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Stay Angry

I'm woke I'm atop bell towers in Philadelphia I'm on horseback in a dark night I'm on hills in Boston ready to fight I'm woke In this year 2018 And I'm angry at what I've seen I want our children to live Through this revolution Through the evolution To a sound solution I'm woke I'm angry I'm out of thoughts I'm tired of empty prayers I'm tired of innocence slayers I want a more perfect union I will stay angry Through every election Until the rising stock of death Finds its correction I will march With the bones of short lives And with the voices of survival's tears I will use my anger to darken opposition fears I'm woke I'm armed with anger I will defeat this apathy My leaders will be woke They will see

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018




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