Michael is a high school senior who wants to join the Army when he graduates. He is worried that something could happen that would put him behind bars. He feels that it doesn’t really matter what he does, but that he will be found guilty of being black.
But when they put my father away
they said he had the eyes of a devil.
They say I have my fathers nose
But when they put my father away
they said he could smell trouble a mile away.
They say I have my fathers’ hands
But when they put my father away
they said it was for battery.
They say I have my fathers smile
But when they put my father away
they said he could grin in your face while he cut you in the back.
They say I have my fathers’ ways
But when they put my father away
they said he was always getting into trouble.
They say I’m just like my father.
Just like my father?
