Dear Future Fam

Dear future fam, if you're hearing this now I been through a couple battles But I'm holding it down I been screaming at the stars Hoping to make a sound If fate carries me to you I guess it didn't drown out the noise And I don't know your names But I can hear your voices Telling me to keep going Until reality blows me back And asks me what am I doing I took a step in a foreign land They can't understand me Cuts in my wrist mirror my soul Abusers trynna brand me Bitter from metal chain links scars On my body Beat me down and lock me up But they cannot confine me They think they slick By trynna hide me Political rhetoric and legal jargon Don't define me And I ain't glorifying this life I'm just saying they gon' find out the hard way, The light of my legacy Is blinding We don't pray for better days We make a way from no way They strip our situations Down to litigation And tell us we not worth Staying on stolen land Quick to cover eyes And tie they hands Die for the American dream I can't even fantasize Nightmares Bout my brethren That capsized Land of the brave But won't take accountability Yea I got tears in my eyes The pain gets to me We break our backs And never return home I'm worth nothing But my labor is gold I've left everything and everyone I've ever known I hope the motherland Still knows Tell her I love her Even in this land Tell her I love her Even when they bury me, carry me Tell her I love her Tell her I love her