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Behind these Fences by E.L.

5/22/2018

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​Woe to these fences caging, we raging, us let us free.
Personalities crash and theories collide
masculinity gets confused with ego and pride.
Check ins, crash outs, and fake suicide
I'm not Maya Angelo but still I rise, but still I rise.
Look into these eyes, there is no we in this team
just so many I's, why can't we have a dream?
Behind these fences

Our thoughts get like the thickest fog, unable to see mountains
Actions flow like water, subconscious orders
make the heart beat faster sorta
like a computer without a user, knowledgeable hoarder
Brain teaser crowd pleaser, can we cross the border?
Black Islamic immigrants or terrorist for ya
Death to the infidels, not Isis, that's American lawyers
Behind these fences

When it comes to minorities, they legalized slavery
Slavery is existent for all of us within
We are dead and dying slaves seeking freedom once again
Who will make amends for the 13th amend?
I've done a crime so my life is not mine, beginning to end
locked down in our lockdown, these gates designed only to let us in
The Hole programming us to fear but need segregation
Behind these fences

Sleep counted; eat, play, counted; eat, sleep, repeat
a bunk and a number become a tomb and a tombstone
What was made to be temporary has become our permanent home
Behind these fences.
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