I Washed My Face-
I washed my face
Yet I'm still black
I've sinned
Yet I'm saved by grace
The masters said I was an animal
I was his minion just his tool
To work like cattle
Mine ancestry of the slave
If one of them misbehave try to run away
They may have cut-off a foot, a leg
Now that this injustice behind us
Yet I still I wash my face
I'm not ashamed nor afraid
I live my days no longer a spiritual slave
You see now those chains broken i am freed
I am not disgraced...cause I have washed my face
12/4/21
Written by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021
Copyright © James Edward Lee Sr. | Year Posted 2021
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