Twin Statues

Twin Statue of Liberties

She smiles during the day while everyone takes pictures with her

Stands proud, stern face as she represents the home of the brave

At night when all the picture snapping ends, she kneels

Tears run out her face…

She cries because the liberty that she stands for gets folded like a lawn chair

Even the breath that she inhales is tainted with the lies that fly by night

Considering she's representing home, while the brave are shipped off to fight

Do you see her twin…?

Her heart crumbles like those towers

Not even a shower can wash away the dust or that pain

As we live day to day watching the campaigns of people trailing to lead

She remembers nobody answered Katrina, Jena, but talked to OJ and Vick indeed

We're together but we're apart, every day we're drifting farther from our heart
but she still loves you, pull together maybe we can pull through

I know your mind is wondering "What does she speak of?"

She speaks the injustice that is displayed day to day by all of us

Talk the talk and when it comes to walking, excuses, like sprained ankles

Useless like raincoats in the sun, oh, because I got a good job, I WON

No, you really didn't.

She sees the crab effect that our people have

Consumed by nice millennium cars, rims, brand name objects, just that OBJECTS

That constantly effect US, she sees them laughing at US

"Look at them with the bumpity bump and shinny wheels

Let's see how that bank account will look in about twenty years!"

Like our ancestors of the past, when the sun begins to rises, she stands again

Trying to forget all the black on black crimes

Trying to move past all the civil rights that we take for granted

Trying to remove the 80% of colored that make up our prison system

As she lift her right arm high with a burning torch

Take a look at yourself and reevaluate your course…

Are you that twin…?

:Dre::