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Where We Stay

Marvin Gaye wants To revolutionize wrong rights And to god he rants Impeding all too familiar fights And Bob didn’t do that. So government reclines with a frown To a bob, who’s no rat. Question: Who did shoot the deputy down? The amorous BEP vs. The CIA, Blood, Cripps & KKK Odium to discrimination, carnage, affliction, inhumane and curses Hovering to hanker after this fuming tornado of human debts to closing stage And Alicia’s “streets of new York” All about street *oes And why they PREREQUISITE to fork And the dead with bullet holes Our fragile strength resembling wood But: “It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day It’s a new life, and am feeling good” And the children’s sun is where we stay Dedication to Alicia Keys, Black Eyes Peas, Michael Buble, Bob Marley, and Marvin Gaye

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Date: 6/8/2009 10:52:00 AM
Great Write. Dedication. Some Of My Favs Too. Peace. Boo
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Date: 5/26/2009 3:23:00 PM
Love all the artists you recognize in this great poem, Sajdah! Marley's recordings are certainly among the reggae world's best! Love his style. (And if you do figure out who shot the deputy, please tell Jason Castro who butchered the song last year on American Idol) Great poem that goes to my favorites! Love, Carolyn
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Date: 5/26/2009 10:24:00 AM
Amen. That last line says it all, that is where the light lives, and only there can we find the only reason. Awesome. love, Kristin
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Date: 5/23/2009 2:52:00 PM
This aint living!! got all Marvins albums, including the most hardest to get your hands on, Here My Dear! enjoyed this truthful tell of the many problems of life. enjoy your day.
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Date: 5/23/2009 10:03:00 AM
first i am a huge reggae fan from way way back i respect all the singers you mentioned and i love them all i am a new yorker from the heart and i will always be so i can relate to everything you said greattttttt poem bredren
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