"Their blood has wash’d out their foul footstep’s pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave, from the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave, and the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave, O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave."

These are the words of the Star Spangled Banner that we don't hear or sing; these lyrics are the reason Colin Kaepernick chose to sit during the National Anthem. Francis Scott Key wrote the "Star-Spangled Banner" as a diss-track toward black people, the black people who had the "nerve" to fight for their freedom. This could be why it took almost 100 years for the song to become our National Anthem. So I'm going to tell you just how anti-black the "Star Spangled Banner" is.

First off, Francis Scott Key, the man who wrote our National Anthem, was a racist. He was not against slavery; he owned slaves, and he believed that blacks were inferior to whites. Key was as pro-slavery, anti-black and anti-abolitionist as you could get during that time, so when he wrote the words "land of the free," I doubt he was referring to black people.

In the third stanza of the song, Key is saying that the blood of all former slaves and mercenaries will wash away the pollution of the British invaders. Many believe Key harbored resentment for blacks fighting in the war in return for their freedom against the United States; it made him even more upset that some blacks actually got the best of him during battle.

Most black people don't know that there is a third verse to the "Star Spangled Banner," meaning they don't know that the song we are standing for was not written for them. This song is one of the most racist, anti-black songs I have ever heard, yet, along with the American Flag, it is a symbol of respect and patriotism. Black people, if I were you, I would cut it out of your playlist.