Tear it Down

A lyric loosely based off of the poem "Shoutout." It's the same general concept, but with a new perspective.

Tear it down, these walls of opinion.

Tear it down, this fight of oblivion.

This place, it bleeds segregation.

To live is an abomination.

 

Tear it down, I live to be a martyr.

Tear it down, I wish that you'd be smarter.

Any man is no better than another.

Every man should be treated like a brother.

 

This curtain of social segregation,

Won't be ripped without retaliation.

This fight is of utter salvation.

Fight the war of desegregation.

 

Tear it down, obliterate this barrier.

Tear it down and be a message carrier.

This fight is of utter reputation.

Make a change, destroy segregation.

 

Take a step into a new world.

Take a chance, face us with no lip curled.

We are equals and nothing can change this.

Just accept that we are your catalyst.

Reviews

[Annebelle Ashire]

Ashire,
My living - breathing - breathing friend...

You speak of the truth.
Not just for rhythm of rhyme,
but your words somehow flow strait from your mouth.
I am able to picture each word sputtered across their
faces...

You were wonderful - THIS was wonderful...

these words here,
"This fight is of utter reputation."
were shot everywhere for the silence around me to endure.

I can only hope that your thoughts...your voice...can reach those
who need it most in our society.

My Love,
And My Gratitude,
~*AC*~

[deadlife]

Amen!

Wish it could be torn.. I want.. it should be!
I'm happy i found such a profound writer here..Bless you dear.
undoubtely there are many..rather all, but still all are different!
Just perfect, or going to be.. :)
it's calm.. So am i.. You soothed my soul. Thanks.
Tear all those paintings..It's been so long they're hanging on these old..Cracked..Dead walls of our past.. Tear them all..throw them..dump them..burn them..anything...Do anything!
We want some new paintings with bright colors of hope..and love.. And purity. Paint these walls.. Make it new.
We all want to live..we've been surviving for times ago..now time's come to live! Don't let go this time. Do something..
Help me tear this one. . . . . . .

[Clouded in Hopeful Illu..]

This is a great and powerful poem. Even in today's society there is still plenty of uneeded segregation. I absolutely despise it and I think this describes my attitude towards it pretty well. The message itself is a timeless problem in the world.

"Any man is no better than another.
Every man should be treated like a brother." --- I love these two sentences. It really opens peoples eyes to the fact that we are all human, no matter what.


"Just accept that we are your catalyst." --- This is the only part I did not understand. I have no idea where this came from. Maybe I missed something.

[Lena Vanelslander]

Great, great, great poem with a terrific ending and a very important socio-political and every-day message. I adore poems who call for change (the good ones of course ;). If you would be in mygroup I would fature your poem ;)

[Dark Daughters]

Another wonderful and enlightening piece.

[Your Tasty Field Adviso..]

y'know, the hippies in the 60s would love you during the vietnam war. you could seriousely use this poem in that way. the segrigation, wrongly sought opinions, discrimination between human and human, brother and brother, and all the pain racism causes. unfortunatly all of the s**t that you talk about in your poem happens today still. i wonder when the human race will get past that s**t. anyway, great poem. if my comp id put it as a favorite, but for some reason its not workin the way i want it to.

[Star-Runner]

"Ay man is no better than another.
"Every man should be treated like a brother. This is a most wonderful two lines here. The whole write is truthful, This is very well written and excellent rhyming scheme going on as well, You appear to be very poetic.

[J.D. Pine]

How right you are. A good poem that dabbles heavily in truth. More people should read this.