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Bantu African-American Warrior

Africa rains
Who reigns 
Raise Me Up from a tribe
 A group of traveling white men gave me a ride 
Brought us the African to this here place 
where are other types of men who were of red face
 they locked us up in caves and wooden boxes
Whipped shot and raped all our women 
and girls treated them like herds of oxen 
Son Of Darkness,  Warrior of God?
 if you call this Heaven
 you're wrong

 Bantu Bantu Bantu African warrior
 back-to-back-to-back to city-dwellers

 I was born and raised in the city ghetto side of town 
my mother left us with little food or money to live on
 the days of when Wine and Roses 
Where you live live live to be born free but government
 Still against you yes they condemned you 
In your homes and houses put a yellow sign on your door
 Tell you have to go back to back to back to City dwellers Bantu Bantu Bantu African warrior 
Picking cotton under the sun blazing in my face all day Feeding us at any time hardly never never water at bay
 Dried leaves in Mountain Mudd we do cover
 Mama I can't go 
Go on living this way 
This injustice it's driven me away
Inflation moving up in the value of the dollar
Going down and I don't think I have enough to go out of town 

Bantu Bantu Bantu back to Africa 
I'm no Warrior back-to-back-to-back to City dweller

Net prices our High Cost of Living 
We can't afford to buy anything 
But Lucifer still in the crowded Skies 
Mama this sandwich I ate what was in it 
It taste like that rat I killed was in it 
Burning leaves of our love garbage around town 
All centered here people hey on they say it
If you believe in Jesus He will send for you 
Send for you to come to heavens above
Back-to-back-to-back to City dweller
 Bantu Bantu Bantu Africa Warrior

5/16/70
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr  1970, 2020

Copyright © James Edward Lee Sr. | Year Posted 2020

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