A Roaring Birds Poem by Raheem Lyttle Kiyaga

You who kept up down,
Kept up in bondage,
Preached hatred and tribalism,
To those who'd hurt and maim,
Tried to subjugate and segregate,
Just 'cause of a roaring birds.

From the time of Milton two,
Till the time of the next,
We're being put down,
Given the run-a-round,
No more will stand for this,
We're no ones step stool anymore,
'Cuz we need a roaring birds.

We've been treated like animals,
Herded like bulls,
Branded and beaten,
Made to feel less than human,
Hunted with a bulkseye on our backs,
A roaring birds.

Young people killed,
Thoughtlessness death is called fate,
But before their time,
Addicted to drugs,
'Cuz they're unemployed,
Shot in cold blood,
Our future taken in
Front of our very eyes,
You apply legco,
They pass your laws to
Make you feel better,
Your ground used for justification,
To erase us as a race,
To let bygones be bygones,
No more words how
No to your decision,
Let a roaring birds fly onto us.

Just let it be known that as,
Of this day will rise again,
That we'll not go
Quietely into the night,
We'll take our rightful
Places in the sun,
So let it be written, So let it be done,
Let a roaring birds fly.