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I SPEAK
let my ink run over like pots boil
with the widows olive oil
go inside and shut the door
come back out with so much more
I SPEAK
must be favor for good behavior
like a trustee I'm not rusty trust me
I'm no newbie back in my days
we smoked doobies we didn't
get killed for chucks and wallabies
I SPEAK
unfortunately we still got harassed
by officers of the law
those times done flew by
and they were not good times
there was blood in the streets
I SPEAK
we had to fight to stay on our feet
now it has looped back around
we are at repeat casting stones
at the police like it's the Middle East
I SPEAK
I speak of this war in the streets
of Bmore how can we be more if
we can't run to the store
shootings killings riots lootings
we continue to bleed more
I SPEAK
we need not ask what for
this country was built on war
no blood no revolution
I SPEAK
turn back the pages to
when we were black too many
of us crossed the county line and forgot
about that in order to move forward
we must fight them back tooth and nail
I SPEAK
“TURN THE OTHER CHEEK”?
we are already in hell
how many times do they have to
pound us in the ground before
we feel those nails
I SPEAK
though fighting back gives them
more reason to take us back
to when we repeatedly begged
them to call the dogs off
while they tried to wash
the black off of us
I SPEAK
no one ever stopped to ask
"WHAT DID WE DO WRONG"
getting along singing our songs
no cotton picking religion
I SPEAK
when we are off the chain
they take Satan off the leash
coz the last thing they want is
for us to be free
I SPEAK
may less blood spill and power
flow to the people
