[b]O ye fellow men of the black race
Shall we to these people feel inferior?
Nay,for we all were on this earth created
And no race was to rule another mandated

Gone they told us were the days of slave trade
Yet,obvious still the modernized formsare
When shall the black man free hinmself
From the fangs of inferiority complex?

On the high the discrimination is
Against we people pf the black colour
The humans they are but we are the apes!
Angels are white-skinned but devils are black!

Awake, O ye fellows from Africa
Shall we to their oppression surrender?
Nay,to gain independence shall we strive
Independence from slavery of the mind

Yours is strong physique but ours is the brain
Mockery of the highest degree this is!
No repect is what they've got for we blacks
And no successof a negro iswelcome

Why celebrating them to make them swoon?
Why are we on going to their to their countries so bent?
Why do we prefer their products to ours?
Back to us all these actions boomerang

It's high time we kicked against racism
Time to free ourselves from mental slavery
It's time to believe strongly in ourselves
For equal grey matter we all possess

O ye fellow men of the black race!
it's time for total emancipation
Shall we to these people feel inferior?
Nay,for all men were created equal

And ne'er shall we the philosophy accept
That their race is superior to ours!


DEDICATION>This poem is dedicated to the memory of the late Martin Luthger King Jr.


(c) A. Adeola Toriola
2006.[/b]

Hi fellow Nairalanders,pls post your comment on this poem, so that I'll know how really good I am in the art of poetry. Thanks.

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