++Reconstruction-Poem

Black Man, How Did You Fall - We´ve Fallen But We Can Get Up

von Adisa Franklin

Black man how did you fall from such a high estate
When did it happen, what far and distant date
In Africa long ago, you had built great pyramids
Yet, you knowledge of how you did it has been cleverly hid

Black man how did you fall from such a high estate
You were made a slave that others love to hate
It is you that gave light to the human race
Yet today you can´t even keep pace
Loock at all you´ve given; you gave meaning to the word civilized
Yet today you are despised, looked down upon and often critized

Black man how did you fall from such a high estate
What caused this tragedy, who engineered this dark fate
Black man how did you fall from such a high estate
When will you rise again, how long must we wait ?
Before you, Black man, take a stand
And act like you know that you are a man
There are inside of you all the answers you seek
To make you strong again instead of so weak
So when your woman calls and says, where are you my dear
You can say with confidence, the mans right here.

Copyright by Adisa