seneca village
So you mean to tell me
That I should remove myself
From my hometown, from my
Own land so you could build a
Park in New York….you mean to
Say you got army force upon
My people to leave our own area….
I mean we built this safe haven
For ourselves, for our babies…you
Got the nerve to tell us to go…
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Oh Central Park
Oh why do I feel eerie
All of a sudden?
Why do I see faces of long ago?
The grass turned to stone
Trees became hollow
And nobody noticed….
Well honey Central Park is a ghost town
Full of black people who had this land
To thrive til one day the government decided
To build a park, a park over every corner
Where people can jog and have family picnics…
All sorts of things….
So they removed them to somewhere else
They even killed the ones who refused…
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I know it’s ironic
To hear Central Park is haunted
But if you learn the history behind
That shitty park, you might understand
You might not….there are ghosts roamin
The pathways, sittin on branches cryin out
Revenge just cos someone wants to make a
Park, probably a white man who wanted to….
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You could thank the asshoe for makin
Central Park for hoverin over the black town
In New York….the government paved the way
To be more extra racist….to be more jealous of our
Black thrives….
We should have burned the Central Park to the ground
And fuck The government up for the unnecessary removal….
Honestly we should be removin them out of this land….
Not black people….
✊🏿💯© Kai C. 1-28-24