Black Lives Matter

by Adrian Younge

From the album: The American Negro

Track 21 of 26 on The American Negro (2021).

Duration: 1:20

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Lyrics for Black Lives Matter

Ignorance is an intricately woven fabric of colours Dyed to create the illusion of purity The result of an evil enigma Manifested to create certain conditions We must eliminate A bifurcated society Firewalled to protect the political wealth and power Of white imperialism Against the insurrection of the oppressed The system has ruined the lives Of black Americans for centuries Confounding a myriad of principles That should protect its citizens However, the rule of law was never intended To equate citizenship to former slaves Illustrating the malignant ideology That is germane to the paradox All lives matter America pretends to be blind with complacency And hides behind the shadows of the past But our past is sanitized through the textbooks Creating the illusion that the remnants of racial injustice Have perished Revisionist history 102 103 104 105 106 12 of the first 18 Presidents were enslavers

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