Institutions Lyrics

These institutions won't mind to call you a defect

But ain't no red lines I come auto correct

The system is built just to keep us in check

The rich getting richer while the poor feel neglect

But what did you expect

Take some time to reflect

Redirect and inspect

Why their knee's on our necks

It all interconnects

But you must keep your respect

Cause despite the reject

It's our time to collect

From the institutions with no solution

To give back restitutions

At least redistributions or resolutions

Instead

We left with prosecutions of thirty-three percent

Of male youths

That's persecution it makes no sense

Forty-four percent, no ownership of our homes so rent

Keeps going up and we pouring up

Because stress is tense

Then commence the suspense

Of finding cents

Anyway just to pay

The Institution's expense

Our median wage is under thirty K

Their median wage I do not dare to say

We're overly present in jobs that do not pay

We're not represented in roles with the say

But I pray for the day for a way to convey

How our history's story is more than just dismay

In our people there's glory no man can take away

Nor the sins of their fathers will they ever outweigh

The heart of gold

Found in the souls

Of those who rose

So you can go

Grow to your goals

Down deep you fight

Keep your head high

Steep in the sky

See you are better than the lie

There is hope if we change

The little people's mind

A way to rearrange

So they can look with pride

Towards trust in the unity

Only God provides

But it takes looking back

Change the way that we act

Deconstruct our pride

Maybe we can pick up the seeds

Sown by the deeds that created these

Inequities that deny us a seat

We can achieve our fathers one plea

If you believe in MLK's words and dreams then you can agree

"No justice, no peace"