"We are We"

We all could speak life

into the flesh of our existence

If we could be in the same sphere

With the flaws of ourselves

We weren't to be this lost.

We were 'Us'

Before we alleged to be Them

Their ways weren't our way

But we love to be 'Whites'

Knowing fully well their lies.

There's power in our altars

Still, we let go of our shrines

And scooted the ways of the Whites

that brought us to these sinful days.

Oh! Sin days indeed.

We shamed our ancestry

by looking after civilization

anything about our culture

Becomes old-fashioned in our

timid minds.

Let's turn back and be Us

If we want to live,

Black is adapting than white

Creation wasn't a clod when

He made us blacks.

We were beautifully made

And we are Africans

We are black

Black is our birthright.

"We are We"

~ Wale Fidel.

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