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In this modern day world
We seem to consume
This "N" word of hate
The slave word for doom
This word has been drenched
In red from our blood
It enslaved us like swine
Chain dragged through the mud
How fast we forget
Those lynch mobs and scars
The burnings and beatings
Those hot branding bars
We were hunted like prey
Then sold on the block
We were branded and bound
With a chain brace and lock
Our freedom was taken
Our humanity stole
We were just that "N" word
Without body or soul
In the belly of ships
We were chained to its base
We were stacked in tight columns
Lying deep in foul waste
The “N” word of hate
Was all they would see
We were no longer human
Just Beast who weren’t free
Black women were raped
Some men were castrated
Black children were sold
Our race was degraded
We were bred just like cattle
To make slaves out of slaves
We were forced into labor
And then forced into graves
With the crack of a whip
This word was yelled out
With each break in our neck
Their rope showed know doubt
This "N” word was use
To take guilt out of blame
Because it made us inhuman
To be killed with no shame
Yet after all of those years
Of torture and pain
The use of this word
Has weaken our brain
We throw it around
Like a word with no past
Though its history lives on
From the shadow it cast
It's now part of our language
In every sentence we say
It shows off our ignorance
In a sorry sad way
There's no other culture
And no other race
That would embrace such a slur
Or welcome disgrace
Yet we as Black people
Have done so for years
With our dignity lost
And no heart for lost tears
It's part of the reason
We will never excel
Or out-live that slum life
Of Ghetto-ish hell
We lost all respect
And we lost all our pride
We forgot all those tears
From those that have died
And yet we still use
This word on ourselves
When it means to be nothing
But a servant in hell
~ By AfricanBlack
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