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DON’T BE FOOLED MY BROTHER
NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY
IN SPITE OF ALL THIS EVIL
YOU’VE COME A LONG, LONG WAY
THEY THOUGHT THAT THEY COULD HOLD YOU DOWN
YOU SPIRIT AND YOU’RE WILL
BUT YOUR POWER COMES FROM FATHER GOD
YOU ARE THE STRONGEST STILL
YOU NEVER HAVE BEEN LAZY
400 YEARS YOU WORKED FOR FREE
YOU CARRIED THIS PLANET ON YOUR BACK
ATLAS WAS YOU AND ME
AND ACCORDING TO CALCULATIONS
YOU ARE BACK ON TRACK
GRABBED RACISM AND GREED BY THE COLLAR
AND SLUNG THEM OFF YOUR BACK
YOUR INTELLIGENCE HAS BEEN QUESTIONED
LET’S TELL THEM WHAT YOU’VE DONE
YOU ESTABLISHED CIVILIZATION
FROM YOU CAME EVERYONE
ASTROLOGY AND MATHMATICS
ARTS AND SCIENCES OF ALL KINDS
THAT ESTABLISHED HUMAN KNOWLEDGE
THEY ALL CAME FROM YOUR MINDS
NO ONE HAS GIVEN YOU ANYTHING
IT’S BEEN TAKE, TAKE, TAKE, TAKE
WHEN TIME FOR PAYMENT ARRIVES
EXCUSES ARE WHAT THEY MAKE
NO ONE HAS GIVEN YOU ANYTHING
THEY’VE TRIED TO TRIP YOU AS YOU WALKED
WHEN TIME COMES FOR REPAYMENT
YOUR DEBTORS THEY'VE ALL BALKED
DON’T BE FOOLED MY BROTHER
AS EVERYDAY GOES BY
CALL UPON YOUR COURAGE
ALWAYS HOLD YOU’RE HEAD UP HIGH
AND PAT YOURSELF UPON THE BACK
EVERYDAY UNDER THE SUN
YOU’VE PROVEN BEYOND QUESTION
YOU ARE A CHAMPION
LOOK AT ALL THE RACIST PEOPLE
AND THE MASKS UPON THEIR EYES
THEY WANT TO TRY TO HIDE THE TRUTH
THEIR FROWNS AND SCORN BELIE
THEY TRY HARD NOT TO SHOW IT
BUT RESPECT FOR YOU IS THERE
ONLY THEY HAVE BEEN CONDITIONED
TO ACT LIKE THEY DON’T CARE
NOW OUR MARCH CONTINUES PEOPLE
WALK STRONG UPON THE PATH
THAT LEADS AGAIN TO SELF LEADERSHIP
WE’LL MAKE IT, DO THE MATH
DON’T BE PESSIMISTIC
HERE’S A THOUGHT OF NOTE
THIS HAS BEEN A STRUGGLE
BUT THROUGH STRUGGLE DOES COME GROWTH
WE’LL REACH THE GOAL WE’RE AFTER
WITH OUR MINDS HELD HIGH
OUR DIGNITY INTACT
NOT LIVING IN ANOTHER’S LIES
DO NOT BE FOOLED MY SISTER
NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY
IN SPITE OF ALL THIS EVIL
YOU’VE COME A LONG, LONG WAY
LOOK DEEP INSIDE WHERE YOUR SOUL RESIDES
AND YOU WILL SURELY SEE
YOU HAVE NOT BEEN FORSAKEN
THAT IS NOT YOUR DESTINY
DO NOT BE FOOLED MY BROTHER
TO YOURSELF YOU MUST BE TRUE
HAVE THE CONFIDENCE OF YOUR ANCESTORS
THE LORD’S POWER WORKS FOR YOU
GREAT POWER THAT IS ENDLESS
FROM GOD INSIDE, YOU SEE
THE KIND THAT CAN’T BE STOLEN
TO CONTROL YOUR IMAGE AND DESTINY
YOU’RE NOT FOOLED MY BROTHER AND SISTER
AND THOUGH SOME STILL ARE RUDE
THE BATTLE YOU ARE WINNING
KEEP YOUR BE-ATTITUDE
DO NOT BE FOOLED MY PEOPLE
NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY
IN SPITE OF ALL THIS EVIL
YOU’VE COME A LONG, LONG WAY
THEY THOUGHT THAT THEY COULD HOLD YOU DOWN
YOU SPIRITS, LIVES AND WILLS
BUT YOUR POWER COMES FROM YOUR FATHER GOD
YOU ARE THE STRONGEST STILL
COPYRIGHT 2001 BY J. BEN WALID
