Civil Rights Poems

Dream

"I have a dream" Martin Lurther once said

but the South ignored him and wanted him dead

Racism was known

and whites took the thrown

We know who wanted to rule

Because whites were just straight cruel

Freedom

Freedom is all is all they ask

blacks made it know that was their task

Even though they repeatedly got hurt

They weren't going to sit back and get treated like dirt

All they wanted was equal rights

But the South wouldn't agree and continued to fight

Day and Night they pray someone will finally listen

and stand up for them and find out what they have been missin'

Pray

They stand up and protest everyday 

While their souls repeat the words of pray

If only the world could see how they are treated

Maybe they could step back and stop them from getting beated.

They continue to kill them with kindness

While the whites only back with their finest.

Stand Up

Not knowing what shall come tomorrow
While Whites scream in their face which only builds up sorrow
Only wanting the right to exist with equal rights
But no one seems to budge and continues to turn off their lights
Only hoping and wishing they will be saved
For this is not the life they choose, so they shall not cave.

Color
Nothings is different besides the color they see
All blacks only wish to be equal and free
The only answer for the South is change change change
To leave their comfort zone and expand their range
They continuously lay their head at night
Hoping someone with stand up and fight for what is right