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By: Cedric McClester It’s just a cogent observation We never was a civilized nation So what’s the point in now losing patience With the fact that we’ve been complacent About gun violence as you might have guessed Has us returning to the wild wild West ‘Cos the bullets fly with remarkable success And so few of us rise up to even contest We never was a civilized nation Let the so-called Indians make that citation Based on their years of deprivation With seemingly little or no cessation Ask the victims of the atom bomb Whose shockwaves could be felt form Japan to Guam Had them on their knees reciting the 23rd Psalms When the mushroom cloud settles there was an irie like calm We never was civilized And that’s a sad fact Today we can Google every single act Of past atrocities from way way back No sense in exceptionalists becoming outraged When the examples are there page after page Under a glaring spotlight they’re center stage Ask the African slaves who were shackled and caged We never were civilized So the chickens came home to roost And they didn’t even have to be induced Once the hounds of hell had been cut loose Now they’re asking, “What we gonna do/” See this didn’t just happen out of the blue And it’s clear to us there has to be a missing ***** When the Gog and Magog are getting through Cedric McClester, Copyright © 2015. All rights reserved.
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Aug 30, 2015
Aug 30, 2015 at 8:10 AM UTC
WE NEVER WAS A CIVILIZED NATION
By: Cedric McClester It’s just a cogent observation We never was a civilized nation So what’s the point in now losing patience With the fact that we’ve been complacent About gun violence as you might have guessed Has us returning to the wild wild West ‘Cos the bullets fly with remarkable success And so few of us rise up to even contest We never was a civilized nation Let the so-called Indians make that citation Based on their years of deprivation With seemingly little or no cessation Ask the victims of the atom bomb Whose shockwaves could be felt form Japan to Guam Had them on their knees reciting the 23rd Psalms When the mushroom cloud settles there was an irie like calm We never was civilized And that’s a sad fact Today we can Google every single act Of past atrocities from way way back No sense in exceptionalists becoming outraged When the examples are there page after page Under a glaring spotlight they’re center stage Ask the African slaves who were shackled and caged We never were civilized So the chickens came home to roost And they didn’t even have to be induced Once the hounds of hell had been cut loose Now they’re asking, “What we gonna do/” See this didn’t just happen out of the blue And it’s clear to us there has to be a missing ***** When the Gog and Magog are getting through Cedric McClester, Copyright © 2015. All rights reserved.
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Aug 30, 2015 at 8:10 AM UTC
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