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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all…..he gave to this country a promise of service and loyalty and as a young boy he was told to put his right hand over his heart to make this decree…standing proudly in his classroom he was taught that all people are free and treated equally in this great land of democracy and freedom…at least that’s what the textbooks are teaching him….and then he’s hit with the harsh reality when he grows older and is forced to live by the formalities placed upon his people by their own institutional mentality….he then realizes that this life is not what it’s been said to be….his life no longer lived with the intent to see tomorrow…look deep into his eyes and you’ll see his sorrow….feel his pain…but they still point the finger in blame no longer known by his name but rather by his skin shade…..America, playing the game like chess while using our brothers as pawns…taking advantage of their mental neglect….they made these communities and called them projects then filled them with all types of criminal suspects that were numbered from birth….he will never know his worth….now they’ve taken God out of schools….they’re constantly making moves and filling grooves…it’s now left up to the church to show that love of God that’s within them…time is of the essence because they’re quickly locking them in the new Jim Crow system and calling it prison….need I mention how the neighborhood blocks have turned into cell blocks patrolled by crooked cops who make constant stops for their illegal drug drops….creating their own system of laws and regulations, fearing the moment when the brother gains education about the segregation or should I say incarceration that follows when they don’t follow the rules set by the boys in blue but is contrary to the representation of the Red, White, and Blue by which we live….how can he live with no proper upbringing, never taught the importance of morality or the difference between what’s spiritual and what’s driven by carnality so he tries to survive…to the best of his ability he strives….not showing his pain while on the inside he cries….remembering past teachings as lies so his anger begins to arise…he makes a promise to his mother that he will make a better life for them but a case of mistaken identity robs him of his freedom and now he is another product of the system but who knows the truth behind the Red, White, and Blue….America I’m asking you….this Red, White, and Blue that represents bravery, honesty, justice and truth….America, the land of opportunity now lacking unity…grabbing brothas by the hand to lead them to homosexuality in an effort to stop the growth of the black community….open your eyes and see what this nation is doing to you and me but we’re held back my our own inabilities brought on by our own realities which is the cause for our own fatalities….people are dying, time is expiring and he’s still nowhere near a breakthrough because of the limitations placed upon his life by this Red, White, and Blue……I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America…and to the republic for which it stands one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.