Lookin' down the road

I guess the inspiration for this piece is obvious.  The tragic shooting death of Trayvon Martin, and the beating  death of Shaima Alawadito led me to a conclusion.  There are a lot of scared , violent, and deadly people walking around right now.  It's this elephant in the room it seems.  I wish I could just go on about things, smiling as I go about my business.  It is getting harder and harder.  Elections are being drawn across moral and religious lines,  and this only serves to create new divisions and deepen existing ones. It seems easier and better for mankind if we come to terms with a simple fact; we all want the same things.  A safe place for our kids to play, air to breathe, a safe spot to live, enough food, clean water,  and the ability to see the doctor for most basic health needs.  I mean, in general, the basic needs that all human beings need to thrive. THRIVE, it means more than , just staying alive.

  THIS DESIRE TO LIVE THIS WAY, TRANSCENDS ALL INCOME LEVELS, AREAS OF ORIGIN, AND ETC.....IT IS UNIVERSAL!

    My personal hope is that this becomes our mindset. and then filters our every thought as we go on with our lives, over this long, mean, negativity ridden, nation grieving hate crimes, summer.  We are all Americans: European Americans, Asian Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, Native Americans, gay Americans, straight Americans, Christian Americans, Muslim Americans , Jewish Americans, Atheist Americans, etc..etc...

The common thread is Americans, we are all together on  this wide, vast  land.  If we see each other as neighbors, rather than members of groups that look and think differently than the group we look or think like, then maybe we won't be so quick to hurt each other, with names, and fists, and hands, and iron bars, and knives and guns.  I love America. Thank you.




  PEOPLE TIRED OF GETTIN RIPPED OFF, THREATENED IN THEIR OWN CASTLE

LIVIN BEHIND A LOCKED GATE HAS GOTTA BE A HASSLE

YOU MOVE TO LA 'CAUSE THEY CALL IT THE MELTING POT

NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D GET BEATEN TO DEATH AT HOME, KINDA FIGURED YOU MIGHT GET SHOT

WELL, SAY HELLO TO MY UNCLE SAMUEL, HE'S A STRANGE OLD DUDE

SOME FOLKS THINK HE'S CRAZY, SOME FOLKS CALL HIM CRUDE

HOODIE'S

 WILL NEVER

 BE THE SAME,

 THAT YOUNG BOY,

 IS

 FOREVER

OUTTA THE GAME

MY UNCLE'S PLEASED TO MEET YOU, HE'S PLEASED TO TAKE YOU IN

HE'S PLEASED TO SHOW YOU A LITTLE CORNER, WHERE YOU CAN FIND YOUR FAVORITE SIN

LIVIN WITH MY UNCLE SAM IS A PRETTY SWEET DEAL

YOU CAN FIND A NICE WARM PLACE TO SLEEP, IT’S NEVER HARD TO FIND A MEAL

HE'S GOT PLENTY OF WORK YOU CAN HELP HIM DO

HE'S GOT OVER 300 MILLION DREAMS, AND HE'S GOT ONE JUST FOR YOU

MY UNCLE SAM IS CRAZY COOL, HE EVEN LETS YOU OWN GUNS

 SAM  JUST WANTS

 TO ASK YOU THAT,

 YOU MAKE SURE YA KNOW

 IT'S A PERSON YOU'RE POINTING AT

ALL THE DEATH AND VIOLENCE, SEEMS LIKE A TERRIBLE WASTE

LIKE TO SEE US GO A DIFFERENT WAY, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE IT WITH SOME HASTE

MY UNCLE, HE'LL LET YOU PRAY, JUST ABOUT ANY KIND OF WAY

HE REALLY WON’T GIVE A SHIT, IF YOU NEVER CARE TO PRAY.

CAUSE IT DOESN'T FAZE HIM IF YOU BELIEVE IN NOTHING ANYWAY

SO PLEASE BE KIND TO MY UNCLE, HE SMILES WHEN YOU PUT IT THAT WAY

THIS SUMMER LET'S GO SEE OUR UNCLE; HE'S IN EVERY BREATH WE TAKE, THE CHOICES WE CHOOSE TODAY, BECOME THE FUTURE THAT WE MAKE.

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