By Sylvester Brown, Jr.
Aren't you tired?
I know I am. I’m
tired. Bone-tired of the ignorance, the backward thinking, the lies, the hate
and the reignited racism in the freakin’ 21st Century.
I’m so done with
the stereotyping of Blacks, Jews, women, soldiers and immigrants as criminals,
as “dumb,” as stupid, as worthless and as wanton murderers.
I’m sick and tired of listening to angry white
parents at school board meetings attempting to beat up on the LGBTQ+ community,
erase black history, ban books or rid classrooms of a “theory” that was never
ever taught in the nation’s classrooms.
How did we evolve (or
devolve) into a country where Nicholas Fuentes, a white supremacist, was
invited to dinner with the leading GOP presidential candidate who-by the way-thinks
Nazi-loving, white nationalists are “very fine people?”
It saps my soul
that my granddaughters must endure similar indignities of their grandfather, his
father and their long-gone ancestors.
Perhaps this is
why Beyoncé’s 2016 anthem "Freedom" adopted during Vice President
Kamala Harris’ first public appearance as a presidential candidate resonated
with me and so many other sick and tired Americans.
The song, which
was used as a battle cry during demonstrations following the 2020 death of
George Floyd, evokes the spirit of confrontation against the unacceptable.
Freedom, Freedom
I can't move
Freedom, cut me loose
Singin', freedom
Freedom
Where are you?
'Cause I need freedom, too…
Like Bob Marley’s “Redemption
Song,” Beyoncé provides a needed reminder that winners “don’t quit on
themselves…” No matter the odds, we gotta keep fighting…fighting for normalcy,
for decency…for my granddaughters.
With Beyoncé’s
permission, the Harris/Walz campaign has a theme song that captures the desires,
hope and wishes of-not just democrats-but a helluva lot of “others.”
Try for me,
live for me
Breathe for me, sing for me
Honestly guidin' me
I could be more than I gotta be
Stole from me, lied to me, nation hypocrisy
Code on me, drive on me
Wicked, my spirit inspired me…
As a “glass-half-full”
kinda guy, I like to believe there are millions of “sick-and-tired” voters who are thirsting
for a commonsense message that unifies beyond partisan politics. I like to
think there are conservatives who realize their party-under Donald Trump’s populist
spell-has gone off the deep end. I want
to believe that they, too, want freedom.
What you want
from me?
Is it truth you seek?
Oh, Father, can you hear me?
Hear me out…
Yeah, I’m jaded but I
hold out hope that a sizable segment of the Republican Party are not
down with a 2025 manifesto that condones workplace discrimination, dismantles
the nation’s education department; allows drug prices to skyrocket; that limits
individual freedoms while giving corporate interests free rein over the economy
and our future.
Yeah, I’m tired…bone
tired but I can’t be alone. I can’t be the only one…
Singin',
freedom
Freedom
Where are you?
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