HERITAGE

Life is passing you by when you don't see what is right

Living a lie as you live in the night

What is it your trying to find living in the past

Your heritage 

Locks you in a museum of intimidation and hate

What you celebrate is a waste of a day. 

Life has so much to experience you don't want to miss this.

There is no threat in peace when together we resist

A legacy of giving will last.

My heritage

Is the exclusion of hate and inclusion of love

From the mind and heart is where it comes from

Life is learning and living forever; it is about giving.

Where is your morality? Giving it away doesn't make you free.

No control over your mind; your just a political zombie 

Our heritage

Is understanding one another living as sister and brothers

Drink from the cup of life knows the difference between wrong and right.

Life is much more than a competition to get much more.

Your experience is not mine; my experience is not yours.

It is about you, the soul, the time that you hold as you grow old.

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FATHERS AND MOTHERS / SONS AND DAUGHTERS

Sons of sand

Holding signs I am a man 

Daughters of dust

Holding signs, life in her gut

Fathers of the past

Never thought how long this would last

Mothers of the movement

Never thought so many forget their commitments

Sons of man

Fictional to control and command

Daughter of woman

Subjected to the desire of lust

Fathers of the future

Hoping they did right for the legacy

Mothers of the forgotten

Hoping their child returns home safe

Sons of redemption

Committed to a dream of equality

Daughters of justice

Standing alone these tears are not forgiveness

Sons and Fathers

Fallow each other

Mothers and Daughters

Embrace each other

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TO BE A BROTHER TO BE A SISTER

To be a brother is to be there

To help those weak become strong

To be a sister is to be near

To ease the fear 

To be a brother is to be a wall

To protect the community when attacked

To be a sister is to lead

To inspire families to move forward

To be a brother is to be loud

To be a voice for those who don't know their own choice

To be a sister is to show passion

To stand up against the so-called bastards

To be a brother is to show a strong hand

To pull those up who fallen through the cracks

To be a sister is to protect the new life

To provide nourishment for the body and mind

So let be human and lift up a community 

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HOME OF THE BRAVE or HOME OF THE SLAVE

I have no home

The land that I live on is not my home

It was another man's home

Plenty was the land, it proved all his needs

Every thing for life

Every thing for death

Am I a thief

Even though I didn't live in that century

When killing and raping the land

Was the plan

We brag

Land of the free

Home of the brave

More like

Land of the prisoner

Home of the slave

Who is better

The person being kicked?
Or the person doing the kicking?

40 stitches and a medical bill

In the past

It was 40 acres and a mule

With that we could give back

Land of the greed

Home of the need

We can't see past what we only want to see

Telling problems every one wants to hear

Tell me some solution no need for revolution

Why hate some one who says your idea is great

No one is going to clean your dirty plate

Political solutions is not the way

Community solution we need today

Brother helping brother

Sister helping sister

Land for me
Land for you

Land for all of us

©Copyright 1993 Thomas Dooley