You heard of a back draft when it comes to fires

You heard of being blacklisted when it comes to being hired

You heard of being called a racist when relating some civil rights facts

So does it surprise you when politics get into these acts

For once we as black people find a suitable black man to vote for

He gets caught in what I call the whitewash to close the door

This is the land of equal opportunity and the land of the free

But as this election progresses that is not necessarily what I see

A presidential candidate picks a running mate for a ploy just to win

He does not take in account the state the country is in

He focuses on statements that he directs from the truth that makes it a lie

And some Americans can't see through the whitewash and that makes me sigh

So is America ready to move on and stop playing the whitewash game

I am beginning to see we have not and the game remains the same

(Copyright 2008 Gregory W. Bryant)