no we are not alike but we fall under the same oppression by the hand of the same aggressors who hung our ancestors it was your ancestors and my ancestors that followed and obeyed Jim the Crow laws and like our ancestors we will fall in line too no we are not our ancestors but like our ancestors we will March to the beat of their drum or we will die fighting the system formed against us how different are we now than Kunta Kinte was before Toby got beat into him Black leaders lead their people to slaughter how long does it really take to get to the promised land we show won't see it with our eyes open until we open our eyes and see we there but the devil won't leave
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Eaten Crow
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Charles2 says: Undefined. reading between the lines. The devils must be defeated, thus the beat goes on ...until its overcome |
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