My Community

It's where I live

Where I grow

Where I dream of my Destiny

Destiny To Be

To be all that I can be

But I'm not enlisting in your army

To fight to make unknown people free

Free in the name of democracy

What about me?

Am I free or am I living in captivity?

Am I free to walk the streets in safety with no worries?

Can our children play in harmony?

With no threat of guy play in schoolyards

Or is being recruited in gangs in their cards?

Is that their destiny?

To be

To be all that they can be

But we're not enlisting in your army

To save the children of the world from a life of poverty

But who's saving me?

From healthcare that doesn't aid

From an education system that doesn't want to educate me

They keep cutting back and cutting back and cutting back

The cutbacks will leave us with no books to read

They'll be no teachers to teach

To teach me to lead, to soar, to achieve, to aspire

To be

To be all that I can be

But I'm not enlisting in your army

To fight half way around the world

My fight is here

My fight is now

It's where I live

It's where I grow

It’s in my community

Where my people and me are fighting to be free

Free to control our own destinies

Free to be all that we can be.

Savannah

Toronto, Canada