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They claimed this land free why did I had to pay?

Some law's was made to be broken I say

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They claimed this land free why did I had to pay?
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Land of the free

home of the brave

you claim this land free

yet why everyone pays?

my life full of trails

I'm no better than ya'll

just a writer with a dream to survive & ball

Land of the free

home of the brave

you claim this land free

yet why everyone pays?

mr. officer do you really protect us?

mr. congressmen do you really wanna help us?

mr. president are you really "for us?"

to the racist folk why do you hate us?

please no debaters

land of the free

home of the brave

you claim this land free

yet why everyone pays?

I'm black In a land that's "free"

I'm black in a country that my ancestors made for thee

I'm back writing poems that's centered politically

Q tired of seeing our people slain & killed off like it's a game

this suppose to be land of the free home of the brave

they claim this land was free

but Q had to pay

hopefully ya'll will understand these words one day

I pray you guys will not just read the law and obey

some laws were made to be broken I say

because the way justice is served i'll wait

feeding cold dishes as myself and my people start to shiver

corporate america really the dealer

to all my dreamers become achievers

that's coming from a poet that believe in us

be free..





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