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YESTERDAY VIEWED AND RENEWED AGAIN
It is being pontificated
that we should be on the right side
Of history;
But if we were to do so,
We would be on the wrong side
Of ourstory:-
While many of us have won
The jeopardy of their history,
We’ve lost the truth of ourstory:-
Oh, it had nothing to do with “Trebecks”,
Just the lies wrapped around ourstory’s neck;
And the oppressors dancing with all the stars
While forgetting about all the racist wars
As they stream law and order’s crying shame
And the veiling of our injustice of the same.
Today they still say, the more things change
The more they stay the same;
To believe such is really to be a bit deranged,
Or one who has become insane:-
Hey…remember, those before us did more with less;
Leaving us less to do at our best:-
In the flowing waterfall of ourstory’s victories:
We’ve survived 400+ years of slavery!
We’ve survived the hangings of strange fruits!
We’ve survived the KKK’s racist war bombings!
We’ve survived the Jim Crow’s droppings!
We’ve survived unjust shootings and kneeings!
We’ve survived so much Sisyphus rock-like debilitation!
Oh, though we may not be exactly where we really
Think we ought to be,
Let’s praise God almighty, we’re not where we once were;
On this, we all can agree.
Thus, despite the blood-red devastating state of the nation today,
Nothing will halt our ebon liberty:-
As we continue our liberating labors of love, let’s be forever aware:
Only the worker dies, the labor goes on:-