The Machine

Why second guess how crack stayed on the streets
35 years ago we despised the governments hand-out
A family could not be so secure without being limited
The aggressors wanting to take hold
Drugs were the revolution
Presented as a way out of this organized crime ritten crusade
We forget to reunite and fight
Where are we now
How will we out shine
Out power
Out mind
The mastermind
Such thoughts will drive a village crazy
What do they want, a black family thats lazy
So clever but yet so daring
Such rebellion should be written in stone
We will not be tossed into the fire
But helping to ignite one of our own
Against the machine

Inspired by the film "Claudine"

William K. Butler