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Free my people from the chains that confine us From the constant humiliation And hurtful ways that blight us Demeaning in purpose Senseless in intent Put down your tools of discord and relent Bring us peace and harmony And not the constant lament Free my people from the bondage Tethered around our necks That you keep tightening Causing pain in our mothers breast Give us peace, let us rest Let us illuminate the world Of which we are blessed Give us opportunities to be our best Free my people from the maze Of turbulence, denials, confrontation, and hate That is inflicted from cradle to the grave From the subjugation, that is laid Cant you realize we are the same Flesh and blood, love and hope? Free my people so we can be a part Of a cherished existence One with a compassionate heart Free from the strife that blight us Distorting our existence and daily life Its our privilege, its our right Do not steal our glory Or darken our light Free my people of the lies That is portrayed in history Right before our eyes Of our glory that is taken Now heads bowed, we are broken From the constant onslaught Of a negative design That has unhinged our people Leaving them behind Free my people from the wanton evil That is not of god but of the devil Not of the scriptures, but of a time When indiscretions and frailties ruled your mind We call on you to be just Open your minds, with mutual trust The pigmentation of the skin is of nature So how can you praise god And despise his creation? For the diversity it heaved From it's spores, it's seeds As nature replicates its difference Why not celebrate this beauty Why not pay it reverence? That of the one seed planted Many trees and branches vaunted Each a necessary part of expansion Not to be made a tool of division But a celebration of diversity of life.
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