game over

 What if I told you we were here before
Inhabitants of a land 
Sacred to our core
From the Black Hills to Badlands
Defacing can’t restore
Rape, pillage, constant exploit
 
Your Game is Over

What if I told you we were here before
Solidifying our existence by the Reddy Roar
Impregnated by dominance
Your Oppression I bore
No longer submissive
We won’t take no more
 
Your Game is Over
 
Bearing the weight of a table that was not meant for me
Setting four places
But all I get is a peek
Every now and again you get the decency
to speak 
Asking how oppression is going but never once stop to see
That you only enjoy your luxuries here because of me
 
Your Game is Over

“George, take a second rest, slumber and have tea”
I take you up on your offer
Place my eyes upon your coffers
And remind you once again
That my name is Malik
 
I hail from a home that you were too blind to see
Land of the brave and home of the free
Committing heists at high seas and you
Could only see
Uranium, Gold, Copper, and Me

Your Game is Over
 
What if I told you we were here before?
Sitting at the table while you ignore
My ordained task from above
Oh, Another glass? I’ll pour
My job as your slave
Are my chores

Your Game is Over
 
You got it wrong
See, you misunderstood
My creation from your side meant that I should
Stand right next to you as equals would

But the role you asked me to fill
I was glad to oblige
Your helpmate and wife
Your direction I would abide 
 
But that Game is Over

Oh, that extra space I created was meant for me
But you gave it away and called it network opportunities
When I reminded you 
You had the audacity
to call it affirmative action…hmph
 
Your Game is Over

Mansplain my pain away
Chalk it up to some biological inferiority
But in reality 
You created the rules of my exclusion because you could not compete
With my intellect and grace 
And assumed it had to be
A condition of my nature 
Without being able to see
That my femininity is what makes it great
But because you can't comprehend
my complexities you relegate
 
Me to the kitchen

But you fail to see
I'm stirring up a plan
I'm mixing up my plot
I take my time and bake it right because you must be stopped
Your tyrannical existence must be brought to the fore
We will stand for second class, no, not no more
 
Your Game is Over
 
What if I told you we were here before
Beta testing for years 
Constantly ignored
Propelled your favorite pastime to its current lore
Spending my mamas last 
Because it only took a coin

Your Game is Over
 
What if I told you we were here before
The pain of the abuse you long ignored
Because you sent your henchman
down to control
So now we take to these streets
To remind the world 
 
Your Game is Over

We say the system is flawed
We know…it’s your design
The results of this system continues to yield you blind
It was always meant to control us
Our Bodies maybe…but never min’
 
Your Game is Over
 
You keep us tied to these trees
Blame us for our existence
And continue to overlook
That lie you sold us and put it in a book
One that would send us to hell if we dared look
In between the pages that stuck
Together to hide the lies of the dreams you took

And tossed overboard while reading the middle passage

Your Game is Over
 
Put down the Controller
No more leveling up
The end is near
There are no blocks that you can one up
Prepare for the boss
Your hand has been revealed
You been renigging forever
It’s time for a Redeal
 
Game Over