SPIRITS OF FORMER SLAVES ARE REJOICING by LaJune Marie (black female authors .txt) 📕

Master’s huge cotton plantation is no more

People of color own their own property from shore to shore

No more free labor from us ever again!

And if you hit me with a whip, I’ll knock you into another domain!

Look at all of those black folk walking on the campuses of Harvard, Duke and even Yale

I’ve never seen anything like this before, what the hell?

When we were slaves, we were not allowed to learn how to read a single alphabet

If we got caught reading, every negro knew just what they would get

Hung from a tree and made an example of

Beaten, disfigured right in front of those we loved

Now we see our bloodlines reaching higher heights

Even dining in restaurants with or near white people without a single fight

As house slaves, we cooked all the white folks food everyday

We had to! Even though they treated us very cruel and we received no pay

You are now doctors, lawyers, teachers, engineers and people who put out fires

Our beautiful people can now be anything they desire

Dear lord help me clear my eyes from all this glittery stuff falling all around us

We are trying to see why our people are putting up such a big fuss

My lord Jesus! They just elected a black man for president

For he is the one lord you recently spoke of, That’s the one you sent!

He will live in the White House that we were forced to build with heavy stones

Where we were sold on its steps, babies ripped out of mothers arms and left all alone

We thank you dear lord for allowing us to glance at our descendants each day

Their prayers ring throughout the heavens, we are so glad they did not forget to always pray

You have delivered them from all bondage and fear

Lord you kept your promise to all of their ancestors up here

They still must deal with some injustice, this is true

But all they have to remember is to always lean and depend on you

Holy Father, we so enjoyed our visit on earth this time

However, Paradise awaits us with its peace, beauty and angelic bells that chime

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Publication Date: 11-12-2012

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