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Slave Song

There is an outhouse in the house One there for me One here for you For I am black and you are white God loves all his children, don't you know? \There's an old bus carrying folks like goods The back for me The front for you The weak is wrong and the strong is right God loves all his children, don't you know? \There's a colored church; there's a white Free in bondage Burdened and free One cross for me, one cross for you God loves all his children, don't you know? \There's a heaven yonder, and so bright I got passage And you will see The same heaven for me, same heaven for you God love's all his children, don't you know?

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012




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Date: 6/27/2012 7:03:00 PM
True God loves his children, but we don't always love each other like we should. I like how you described this :)
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