MR OTHA - SACRIFICE

VERSE 1
ONCE UPON A TIME BLACKS DIDNT HAVE A DIME IN FACT IT WAS A CRIME TO EXPRESS OUR MINDS THA SUN FAILED TO SHINE ON OUR HUMBLE BLACK BEHIND ALL WE KNEW WAS PAIN LOSS AND MAINTAIN HARD WORK AND NETWORK WITH OTHER BLACK FOLK WE RESPECTED AND CHERISHED A HIGH NET-WORTH SAD TO SAY MALCOLM X AND MLK GOT BLAST AWAY BUT THEIR SACRIFICES PAVED THA WAY FOR THA SPOILS AND OPPORTUNITIES ENJOYED TODAY RACIST IN DISMAY WE NEVER LOST OUR WAY SURVIVED GENOCIDE RAISED BLACK FIST YELLING BLACK PRIDE LETS CHOOSE LIFE OVER FRATRICIDE….OTHA

VERSE 2
MAY 1961 FREEDOM RIDES BEGAN 13 MEN AND WOMEN BLACK AND WHITE DETERMINED THAT THE BEST SOLUTION BOARD THE GREYHOUND TRAVEL RACIST TOWNS KNOCK JIM CROW DOWN PURSUING THE AGENDA BOYNTON VERSE VIRGINIA A CONSTITUTIONAL AND MORAL DILEMMA SOUTHERN STATES REFUSED TO ABIDE BY THA RULES HYPOCRITES IMBECILES UNRIGHTEOUS FOOLS BEAT AND INTERRUPTED THE BRAVE PEACEFUL CREW BUT THEY STOOD TALL FACING IT ALL FREEDOM FIGHTERS I SALUTE YALL ITS BECAUSE OF YOU THAT WE ALL BALL BANK OWNERS HEDGE FUNDERS DOCTORS AND LAWYERS THE WORLD IS OUR OYSTER FOREVER WE LOVE YA! OTHA

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ANDRE BELL, JAMAEL NASH

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