There Is No African Oxygen
There is no African oxygen
White or Black or grey
we share same oxygen
No racial carbon dioxide
all respire carbon dioxide
no one breathes in oxygen
and breathes out oxygen
Black, White, man, woman
rich, poor, disabled or not
There is no African arithmetic
calculations give same answer
one plus one is two,
no racial answer indeed
no citizen has more limbs
European or Chinese
two legs, two hands they have
Then why are some so poor,
and others so rich?
Why are some so dominating
and others so enslaved?
Why are some so proud
Listen; whatever you are
whoever you may be
you are human being first
others follow in the tail
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