Stand Fast

They can come with their guns, expecting us to run

Stand Fast

They can drench us with a fire truck hose, thank you I was hot anyway

Stand Fast

They may burn our churches but my God is everywhere

Stand Fast

They may burn crosses in my front yard but the Klu Klux Klan aint really hard

Stand Fast

Told when to work, where to live, when to eat sleep live, with whom to procreate with

Having your children sold

Having your MEN beaten and broken down in front of you

Having your WOMEN mistreated

Your original name and language beaten out of you.Can I call you a nappy headed jigaboo, tar baby, or Nigger?

Refer to all your MEN as boy no matter the age.

How would you like to work from Dawn til Dusk?

Freed but still oppressed

Getting a second-class education

Stand Fast

Not wanted in the North

Hated in the South

Stand Fast

Discriminated against from East to West

Did not want to be here in the first place

You do realize that there is only race

Stand Fast

Still exploited for our brains and brawn

Still be slighted as every turn

They are STILL trying to erase us from history

STILL producing strange fruit

Stand Fast

Laugh now cause you think it’s funny

Beware the day of retribution is coming

STAND FAST!

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