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I wish to Relay To all of my people the importance of sticking together as a team And that Because we have run through the preliminary trials as selfish individual, goal seekers we have barely made it to the finals, as if, winning our, “Race” is undoable or un-triable Have all but silenced the roaring power we gain from our people united cheering in the bleachers from plodding along as the dauntingly misdirected at a tortoises pace without holding ourselves accountable or reliable Almost destroying the chances of the enslaves life-long dream You see This Race Will be considered, Earths Final Race A Worldwide Event A sport in which our True Star Players are violently removed from the game by the officials or made to disappear without a trace Displaying our opponents, un-sportsmanlike conduct, their incapability for fair play And revealing foul play as their true intent Winning Earths Final Race will be determined by How well we get along Not by How divided we will stay weak How well when pushed down or held back we back down or turn the other cheek Yet How together we will stand strong Not How well we hold on to our opponents arm in case we fall and something goes wrong To which or how many of our opponents, charities we give to, or social groups we belong Nor what side of their political eagles shoulders we are flapping on No This is not the event where one runner runs for glory gains the gold medal and one soloist gets an award for best artist singing Their National Song This is a team effort Greater enslaved men and women have killed and died for lesser To run behind our people, in our “Race” for freedoms sake holding the stick of ambition and determination only to catch up with their own front runners and pass it on Yes This “Race” needs to relay How well we pass the baton If one runner falls, we pick him up and pass the Baton If another runner falls we pick her up and pass the Baton If another runner falls and so on we go on But not until our race is done We continue to pick our people up teaching each and every one of us how to, run’ our own “Race” without falling or having to say we’ve “slipped’” through the cracks And so on we go on Until the sound of the Starter pistol doesn’t have us scattering for shelter away from the tracks in fear of a gunner’s bullet being lodged in our backs And so on we go on Until the sound of the officials whistle isn’t a call for more troops to gather around our runners awaiting the signal to attack And so on we go on Until we have learned that to tie with those of whom have Beaten us at every turn in fact means we will never truly when our “Race” So to run for equality means we will always be running to meet the qualifications of another “Race” at a much slower pace Making the run for equality, a stumbling block cast before our feet, blatant stupidity, and utterly wrong Something of which we ignorantly insist on trying to accomplish or gaining the knack Implying that the proficiencies needed to stand as winners in first place of our own Race Are that in which we lack No By no means should this race be run Until the ability to act and respond as a unit is wholly and completely practiced and shown We pass the baton Until we have runners in place that will race to the finish-lined Up to receive the baton and are capable of competing at the highest level of every “Race” the world has ever known We pass the baton until we are at the beginning of our renewed race and every one of us is running along We pass the baton until we have a new Nation of our own We pass the baton until we all stand as a quire applauding each other for singing our own National song We pass the baton Until we are all united to stand as one people to race the finals and have won And can once again run our own “Race” Proud free and strong Yes I wish to Relay To all of my people the importance of sticking together as a team As we “Race” The Finals
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