I Am Only Me

I am only one person, cannot stop those men from conspiring.
I am only one heart and cannot stop it from desiring.
I am just me, cannot face these criminals alone,
but I cannot shut my lips, to remain silent is to condone.
I only have two hands just flesh, and bones,
cannot fight with the Palestinians all they have is stones.
I am one voice; solo, not backed by instrumental,
just speaking from my heart, words so detrimental.
I am just one person, can not feed the whole of Darfur,
cannot stop the tanks from shooting. Cannot put an end to this war.
I am just me brown skin and black hair,
I cannot take back the sixties but I wish I was there.
Marching and raising fist with eyes that glistened
it may not have been the best of times when you spoke they listened.
And if you had a cause worth provoking a fight,
then the people stood with you until injustice was made right.
But here and today its just me head in the clouds,
thinking about Malcolm if he was alive.
I am only me and cant bring back that time,
cannot wake the people up, cannot open their minds.
I am the lone soldier, and cannot help what I say.
Cannot take a flight to bust my brothers from Guantanamo Bay.
I cannot un-teach the lies, or reconstruct those buildings,
and I cannot stop my heart from having these feelings.
I am just me, a one man band,
but no one's dancing to the beat, and I cannot understand.
They tell me I live illusions, because I came to a conclusion,
and I refuse to be one of the ones immersed in mass confusion.
I am only one soul I cannot make them all believe,
I only have one voice, I cannot make their minds conceive.
I can only write verses, and hope that they read,
spit the truth at them like slugs and hope they don’t bleed.
Teach the truth to my children and hope they take heed.
I am only one person, I have only one choice,
I have only two hands, and only one voice.
I cannot make the people hear, cannot make them want to be,
I cannot make them take a stand, cannot force them to see.
I am only me.....