If you ever wanna discover
\nA place of boundless treasure
\nWhere sisters and brothers can be found with
\nTalents beyond measure<\/p>\n
All one need do is
\nTear down these walls
\nWalk down these halls
\nYou’ll hear it in their calls<\/p>\n
Lyricists that could twist
\nThe best industry artists
\nInto knots without effort
\nWhile they try their hardest<\/p>\n
Poets and writers
\nPainters prizefighters
\nPulitzer prize bestsellers
\nCompiled on manual typewriters<\/p>\n
I’ve seen them heard them
\nBeen stunned into silence
\nBut these places are written off
\nAs cesspools of violence<\/p>\n
Some of the best legal minds
\nLiteral encyclopedias on cap
\nThe sharpest inventors
\nGuys who have memorized whole maps<\/p>\n
I’ve dazzled a few naysayers
\nWith my own creations
\nMultiply me by millions
\nThat’s what’s inside these plantations<\/p>\n
Untapped raw potential
\nUndiscovered genius
\nBut because of razor wire and walls
\nNone of y’all have seen us<\/p>\n
Most are here because of
\nLack of opportunity
\nLack of developmental resources
\nOut in their communities<\/p>\n
So they discovered their abilities
\nOnly after they fell
\nIsolated they flourished
\nBlossomed like roses grown in cells<\/p>\n
In here they found their voices
\nWhile out there they were silent
\nThe average one in here
\nWould shut down AMERICA’S GOT TALENT<\/p>\n
So if you wanna see ability
\nCome peer inside these cracks
\nThese prisons are facilities
\nOverrun with young gifted and Black<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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