Love Poem: Black Man Blues
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Written by: Keorie Mcmillan

Black Man Blues

I’m trying to be strong 
Something telling me to hold on 
Cops kill us all
While everybody phone is on 
Gaining attention to the cause 
Give us the same empathy you give a dog 
Mice Vick had to sit longer than y’all

Can’t even remember names
Playing picture games 
Put you on a shirt worship you for a day 
But by next week it’s another you 
Another colored man blues 
First Sandra now breonna they taking our woman too
Now we all in tailored suits 
Life is bland like plain rice 
The same color of that Chinese meal cops cooking us like chicken in plain site 
It’s a shame right 
I’m learning the game in silence 

Writing names on the back of jerseys before games I’m excited to see my colored man blues
Colored man made the news
Colored man became a stain for you 
Now we all dead 

Protest the block 
Like a million man march 
The world started appreciating our mark
Receiving hatred from narks 
On the pavement it’s dark 
Sit and wait no mrs.parks
Black rose grew from the concrete 
All praise due to Allah
Plus whatever God you worship 
Notice first kid 
Blacks dying everyday
No wonder we have a bunch of kids
 Can barely feed em just teach em while you here 

We could disappear before fait 
cops take us away 
Didn’t even know my purpose 
Seen God after blue lights I was nervous 
I was sweating and ran away 
Now my name on every page 
Don’t let the names go in vain 

Colored man blues 
I’m a colored man to 
I eat colored man food 
Get sick then eat colored man soup 
I need colored man blues 
Just so a colored man can snooze
So many colored man made rules 
I have the colored man blues 

But here I rise and stand 
Knowing I’m a man 
Colored or not 
I’m going to earn my spot 
Kill me cop 
My legacy 

They never forgot