Tender-aged am I <br />Innocent as I am <br />Hear me NOW! <br />In modern servitude <br />Where the loading and offloading I am <br />At the battle fields <br />At the construction sites <br />In the factories <br />In market places <br />In the plantations <br />O' along the roads <br />Battered beaten and bruise <br />Burnt banished and abuse <br /> <br />Behold the future generation I am <br />But here am I <br />Vulnerable <br />Orphaned who is rejected <br />Abducted only to be exploited <br />Punished <br />Defiled <br />Mocked <br />Mutilated and drugged. <br />Today we are depressed but not crushed <br />Perplexed but not in despair <br />Sidelined but still in the race <br />Abandoned but not destroyed <br />Forsaken but yet God's chosen <br />O' hear me NOW! <br /> <br />Pretty bud I am <br />Growing out of mud am I <br />A blessed child <br />Tamed in captive mind <br />Robbed out of precious stone <br />Left me neither broken nor torn <br />But still a <br />Shining coal complexion I am <br />Treasure in the nation's eye <br />A hope for the future <br />A pure seed of true virtue <br />A fragrant leaf of uncorrupted nature <br /> <br />Today tears shed I am <br />Tomorrow scream upon the mountains am I <br />To those who are stealing our goods <br />To those who are derailing our milk <br />To those who had deprived us <br />That surely Africa will rise <br />African children will smile <br />Forever like in the sky...<br /><br />mohamed Alpha Ba<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/cry-african-child-but-africa-will-rise/
