The fear of being the new minority
Now that the millennium has come about
Cause some to be stressed and worried
If they're going to be left out
What goes around comes around
A truth forgotten by many
But why cry about what could happen to you
When we ask for justice
There wasn't any
But God said we should never be so wicked
Doing some of the same things you do
Scheming and planning to always do harm
Makes us no better than you
You may never admit you made my life deficient
So hope we listen to God
So yours won't be seriously different

Adapted from book of poems Looking at Ourselves
© 2004 by T. Duffy Afro Staff Writer

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