So I'm sitting her thinkin'
and thinkin'
and thinkin'
I'm thinkin' about where
.....where
.....where
Where have all our father's gone
......gone
......gone
Like the wind that is there, but we cannot see
....see
....see
Like the child that stands before you, not knowing the other side of me
...me
...me
Like the lines of this poem, that stretch farther and farther away from the last
....last
....last
Is Like the anger that grows inside of me because we do not up lift the pride of our past
....past
....past
Is like the young men we see locked up like animals in a cage, gone like the letter 'e' on this pag
My people, what happen to our glory days...
What happened to the time when our fathers would work hard all day from eight 'til ten
...ten
And daddy would come home to mommas corn bread, mashed potatoes and cornish hen
...hen
And Lil' man would be scared cuz he done sat up there and messed up at school
...school
And daddy would woop his tail, cuz 'daddy ain't raise no fool
...fool
All us kids would make good grades
...grades
Cuz daddy was CRAZY, and we didn't want to make him mad
...mad
Wazn't no such thing as not being a highschool grad
...grad
Mama would stay at home cleanin', checkin' our homework and hangin the laundry on the tree
...tree
wazn't no she's a gold digga'
It waz she's not workin'
Stayin' at home
Takin' care of my family
.......ly
Like the echo in my rhyme
...rhyme
Reverberating like the anguish in my mind
.....mind
The sins of our fathers have our young men locked up like animals in a cage
....cage
Our children are running around, lost and hopeless because of the neglect that breeds rage
...rage
I believe the children are our future...The structure that they need gone like the 'e' on this pag
My people, what happened to our glory days...
Miss and Mr. Little ones
....ones
please forgive us of what we've done
...done
Where have all our father's gone
...gon
...go
...g
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