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Cry

Have you ever seen a grown man cry???, watched as the tears swelled within the wells of his eyes?. it was 19 hundred and 65. On a ballroom floor at the Audubon where Malcolm's bullet riddled, lifeless body lie. As word went around, and finally came around, as to what had exactly gone down, bewildered, and upset My father began to cry. My daddy cried. Have you ever seen a grown woman weep??? Pacing the floor, restless,could not sleep. With her hands held high, and head hung low, she screamed, shouted my dreams, my dreamer where did you go???!!!!!! fore Dr martin Luther King, Jr. was no more. Overwhelmed by the news, emotions she couldn't keep, my mother said why??, why??? and began to weep. My mama wept. Have you ever seen a grown man cry???? watched as the tears swelled, within the wells of his eyes??? Just take a 'sec, and look into mine.

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