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*flow like a river, rumble like the sea where there is freedom, we will try to be* at the bottom of the Sea, they laid sands of promise and dignity declaration of independence and the emancipation of slavery we had high hopes of what we could be and I believe we fulfilled it...partially why partially you might say? we've come from far but the Waters are musky and filled with decay they tell you that you can have rights as long as you swim their way the illusion they created is slowly fading away but how dare you tell us where to swim when we live in a Sea a Sea that's vast with sharks and oppurtunities we are ubiquitous, we are Water, we are everywhere in this place so why are we defined by status and race? we are ubiquitous, we are Water, we have the ability to be so why is the very air we breathe killing us slowly? we are ubiquitous, we are Water, we hold dear life in our existence but the sharks still come after us with absolute persistence they make us look shallow but our Waters are deep Genocides, discrimination and the slave trade, in our soil have seeped Martin Luther King told us to use peace to heal our scars so why are we always the driving force in wars? I recall the Constituition having ideals based on equality But life seems indefinitely harder for minorities Oh sure we have a right to protest and assemble peacefully But didn't I see blacks being tear-gassed while marching for Mike Brown in the streets? Oh yes we are supposed to be a big, bad, free Sea while our Waters are restricted, racist and murky Maya Angelou told us she knows why the caged bird sings through his efforts, he had hoped freedom will one day ring they talk about us as pretty lakes and rivers that peacefully flow but see there's an angry volcano erupting below And our waters will never be clean until that volcano erupts Ashes of repentance that will manifest into an island that's not corrupt *flow like a river, rumble like the sea one day freedom will reign and that's where we'll be..... hopefully*
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Feb 11, 2015
Feb 11, 2015 at 6:33 PM UTC
flow like a river, rumble like the sea
*flow like a river, rumble like the sea where there is freedom, we will try to be* at the bottom of the Sea, they laid sands of promise and dignity declaration of independence and the emancipation of slavery we had high hopes of what we could be and I believe we fulfilled it...partially why partially you might say? we've come from far but the Waters are musky and filled with decay they tell you that you can have rights as long as you swim their way the illusion they created is slowly fading away but how dare you tell us where to swim when we live in a Sea a Sea that's vast with sharks and oppurtunities we are ubiquitous, we are Water, we are everywhere in this place so why are we defined by status and race? we are ubiquitous, we are Water, we have the ability to be so why is the very air we breathe killing us slowly? we are ubiquitous, we are Water, we hold dear life in our existence but the sharks still come after us with absolute persistence they make us look shallow but our Waters are deep Genocides, discrimination and the slave trade, in our soil have seeped Martin Luther King told us to use peace to heal our scars so why are we always the driving force in wars? I recall the Constituition having ideals based on equality But life seems indefinitely harder for minorities Oh sure we have a right to protest and assemble peacefully But didn't I see blacks being tear-gassed while marching for Mike Brown in the streets? Oh yes we are supposed to be a big, bad, free Sea while our Waters are restricted, racist and murky Maya Angelou told us she knows why the caged bird sings through his efforts, he had hoped freedom will one day ring they talk about us as pretty lakes and rivers that peacefully flow but see there's an angry volcano erupting below And our waters will never be clean until that volcano erupts Ashes of repentance that will manifest into an island that's not corrupt *flow like a river, rumble like the sea one day freedom will reign and that's where we'll be..... hopefully*
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Feb 11, 2015
Feb 11, 2015 at 6:33 PM UTC
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