Black Mind
Liberation of African American Thought: inspired by Juneteenth.
The freedom of Black thought is always great for the mind. Make sure you’re liberating your mind.
The mental prison for Black youth is so unsavory. Do like Bob Marley told us and let go of mental slavery.
When you allow chains to stay locked on your brain it cuts the blood from your veins and you’ll go insane, oh what a shame.
Don’t give in to the lies that we’re told by imperialism that said we had to be slaves to materialism.
One of the hardest lessons you’ll ever learn is giving a confession that you have a lot of questions.
Dark boy, Dark girl. Don’t let your mind be fooled by this dark world that tries to convince you to chase dark pearls.
To all the young Black girls and Black boys. The freedom of Black choice vastly requires you to tune out the black noise.
Ignore all the lies of this world, we don’t need em’. The liberty of the Black mind is true freedom.
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Joe Patterson
Hi I'm Joe Patterson. I am a writer at heart who is a big geek for film, music, and literature, which have all inspired me to be a writer. I rap, write stories both short and long, and I'm also aspiring to be an author and a filmmaker.
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Beautiful story, I love it!