African American History Will Never be a Mystery
For a long time I was owned Bound by chains and taking blow after blow I would not stand for this however And in defiance I learned numbers and letters
I escaped the chains that held me And would return one day to see my brothers free My time in Great Britain reinforced my beliefs And no matter what I would also seek Equality
The War Between States saw bloodshed But we the Union by abolitionists were led Despite the thoughts of men wishing to see slaves stay slaves The Emancipation Proclamation took those away those days
I saw the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments passed But the racism would see true equality dashed I would not give up as I fought too long and too hard And until my death, I fought to see healing done to racism’s scar
I left a legacy of defiance and noncompliance And believed equality had to be an alliance No one man can stand on his own And no righteous man should be on his own
I was African American and I spent my life Fighting for those with no power and born in strife My life will be remembered for history And the achievements I’ve made will never be a mystery
I was born also to an age of discrimination And it was known in my day as segregation Everyone saw it as separate-but-equal
But all I saw was racism made legal
I lost a friend due to the divide And in finding the truth, I would cry
However, that wouldn’t bring me down
As I would rise to take away Jim Crow’s Crown
I looked to the past as I went to school And I saw in history that nonviolence could rule The hearts of men and women alike And all it took was a leader for the path to be alight
I boycotted the buses and went against the racists who made a fuss And the recognition nationwide was also a plus I followed Thoreau and Gandhi and calmed the hearts of men
Who would be appeased with bloodshed right there and then
I was the son of a Reverend but I died for Civil Rights As I believed that equality could still reach new heights I wanted the inequality to stay in the past So we could thank god almighty that we are equal at last
I was African American and I spent my life Fighting for those with no power and born in strife My life will be remembered for history And the achievements I’ve made will never be a mystery
I was born in Hawaii and lived in the age after the Civil Rights Act And I would not let racism slow me down and that’s a fact I studied at the University of Colombia and before that Hawaii
And went to Harvard to get my JD Degree
I was in law until 1999 And politics calling me was what I soon resigned To as I started in Illinois as a representative and made my way to the senate And all the people that I helped would say that they don’t regret it
I ran for president and beat my opponent John McCain And this would begin the peak of my fame I fought for the ACA to help the lower classes And for the economic crisis, I wasn’t slow as molasses
I fought for the rights of the LBGT Whether it was gay-marriage or the repeal of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Act which had to be to me I faced resistance as I tried to deal with my foreign policy Dealing with the terrorists who tried to stop the spread of democracy
Despite not being dead, I made a legacy I was the first black president which is an example to be People hate and love who I am and what I’ve done But the president after me shows that we have not yet won.
I was African American and I spent my life Fighting for those with no power and born in strife My life will be remembered for history And the achievements I’ve made will never be a mystery
