Answer to Question #176825 in English for alaysha harris

Question

I just gotta get some things off my chest

Oh, each and every time

Playin' in a park, takin' your jog

Sittin' on the couch, in your own house

Never seem to matter what we do

You think we don't matter, but we do

You got a problem, 'cause the city on fire

But you quiet when niggas die

Let the soul up out that body that we buried

You with God now you no longer have to worry

It's so hard to sing these words out loud

All these beautiful, precious black lives

Lost in the name of senseless white pride

Tears fallin' from my eyes

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Now it's time, watch my people rise

answer the questions based on the song lyrics above.

What critical themes does your text express? Which do you think is most important or meaningful?

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Answer 1

Racial injustice is one of the critical themes in the poem, which is the most important as the blacks are considered inferior while the whites superior. The poet talks about the dying Negroes that appears to be racially instigated. Also, freedom is expressed since the Negroes die and they are expected to remain silent. Such disconnect infringes their rights.