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A Song Of Hope MAG
Mama's always talkin'
'bout the world she used to know
When America was the dream
and a dream was good to go.
When kids were kids, games were games,
guns were filled with water
But . . .
what the years have taught her!
Little girls and doubledutch . . .
today, they dare to dream
Their hands caught in tangled rope,
I hear them scream.
Black boys and nappy hair . . .
do the ends justify the means?
As bullets rivet through the air
and kill their dreams.
Sirens drown my mother's voice . . .
gunshots cry of fear
Who's left to sing a song of hope
when all the smoke is cleared?
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