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by\u00a0 Chazelle Evans<\/p>\n
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If white were suddenly black<\/p>\n
How long would it take<\/p>\n
For the shape of things to change.<\/p>\n
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Punishment, Education<\/p>\n
And Financial Future Secure.<\/p>\n
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Housing and Healthcare<\/p>\n
Available now,<\/p>\n
All hoops condense to one door<\/p>\n
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Brutal Unjust act we see…<\/p>\n
…bad plot to B rated movie.<\/p>\n
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Single mothers won’t cry alone at night,<\/p>\n
Food or clothes? Now all and more<\/p>\n
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Backhanded compliments and<\/p>\n
Misunderstandings<\/p>\n
About why one stood so near.<\/p>\n
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If there were a change<\/p>\n
Because a switch had occurred<\/p>\n
Would black still be one to fear<\/p>\n
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If white were suddenly black<\/p>\n
I wonder who would go first<\/p>\n
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To\u00a0 march for our rights<\/p>\n
Would white pick up the fight?<\/p>\n
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No coin has just one side so<\/p>\n
This change should equate<\/p>\n
If black were suddenly white<\/p>\n
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Would we get our rightful place,<\/p>\n
And take advantage<\/p>\n
Of what others have at stake?<\/p>\n
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Would our spine stretch to the sky<\/p>\n
Walking tall believing lies<\/p>\n
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I wonder if there was a<\/p>\n
Switch,would we try to erase<\/p>\n
Such a harmful glitch<\/p>\n
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Life is not a fairytale<\/p>\n
There is some truth in a lie<\/p>\n
The ugly reality,<\/p>\n
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If white were suddenly black<\/p>\n
And of course the reverse<\/p>\n
A sad fate would fall<\/p>\n
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The truth of the matter is<\/p>\n
Nothing would ever change<\/p>\n
Black would give white<\/p>\n
400 years of pain<\/p>\n
400 years of “that’s not your name”<\/p>\n
400 years of “you take the blame”<\/p>\n
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The shape of things seen today<\/p>\n
Was passed down through the ranks.<\/p>\n
Nothing would change, we would see<\/p>\n
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the same stains,\u00a0 There would just be<\/p>\n
a shift in blame.<\/p>\n
It would stay with us, even if a change was swift,<\/p>\n
\u00a0 It’s the Amerikkkan way.<\/p>\n
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