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Justice – her blind fold is tied around her neck like a noose
Lynched, she hangs from a branch of a leafless tree
Bald American eagles quench their thirst with her tears
She cries out in the night for those she can’t free
Jim crow is perched high on her head like a vulture
White sheets with eyes are traded in
for black cloaks and gavels
Sitting on benches as judges
Passing judgment and maximum sentences
To Blacks who’re stripped of their rights and senses
Dishing out punishment that don’t fit… Continue
Lynched, she hangs from a branch of a leafless tree
Bald American eagles quench their thirst with her tears
She cries out in the night for those she can’t free
Jim crow is perched high on her head like a vulture
White sheets with eyes are traded in
for black cloaks and gavels
Sitting on benches as judges
Passing judgment and maximum sentences
To Blacks who’re stripped of their rights and senses
Dishing out punishment that don’t fit… Continue
Posted on October 10, 2008 at 7:52pm —
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