"You need to get woke."
What does that mean to get woke?
To just follow along on who's more oppressed
And not draw to my own conclusion?
My black skin and my gender shouldn't
Dictate on how I should think and vote
I should be able to think about what's best for me
And not let the masses call the shots.
They will say that since I'm a black woman
That I'm at the bottom of the societal totem pole
And that I have to work twice as hard to succeed
It's just nonsense to yours truly
With the combination of my skin color and gender
I can make inflammatory comments about the majority
Get unmounted praise for those said actions
And be seen as "woke."
They'll say that the country is being led by a so-called "white supremacist"
And the red hats that his supporters wear is being compared to the white hood
That represents the lynching, cross burnings, and the real bigotry that faced the country
Apparently wanting to have a secure border and to protect life in the womb
Makes me apart of the Klan.
They say that we need strong black leaders
That will help our youth strive for greatness
But we dismiss the Larry Elders and the Carol Swains
As "Coons" and "Uncle Toms" because they don't fit into
The mainstream narrative of "being woke" while propping up
The DeRay McKessons and the Angela Ryes as
The pariahs of black empowerment.
We need to realize that we are
We are still enslaved but in mind
Thinking that we have it worse
Than our predecessors who went through
Actual agony and adversity just for us to
Spit on that by demand segregated spaces
Because a person dares to challenge your worldview.
We all want the big house, big cars,
And the big rings but we can't achieve that
If we're in a constant state of victimhood
And that the slogan "Make America Great Again"
Applies to us as well, we are not a separate
Group that's helpless and needs coddling.
I am my own person and I
Decided that this "progressive" way
Of thinking isn't the way for the future
Generations, thinking that the men in blue
Are our mortal enemies, and that phrases
Like "Pigs in a blanket, fry 'em like bacon"
Is enlightening.
I did my own research and
Drew my own conclusions and
I started to be more woke
But in my own way.
