The story of success 

The story of success 
Had been erased off 
Off the ground 
For some reason 

Certain townsfolk 
Get jealous of 
People who accomplished things 
So unapologetic....

It happened everywhere 
In a country where townsfolk 
Hide their own blood...you know 
This is history right? 

The story of success 
Isn't taught in school 
Hmm I wonder why 

The story of success 
Gets destroyed 
Cos people got better than 
Other people....
Better than townsfolk 

So what did they do?
They came with hoods
Riotin families homes
Babies cryin 
Men lynchin
Women screamed 

Stores
Schools 
Libraries 
Everythin was crashin down
Cos 

Townsfolk was jealous 
They even turned someone's county 
Into a lake...yet it became a ghost town 

The story of success 
Has changed into 
A haunted tale 

Where ancestors 
Walk around with so much 
Hurt...so much trauma 
And townsfolk be like get over it 
It's in the past to other generations from 
Their great grandparents 
Who witnessed the horrific violence 
The happenings 
The events 

The story of success 
Wasn't written in textbooks 
Cos 

America doesn't wanna admit 
The guilt 
They don't wanna go on 
A guilt trip.....

The story of success 
Is what I'm referrin to 
Black towns....

They were successful 
Til wicked white people came 
Over and burn our shit to the ground...
There are so many bones 
Still on the ground 
With broken hearts 
Askin why....

Cos townsfolk meanin
White people were jealous....
White America got so angry 
That black towns has a success story 
To the point they violently made it into a 
Myth..

This is why 
We should never forgive such a thing 
Even they apologized years and years later 
We shouldn't forgive....
We shouldn't forget....

Never forget the story of success 
In black towns 
Like black Wall Street 
Lake Lanier 
Senance village 
Oscarville 
Etc.

We need to learn about 
Them.... we need to learn
About how we didn't protect 
The story of success....
How a white woman weaponize 
Rape against the black man 
How the mobs of white men with guns
And ropes and matches from different states
And how black people tried to escape....

We get triggered....
Cos our people got abused from
Townsfolk white America
They were jealous of how more successful
We are...they were outraged
They were like y'all ain't allowed to be
Better than us, especially when we're under a
System of white supremacy... and the fact
They don't have power over the black towns....

I always think about black people are too afraid
Of buildin their own town cos of what happened....
And that they would give up...sad part about it is
Givin up is givin more power to white people...

Also we are conditioned not to be on our own
Only to be integrated with the other races...
White supremacy created divisions for black people
Cos white people need black people....it's another reason
To sabotage a black town a success story....

The only reason the success story
Has been damaged rippin off pages
Cos of envy cos they need us the most.....

They won't admit it....
They won't admit their wrongdoings
But their white privilege told us
That we don't talk about it...some of us quickly hush...
Some of us were outspoken about the success story....

When we talk about how success
These black towns were
Townsfolk would shake, tremble
With fear cos they know exactly what their ancestors did...
And they're benefitin from it....

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