[Intro]
The civil rights movement could not possibly been achieved by just black people. Many Native Americans gave their lives for the cause. Many White Americans gave their lives for the cause. Many Hispanic Americans gave their lives for the cause. Many Asian Americans gave their lives for the cause. Americans gave their lives for the cause. Dr. Martin Luther Kings gave his life.
The Declaration of Independence reads: We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal. They are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights. Among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
All men...are created equal
These words gave us power. They gave us a legal weapon. I don't' know if the founding fathers had any idea what effect those words were gonna have on the outcome of our nation. Many of them were slave holders themselves, but thank God that they wrote them in The Declaration of Independence, for the United States of America
[Poem]
I love being Black
I love being called Black
I love being an American
I love being a Black American
But as a Black man in this country I think it’s a shame
That every few years we get a change of name
Since those first ships arrived here from Africa that came across the sea
There were already Black men in this country who were free
And as for those who came over on those terrible boats
They were called "nigga" and "slave"
And told what to do and how to behave
And then master started trippin'
Doing his midnight tippin', down to the slave shacks
Where he forced he and Great-Great Grandma to be together
And if Great-Great Grandpa protested, he got tarred and feathered
And at the same time, the Black men in the country who were free
Were mating with the tribes like the Apache and the Cherokee
And as a result of all that, we’re a parade of every shade
And as this late day and age, you can be sure
They're ain't too many of us in this country whose bloodline is pure
The civil rights movement could not possibly been achieved by just black people. Many Native Americans gave their lives for the cause. Many White Americans gave their lives for the cause. Many Hispanic Americans gave their lives for the cause. Many Asian Americans gave their lives for the cause. Americans gave their lives for the cause. Dr. Martin Luther Kings gave his life.
The Declaration of Independence reads: We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal. They are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights. Among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
All men...are created equal
These words gave us power. They gave us a legal weapon. I don't' know if the founding fathers had any idea what effect those words were gonna have on the outcome of our nation. Many of them were slave holders themselves, but thank God that they wrote them in The Declaration of Independence, for the United States of America
[Poem]
I love being Black
I love being called Black
I love being an American
I love being a Black American
But as a Black man in this country I think it’s a shame
That every few years we get a change of name
Since those first ships arrived here from Africa that came across the sea
There were already Black men in this country who were free
And as for those who came over on those terrible boats
They were called "nigga" and "slave"
And told what to do and how to behave
And then master started trippin'
Doing his midnight tippin', down to the slave shacks
Where he forced he and Great-Great Grandma to be together
And if Great-Great Grandpa protested, he got tarred and feathered
And at the same time, the Black men in the country who were free
Were mating with the tribes like the Apache and the Cherokee
And as a result of all that, we’re a parade of every shade
And as this late day and age, you can be sure
They're ain't too many of us in this country whose bloodline is pure
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