WE ALL WANT OUR LIBERATION.
YET, SOME HAVE TO FIGHT FOR THEIR EQUALITY.
WHY SHOULD SOME HAVE TO FIGHT
FOR THEIR RIGHTS TO BE FREE
WHEN THIS WORLD WAS CREATED
EQUAL FOR ALL TO BE FREE?
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ARE WE LIVING IN A WORLD CREATED BY MAN?
IF SO, WITH ALL HIS CREATIVE BRILLIANCE,
WHY WOULD MAN CREATE HIS WORLD
TO INCLUDE THOSE HE WANTED
TO HAVE NO PART OF IT?
WAS MAN GIVEN THE RIGHTS TO LORD OVER OTHERS?
OR, IS THESE WHY THINGS ARE SUCH A MESS?
WHAT A SHAME, SINCE WE’RE ALL CREATED OUT OF THE
SAME EARTH.
SO, WHO IS MAN TO HAVE CLAIM OVER IT?
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THERE ARE POISONOUS WASTES IN OUR GULF STREAMS.
THIS WASTE POLLUTES OUR OCEANS,
AND THEY THREATEN OUR SEAS.
YES, CONTAMINATED WATER
IS A SOCIETAL DISGRACE,
BUT, WE’RE NO BETTER THAN THE WASTE
THAT WE ALLOW TO POLLUTE OTHERS
WHEN WE ALLOW PRIDE, BIGOTRY, AND HATRED,
IN OUR HEARTS AGAINST OTHERS.
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WE LET THESE POISONS RAGE SAVAGELY
THROUGHOUT OUR SOUL,
AND THEN WE ALLOW THEM TO CONTAMINATE OUR BEING.
THEN, THE STENCH FROM THEM ARE ALLOWED TO
SPILL ALL OVER THIS WORLD.
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WHEN WE BICKER BECAUSE OF DIFFERENCES
IN RACE, SEX, AND CREED,
WHERE IS MAN TO PUT THESE THINGS IN CHECK?
WHO SHOULD WE THANK?
IS IT MAN?
BETTER YET,
WHO SHOULD WE BLAME FOR ALL OUR MESS?
IS IT MAN?
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IS IT THE SAME MAN WHO THINKS HE IS BETTER THAN OTHERS?
THE MAN WHO THINKS HE RULES THIS WORLD?
THEN, MAN, IF YOU’RE LISTENING, YOU SHOULD GIVE US A BREAK?
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WHILE MAN IS BUSY FIGHTING OVER TRIVIAL MATTERS
AND FIGHTING TO BE A SOMEBODY,
OUR CHILDREN ARE CRYING TO BE NOTICED,
BUT, TOO MANY ARE DYING UNNOTICED.
SOME ARE DYING AT THE HANDS
OF THOSE WHO SHOULD PROTECT THEM.
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MANY OF OUR CHILDREN ARE NOT ALLOWED
TO HAVE A DECENT CHILDHOOD
BECAUSE THEIR INNOCENCE WAS STOLEN
BY COWARDLY, AND DESPICABLE, ACTS OF TERROR.
OFTEN THESE ACTS ARE BY
THE FRIENDLY HANDS THEY KNEW,
IN SOME CASES, THEY’RE THE HANDS
THAT SHOULD HAVE HELD THEM CLOSE
AND MADE THEM FEEL SECURE.
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ARE WE EVER GOING TO GET THINGS RIGHT?
ARE WE EVER GIVING UP ALL
THE BICKERING AND PETTY FIGHTS?
WILL THIS WORLD REVOLVE
AROUND UNITY AND PEACE?
WE WILL NEED TO WAIT FOR ANOTHER LIFE
BEFORE WE TURN THIS WHOLE WORLD AROUND?
SOON THIS WORLD WON’T BE A BETTER PLACE,
UNLESS EACH ONE OF US MAKE AN EFFORT
TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
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LET’S LIVE UP TO THE PRINCIPLES
THAT WE PIOUSLY SING ABOUT,
IN THIS PRESENT LIFETIME,
THIS PLACE IS NOT GOING TO BE
HEAVEN ON EARTH, BUT
CAN WE JUST HAVE SOME LIBERTY
AND JUSTICE FOR ALL?
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IF WE CAN’T DO IT FOR OURSELVES,
CAN WE DO IT FOR THE CHILDREN?
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