What is Social Justice?
What makes us different? What makes us whole?
What keeps entire Peoples from reaching their goals?
The color of my skin and the land of my ancestors
Has determined my place in this capitalist world of sequesters
And still, I rise every morning just as surely as the sun
With hopes of achieving all that I have dreamt of
I work twice as hard as you; my compensation divided in two
Wondering why in this lifetime I can’t be as successful as you
Must I lose myself in adaptation to fit in with my own oppressor?
No. That is not social justice. It is Their moral transgression
The answer may exist in this thing called diversity
If only we learned to cherish it as a valuable entity
My participation in this world deserves equal respect
The voice of my People you must no longer deject
But recognition is not enough to undo the demoralization
You must make reparations if we are to reach self-realization
Calling out your uninterrupted history of injustice and enslavement
Still, you continue to cage us in lucrative camps of detainment
The world is watching you exposed by our collective voice
And now, you must take a stand; neutrality is no longer a choice
Against us or for us, that is not our concern
We will achieve social justice until our souls no longer burn
We won’t desist, we will resist.
