When Will We Win?

“Do we expect the system made for the elect
To possibly judge correct?
Properly save and protect?
Materially corrupt
Spiritually amuck” Lauryn Hill

Corruption at its best breeds hostility, anger, and aggression. It causes rebellion, riot, revolt, and revolution. Corruption at its worst breeds peace and tranquility because at its worst, it doesn’t exist, it is honest.

What does one say for a corrupt society, justice system and government?  I say an unjust justice system will never protect the people. I say that a crocked government can never pass straight laws. And I say a society designed to profit none but the wealthy, keep the oppressed oppressed, the depressed downtrodden, and the rejects ignored is all but good for nothing better than preparing itself for hell!

In my dreams I hear the call
The call to awake
To awake from the slumber
The slumber that has kept us from arising

Arise I hear the greats say

Arise…we have arose in this country. We have waken up to find ourselves down and out, without a pot to piss in, a cup to spit in, or a fucking chair to sit in. We have awaken to find that we all are at the bottom of the food chain, awaiting disposal from those at the top. We have awakened to find that our pasts have been forgotten, our presents forsaken, and our futures formidable. We have awakened to the reality that our education system has failed us all and has no hope for our children. We have awakened to find that our focus on world poverty has left many more improvised at home. We have awaken to find that no longer is America a place of opportunity and justice but rather a shack designed to the keep the rain in and the sun out. We have awakened!

But where will this awakening take us? Will it leave us destitute of opportunities, ideas, and resources? Will it strengthen us to take back what belongs to us and rebuild a country that can truly be a model for what government should look like and how a society should function? Will it simply be another uprising that dies as charismatic leaders die off or get tired of the struggle? Will it end where it began?? A society built on racism and discrimination that in the year 2011 is afraid to re-elect its first black president for a second term that is well deserved?

Will the great cancer of America grow and continue to keep minorities at war with each other, with women still not getting their equal share, respect, dignity, and integrity with children unable to defend themselves in the face of cowardly people, with the mentally and physically disabled unable to get the proper support and acceptance in society that they are owed, with immigrants seen as threats rather than assets to this country, with the elderly being forgotten and cast off?

When will the universe really bend towards justice Dr. King? When will we finally be free Harriet? When will a change come Sam? When? When? When?

When will we finally win?