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What is southern heritage to me
Lynching, slavery and misery
Suppression of dignity and citizenship
Suffering under a madman's whip
What is southern heritage to me
Working myself to death - for free
Toiling on the old plantation
My contributions hidden from the world and nation
What is southern heritage to me
500 Trillion Dollars of work for free
Half a Quadrillion Dollars whites stole from us
We slaved while they sat on their lazy butts
What is southern heritage to me
Some whites wishing all blacks were not free
And because of greed and stories untrue
I hear people saying I’m better than you
What is southern heritage to me
Human beings hanging from the strange fruit tree
On their way to heaven they look down to see
Their murderers looking up at their bodies in glee
What is southern heritage to me
Water cannons bringing old women to their knees
German shepherds join in on the attack
Of so called policemen on unarmed blacks
What is southern heritage to me
Working until it's too dark to see
Tobacco and cotton bending my back
For clothes less than rags, a house less than a shack
What is southern heritage to me
A study in sheer hypocrisy
Flags wave in their hate filled glory
Representing only the white half of the southern story
What is southern heritage to us
To see this and shake our heads in disgust
Doing all that you can to reduce our esteem
Living a nightmare that you call a dream
What is southern heritage to me
Attempted intimidation, murder and other sheer treachery
Playing a part that I should not be playing
Not saying something that I should be saying
What is southern heritage to me
Code words for white supremacist racism perpetually
Honoring slavers for what they've done
The worst Megacaust ever witnessed under the sun
What is southern heritage to me
The opposite of true christianity
Confederate flags fly all around
And other symbols of hell are easily found
What is southern heritage to me
The spirit of evil has been set free
Led by the white supremacist man
Personified by politicians and the ku klux klan
What is southern heritage to me
Republican's southern strategy
Make the races fear each other
Control them both from under cover
What is southern heritage to us
Forced to ride in the back of the bus
Exploitation of our women and men
By state sponsored tyrants and terrorism
What is southern heritage to man
Something truly hard to understand
What represents man’s very greatest of sins
Southern heritage - and it should be gone with the wind
Copyright by July 2013 by Ben Walid
