Who Do You Blame Poem by Notorious Poet
Who Do You Blame
Who do you blame
For the hands that steal
For the crack you live for
Who do you blame
For your violent ways
For the drug babies
Who do you blame
For being black
Is it a curse
Or blessing
Who is lazy
Who is always blaming
Who is like a Jew
Who is doing wrong
And cries wolf
Who do you blame but
The liberals you vote for
Who owns the ghetto
Who blames the hand that feeds
Who do you blame
For the murders in your backyard
Who blames the cops
And crime sky rockets
Who do you blame for the bloodbath- by your very own sons
Who do you blame
For your race-bathing leaders
Who's legacy have they stolen
Who's being blind to common law
Who do you blame for fatherless toddlers, those welfare children
Who do you blame for being kept in the ghetto
Like animals are kept in the zoo
Who, who, who do you blame
Who burns my soul
Every time someone asks 'How about them black people'
Who is black like me
Who wears my skin
But doesn't carry it like me
Who doesn't think like me
Who worships money
But gives it away to the same-
Whitey who you blame for your misfortunes
Who the lawyers for
Who the bail-bonds for
Who leaves it at the grocery store
Who buys all that's drugs
Who kills for it
Who is in modern world
But lives in third world
Who must be kept in the ghetto
Who's cancer to hard working folk's-
Property values
Who goes and crime follows
Who is unwelcome
Who's planned parenthood for
Who is lost and unreasonable
Who do you blame
For being lost cause
So much for the legacy of-
Tubman, John Brown, Williams Still...
And what they fought for
Who remembers the civil war
How many lives was lost
Who was who
And who fought against who
Who do you blame
For wasting education-
courtesy at no cost
Who do you blame for your downfall
Who on purpose hurts themselves at work
Who is free-loader
Who angers me every time I wake in the morning
Who is black like me
But doest think like me
Who, who, WHOOOO! ! ! but you! ! !
Who belongs among the most-
brilliant in mind, in all mankind
Like Powell and Ben Carson
But who despise them
Who follows Al Sharpton
Blacks a minority race in predominantly White society has come from long treacherous road - from Slavery to Freedom. Structural imbalances in the State still affect many, whose journey towards economic advancement are still fraught with stumbling blocks. However, those criminal elements that dent the image of Blacks must come to terms with the potential for evil that is contained in them. An insightfully penned piece of poetry, well articulated with conviction. A lovely poem indeed. Thanks for sharing. Please read my poem MANDELA - THE IMMORTAL ICON. ➕9
criminal elements that dent the image of Blacks must come to terms with the potential for evil that is contained in them I don't think I have read a more elegant phrase than this Chinedu. I agree. Thanks for you insightful comments and for understanding in what I was trying to convey.
criminal elements that dent the image of Blacks must come to terms with the potential for evil that is contained in them I don't think I have ever read a more elegant phrase than this. You are very wise Chinedu. Agreed. I appreciate your insightful comments and understanding in what I was trying to convey.
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5/3/2024 11:54:26 PM # 1.0.0.1119
I agree in essence with what you are trying to say but when you break any human problem down in terms of blame based on color or creed etc you minimize the truth that it is a human condition. No one group or subset, but human nature in general, and should be worked on together as a human race. Thanks for sharing. Peace
Wouldn't we all like for that to happen Kelly. I was expecting much more criticism. But I appreciated your comments. Make sure you let me have it next time :)