Tatoos and All

Still a man you know Still got the blood flowing inside of me Still got my act together Still believe in the art on my body So long as you don’t profile me I am your brother I am your son I am your father I will be a grandfather If you let me live Got love to give Got faith to believe Got a job to do Got a family to care for If you free me from this bondage We are your children too This country is rightly ours too We choose to express ourselves this way Each pierce a symbol Stories untold to the world unless asked The skin caused us to be enslaved The tattoos show the emergence The mind is free The country spells freedom So why must we continue to fight for it Upon seeing a friend all draped up in tattoos and a wonderful young man who could be misjudged for the outer image.