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By: Cedric McClester Paranoia tends to grow Cuz people fear what They don’t know Still they refuse to learn And so We still have quite A ways to go Conveniently we forget Our ugly history And yet We fail to feel A sense of debt And rarely show Any regret I remember Lynchings still And truthfully I always will Think about Poor Emmitt Till By now I think You know the drill America the beautiful Hasn’t always been Benevolent when it comes To men of colored skin But this is now And that was then So I guess We just pretend Cedric McClester, Copyright © 2016,  All rights reserved.
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Feb 10, 2016
Feb 10, 2016 at 6:17 PM UTC
PEOPLE FEAR WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW
By: Cedric McClester Paranoia tends to grow Cuz people fear what They don’t know Still they refuse to learn And so We still have quite A ways to go Conveniently we forget Our ugly history And yet We fail to feel A sense of debt And rarely show Any regret I remember Lynchings still And truthfully I always will Think about Poor Emmitt Till By now I think You know the drill America the beautiful Hasn’t always been Benevolent when it comes To men of colored skin But this is now And that was then So I guess We just pretend Cedric McClester, Copyright © 2016,  All rights reserved.
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Feb 10, 2016
Feb 10, 2016 at 6:17 PM UTC
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