To A Black Boy - The Free Design

I’d like to give you happiness and warmth

I’d like to fill each day with joy as can be played

But I’m wise enough to know it can’t be done

I’d like to give to you a life that’s built on hope and trust

When love can stamp out cruelty and crime

I’d give you wealth and fame and free your walk of shame

But first, I’d give you freedom

Give you freedom in your time