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Black Lives ✊

They Say The Blacker The Berry The Sweeter The Juice 

But Where I Come From They Killing Us Because Of Our Roots 

They Hate Us Because Our Melanin Is Poppin

So Each && Everyday Black Bodies Is Droppin 

Bullets Ringing , Bloody Streets , Camera Flashes , A Million Eyes 

But No One To Blame When A Black Man Died 

Pointed Fingers , Teary Eyes && A Ear Filled With Lies 

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