My fellow African Americans,
This is not Stockholm and we are free;
Let’s not be victims of our land’s plans
To make us self-killers of you and me:-
Here we are murdering each other—
Thinking there will be no punishment
For killing a sister or brother—
Unaware of the death wish intent.
We’re hooked on a different syndrome;
One that is caused by back oppression:-
Its name is the Oppressor Syndrome,
And increases our self-regression.
With less, our ancestors learned to survive;
With more, let’s be aware and keep hope alive.