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African America Mind

People who were taken from Africa 
and taken to the shores of 
England and America 
worked night and day singing 
and humming songs along 
the way. 

They worked for years through 
their hurt and tears; they cried 
and worked everywhere. They 
sang songs to the sky about 
a living God in the by and by. 

They were freed after a Civil War-- 
how many dead, there's no score. 
Music was a way out because it 
 a better living is what life's about. 

First, there were blues, which became 
jazz; the world loved the music and 
it grew fast. Jimi Hendrix created 
rock 'n' roll,; James Brown was the 
King and godfather of soul. 

Hip Hop was created by the Sugar Hill 
Gang, which expresses the stories of urban 
life and youthful pain. Now it's the 
dominant music of these times 
and tells what's going on in today's 
youthful minds. 

It's music that makes people think and 
play, like they do today. Music of our 
future times will mostly like come 
from an African American's mind.

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