FACES OF QUILT AND SHAME,![]()
OH SHAME ON U,FOR OVER 250 YEARS OF BLOOD,SWEAT,AND TEARS,
YOU'VE TRIED AND FAILED,UR WORDS ARE NOTHING BUT LIES,PAIN AND FEARS,
YOU BROUGHT ME TO YOUR SHOWERS, IN CHAINS,BEAR FOOT NAKED,HEARTBROKEN,
THEN YOU CLOSE, THE WINDOWS AND DOORS,OF OPPERTUNITIES,ROBBING ME OF MY FREEDOM,
A GOOD LIFE,SUCCESS AND PRIDE,SHAME ON U, SO MANY HAVE DIED,NO WAY TO RAN,NO WAY TO HIDE,
YOU CAUSE ME HURT,SUFFERING,AND AGONY, WHEN U HIT ME,WHIP ME,SPIT ON ME,TEASE AND CONDEMNED ME,
LACKING ME UP,LABELING ME AN OUTCAST,PUSHING ME AGAINST THE TIED,BUT I MAKE GREAT STRIDE,I SURVIVE, I LIVE,
YOU'VE TRIED YOUR WORST,BUT EVEN AT UR BEST YOU COULD'NT BREAK MY SPIRIT,CUZ EACH DAY,GOD MAKE ME
YET ALITTLE WISER AND STRONGER,YOUR WORDS OF VENUM CAN'T HOLD ME DOWN,MY SOUL IS UNWAVING,I AM MORE
DETERMING TO MAKE IT,I VOW I WON'T TAKE IT,I'VE GOT FAITH ON MY SIDE,I AM LOVE,CREATED BY THE HANDS OF GOD,![]()
OHYOU THROUGHT I'LL JUST LAY DOWN,ANDDIE, OR BREK DOWN AND CRY,OH WHY DID U WRONGFULLY, SPITEFULLY
HATE ME,U TRY TODENY ME OF MY RIGHTS, AS A MAN TO LIVE,YES I FALL DOWN, BUT I GET BACK UP AGAIN, I MAY
WEEP ALITTLE, SIGH ALITTLE, BUT I GET HIGH ON EDUCATION,WISDOM,RESPONSIBLITIES,TO MY SELF
FAMILY, I AM A MAN OF MANY,EACH ONE,TEACH ONE,SO HE CAN REACH MILLIONS,SPREADING THE
FOOD OF LOVE OVER HATE, OH SHAME ON TAKE YOUR QUILT WITH U.![]()
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