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Feelin down in the dumps Eatin potatoes wit lumps Livin in Buffalo slumps Wearing Reebok pumps Seeing the bums on the streets Lookin in dumpsters for eats Carrying cardboards for sleeps Askin for change to kept Within our hearts we wept Why can’t our people be strong Why can’t our breaths be long Why black money gotta be wrong Why people still in depression When God is givin us lessons Aint no time for restin Cause we gonna be tested Why must we have small minds And can not read between the lines Being a customer at rent-way When every week you have to pay Wearing hand me down socks Asking the land lord to change your locks And those ghetto girls around your house they flock Using television shows as your main clock. When will our mind sets change? And they stop looking at us strange Hidin their money as we come closer in range When will the people stop livin in the 60’s frame Sayin that we aren’t tamed And our excuses are lame And we are ignorant they claim Some people say they want out Instead of workin they pout Instead of talking they shout Why we have to be so loud Why can’t nobody be proud Why can’t our minds be sound Why can’t our purpose be found Why can’t we have it all? Is it because we think so small. If we thought a little bigger We will have 6 figures If we invest our money right We’ll have a much better sight If we weren’t so greedy There probably will be no needy And everybody will be fed These are the thoughts in head And now my thoughts have been said Small Thoughts. Sheryl Bates January 17,2005
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