racism is still alive
so quick to be ignorant with  no education involved
yes, the state that I live in hates its own

please, don't let me phase you
as I didn't ask to be born African American,
however, I am not ashamed to be such a great representation of my ethnicity
born and bred in Mississippi, I'm always reminded that I'm Black
but those same people refuse to associate educated, articulate, and intelligent to my name

makes my blood boil at the injustice
only seeing me as a "mammy" instead of a blessing of the South
not recognizing the fact that I'm a tax paying citizen
my Democratic affiliation seems not to compare to those shady Republicans
not even my historical black college seems to be equivalent to that of predominantly white university
never quite understood the anger that brews from being different

my ancestory worked hard for me to be something great,
seems like racial slurs are given more weight than my extended vocabulary

ha,
I laugh at you devils, running to the church on a good ol' Sunday morning,
last time I checked, the hate in your heart is ruining the image of God,
I thought we were supposed to love one another, instead of judging

have y'all seen that video of the recent hate crime in Jackson?
I guess news station thought it was worthy after a month and a half had passed

tell you the truth, seems like "white is right"
but not in my book
people are people, that's how you should see them
at the end of the day, my people have not overcome
not even to the point of being seen as equals
do they consider the fact that Martin Luther King died for social equality?

I cry.
I cry at the sight of innocent blood that trampled on the concrete
young white teens thought it was cute to kill someone over his color
how stupid and ignorant can you be?
they might not even see a day in prison
that's just the way it is in Mississippi

you think I'm racist?
no, not at all
it's the psychological mindframe of those who came from Mississippi blood

the funny thing about it,
I bet those teens love hip hop music
bumpin' that Waka Flocka in their F150 trucks
repeating every word of the lyrics that spill of the oppression of the Black man,
as if it is something wrong to improve the state of the well-being of the minority race
gold teeth, tattoos, and weaved completely is how they would rather see me

the truth is disgusting,
but that is the very being of my Mississippi Reality
I have to remember that my state is still that of the Dixie Flag
where they would rather see me picking cotton instead of being successful

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De'Shundra Gibson, All Rights Reserved