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What Is My Name My Name Is Child of God

Test many people are unaware this relishing the thought Many things have been purchased and bought what is a human a thing Unless my color is my being Been birth and born Shackled dragged and torn Been a mess been established and put on a shelf I was Shipwrecked oh did I say I've been misled and mislead had my own land My own name Until slave masters game Sold for a price Did I say I had a name Why is it the price of freedom What are the ones that we can trust Why is it we're the only race who's been displaced Why is it that we're the only race who's been misplaced Why is it where the only race Whose name is not my given name Whose name is not my given name Say my name Notice ain't no Beyonce this ain't no Destiny's Child song This is serious It's been going on for too long Who am I what's my name And why you keep changing it Who gives you the right to dominate it Mama daddy where you at They keep harassing me calling me that name and every time I change every time I reframe Every time I turn my head I am live they change my name I don't know what's my name Who am I What's my name It's so many names I'm so ashamed I don't know my founding call Come on y'all Referring to Who Am I Who am I and what is my name Why is it my caucasian brother's has stolen my true name Why is it every approximate 10 years in America Approximate they change my name again And again and again every 10th decade It begins as such This is my curse Mike Ross who am I It that too ie your name What? Hold on not meaning of Christian name come again and What is my name This is the first Latin or Niger French word also saying in Spanish born ***** what ? European route in "Nek" just what does this mean Is this my name from Mother Africa also again 2 my understanding is it " NOK" NOK which means night. What? Am I called black because my skin is not white What? Alas nor is it light What is my name black African Physically and bronzed, tanned, dark gray brown, heavy black, blackened color Of the ground color of blood a clayed image formed by the hands of God Anthropologist scientist and my Caucasian Brothers a place the physical title My name is negroid that I am told but what is my name what is my name I can't even say it but you have changed it every decade America I am Niger I am Negroid I am Black African I am Colored I am Negroid I am black I am black African I am Afro-American I am black I am the only race his name is changed and every census who am I Why is it but I am one of many names What is my African name what is my original birth Why was I placed on this Earth who am I can I be in charge of my own destiny And change what is my true name what is my name am I Niger and my ***** Am I and okay and my NEK and my black African and my ***** and my Colored am I black am I black African am I Afro-American am i black who am I And what is my name and now in the 21st century I am now called African American but what about those that are born from Africa Are they African American What is my true name I've been called boy I've been called the n-word I am the only race it has multiple names Every ten years it is changed Who am I and... What is my name I've been called Niger Niger oh And he came in Okay black African ***** Colored Black Black African Afro-American Who am I Instead of my caucasian brother renaming me I think I just call myself a child of God Who am I and What is my name What's my name What is my name What's my name I love you all yes we've been through alot of turmoil And I hold you not to blame Because you've changed my name Help me Lord to reframe What's my name forgive our oppressors freedom to COME? God bless them I need to know from whence I came ..............And what is my name I am Negroid I am Black African I am Colored I am Negroid I am black I am black African I am Afro-American I am black I am the only race his name is changed and every census who am I Why is it but I am one of many names I need to know from whence I came ..............And what is my name 2/12/19 Written by James Edward Lee Sr. 2019©

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