YOU SAY WE ARE AN IMITATION
WE’RE UNORIGINAL
A LESSER VERSION OF OUR ANCESTORS.
WERE YOU THERE WHEN THEY WERE
STOLEN FROM THEIR COUNTRIES AND
BROUGHT HERE FOR YOUR ANCESTOR’S BENEFIT?
WHAT IS YOUR HYPOTHESIS BASED ON?
THE PARALLELS YOU WITNESS
BETWEEN THEIR BIRTH COUNTRY AND OURS?
BY THAT LOGIC, WOULD YOU SAY
A CHILD IS A LESSER VERSION
OF THEIR PARENTS?
AM I SIMPLY A COMBINATION
OF MY MOTHER AND FATHER
WITH NO SELF-IDENTITY?
WE ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE
THAT CAME BEFORE US
BUT WE ARE NOT THEM.
WE HAVE USED THEIR SWEAT
AND TEARS AS FUEL TO ESTABLISH
SOMETHING OF OUR OWN.
LOOK DEEPER AT OUR ISLANDS
WE ARE THE SAME MEAL AS OUR
MOTHERLAND BUT A DIFFERENT RECIPE.
WE EMBRACE WHAT MADE
US WHILE CONTINUING
TO ELEVATE OURSELVES.
DON’T RELINQUISH OUR
INDIVIDUALITY JUST BECAUSE
WE KEPT SIMILARITIES.
Soulely Spoken 