Congress was in session
to apologize for 400 years of oppression
in succession
America are you really sorry for the slave ships
for the bull whips
for the lynching and raping
for killing of slaves who were escaping
it’s a hole in your history that's still gaping
the selling and buying
of humanity
couldn't you see this was insanity
looting nations for their population
did this bring some consternation
where is the give back for lifetimes of free labor and breaking of backs
to the billions of dollars made off of crops and cotton stacks
America look over the facts
this land is a ceiling and floor filled with bleeding cracks
Is your apology done down on bended knee
You try to forget the atrocity with little civility
A monetary apology for those descendents of slavery
Would be a better way to say sorry
For the mass graves of African slaves
The separation of families
America this is your history
Like an open wound no way to shut it
murders, raping and maiming
I'm sorry just doesn’t cut it
