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We Got a Lot to Talk About A. S
We have a lot to talk about. The world's falling out, without a doubt. When it comes to goodness, there's a kindness drought. Yeah, I think we got a lot to talk about.
“Finally! We did it,” Black America cried, but only half of the camel is through the needle's eye. While we were able to smoke out racism in the police, there's still a lot left in our neighborhood streets.
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We got a pandemic going on, it's the third one to date. And the only thing we're saying is #Vaccinate! Politics got us crazy: "Who has the better recovery plan?" Stop supporting an uncaring, soulless, old white man!"
Be precise, take my advice, don't wanna tell you twice. Child obesity is rising and so is the gas price. We already got a bad leader, we don't need one called vice. Now, help the country out before we all get diced!
Yeah, I think we got a lot to talk about.
These days, people sing crap; they call it rap. Lil Yachty, Tyler, Travis, Drake: they’re all fake. Ghetto! Women! Guns, guns, guns! The only thing they're doing is misleading our sons!
The economy's crashing; blood on the streets! And the cycle of war just repeats and repeats! Mothers giving their husbands the boot, and when a cop pulls a black guy over, he raises his gun and shoots.
When it comes to this country, the mindset isn't complete, considering we are just puppets to the 1% elite!
The CIA sprinkling you-know-what, Rockefeller, Lehman Brothers, tut tut tut! The most expensive thing? American healthcare. Our woods, our streams, our air is vile. And since white people got privilege, they always smile. Just put a copper in jail, there's no need to hoot. But we haven't talked about racism in the family root.
Oh, yeah, no, we definitely have a lot to talk about.
So let's sit ourselves down, and have a looooong talk. "How do we fix this up?" And then, we walk the walk.
‘Cause if we want to have happiness, we can't have it with without peace and joy, so come on! We have a lot to talk about!
A. S., Grade 8 South View Middle School, Edina Teaching Artist: Frank Sentwali
