How I Gain Respect? Poem by Cherokee Akan Ewe

i finish what my Ancestors
from direct to indirect didn't get the chance in the flesh
to due
and that's real...
on my watch
ain't no aspirant catching bullets to the back or face or stomach
ain't no welfare gon be no fathers to they children for generations on my watch
cause a business expansion and education to fill mindsets ritefull is realer
leading em out safe and sound
with a monetary allotment available for emergencies
some call it scholarships
but we call ours emergency setback funds
and being real per every step you fill me on the back on the page
getting hyped about it all raising chillbumps on the indigenous skin
separating from the caucasians called whites or blues and dem blacks or browns called african americans
dodging the same thang in anywhere where racism exists
and that colorism infects infants at a young age displaced to the brain
then again they might have already been like that before occupying a body
and if you think and know respect ain't real?
then okay and go for what you know...
i don't gain respect from adults
i gain respect from my Ancestors and the At-Risk Youth know what i'm saying?