We remember where you are leading us

We are not just dollar bills
I know because
skin thought to be flimsy
like the leaf from tree of knowledge.
Paid my flesh just for the sweet of success
Would you give your body
just for the change of stink breath
attempting to cheapen your soul?

No
I am worth more
than your scheme to rob me
with your games of temptation
yes you want me
because I am golden within
the child who is filled again
after you stole dignity from the mountain
I looked upon every mornin

I have awakened
from the nightmare of an age
exploited and raped
never I knew I had to pay
but I did and sacrificed my name
gave up what was sacred
just so children would not be shamed
Identities have no gravestone
when under cement
We paid to lay them there
yet whipped when we repented
no sense for next generation
to have blood shed
by just looking back

Driven underground
in the shadows of
Martial Law
Forced to crawl
Spoke in dissonance
under your breath
People Power
My silence pulled you down
A shout in the streets magnified
you never knew was there
Repression breeds resistance
you can’t stop our hearts from beating
you can’t stop our hearts from beating

Hustler in hushed intelligence
Don’t try to demonize me
What I smoke is to poison society
I inhale your drug
to get high on reality
Every morning
the sun will
crack
thru the darkness
like the underground
rumbling against the oppression
the stomping of struggling footsteps
have knocked on the doors
so spirits
resurrect

Love oneself, one identity
give back to countrymen
stop sellin out the people
just to feed the empty hole of
self-hate
trying to paint a white face
to fill the pocket of uncle sam
love our land
stop scratching an empty hand
gouging the arable skin
just to profit off sin

I am underground
from the shadows of
Martial Law
speak dissonance
under your breath
People Power
Silence shall push it down
Like a shout in the streets magnified
It never knew was there
Repression breeds resistance
It can’t stop our hearts from beating
It can’t stop our hearts from beating