Please wake me when I’m free
I cannot bear captivity
where my culture I’m told holds no significance
I’ll wither and die in ignorance
But my inner eye can see a race
who reigned as kings in another place
the green of trees were rich and full
and every man spoke of beautiful
men and women together as equals
War was gone because all was peaceful
But now like a nightmare I wake to see
That I live like a prisoner of poverty
Please wake me when I’m free
I cannot bear captivity
For I would rather be stricken blind
than to live without expression of mind
-Tupac Shakur
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