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Poet: Ken Jordan Poem: Black Edited by: Sparkle Jordan written: September/1986 black black black My skin is black God created me what I am - Black/Strong heart and soul - Blacker than black black as a moonless sky black as midnight - black as Indigo - black as the Nile - I'm proud to be what God made me - black black black My talk is black My walk is black My America, is black Everything I do, I do it black - Black roots grow deep - My family is black - Africa black - Congo black Ethiopia black Zulu black - Blacker than black black as midnight - black as Indigo - black as the Nile - black black black I'll be black until the Ebony Universe, disappears - Yes, black is what I am - Blacker than black Obsidian black black as midnight - black as Indigo - black as the Nile - BLACK!

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