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are you in or out?
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be counted out of the


black on black hate,


realizing that no matter


how you see it, it’s still


hate on hate.


be counted in for the total sum of


love plus love equals,


black on black love,


one love,


showing up


and not giving up.


be counted in on the total sum of


love plus love equals,


a little one on one,


black on black love,


for one another.


let’s come alive,


be alive,


stay alive,


hate is hate


no matter


whose got the hate.


the dawn of hate


rises with more hate


shining no daylight as


darkness moves in


and shines more hate.


time after time,


he has instructed our steps


out of and beyond the


realms of hate and


relieved  us from the


days of hate that’s


working harder than we,


we the people.


but his whisper,


a whisper of relief


and our prayer in strength


which encompassed a new


and better day for each


day that we rise and


walk through all of


hate’s hate.



hate is hate


no mater, whose got the hate and


love is love


no mater whose got the love.


love yourself,


to love your race,


to love another race,


to love one another


as one


so show up today and keep it real


with the determination to move on,


to be counted in


where there is black love,


one love, and


be counted out of the


destruction, where hate is hate.


have some heart,


some love,


a heart for one love


to become alive.


to stay alive,


to stop the hate,


hate on hate


with


mothers and daughters,


fathers and daughters,


mothers and sons,


fathers and sons,


husbands and wives,


brothers and sisters,


friends on friends,


black hate on black hate


and still


hate is hate


while love is


to become,


one love,


to become alive,


not instinct,


to strive


to stay alive,


to thrive to exist,


not co-exist,


to stop the hate,


hate on hate,


before it’s too late,


to stop,


to replace,


to rid,


black aggressive hate


with a


black assertive and a


positive love


for one love


to stop the hate


because hate is still hate


no matter whose got the hate.


 


 


All Rights Reserved, 2002, Rosalyn R Walker


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 Reviews of "are you in or out?"
Reviewed by Peter Adotey Addo
Reviewed on February 1, 2003
Good work ...and message...thank you

Reviewed by john zimmerman
Reviewed on February 1, 2003
i wasn't sure about multi coloured text --

i am still not but i'm more positive...

no indecission on your words -- great, simply great!



john +

Reviewed by Lori Moore
Reviewed on February 1, 2003
Hate is still hate... good line.

Reviewed by Peggy Bertrand
Reviewed on February 1, 2003
Excellence in this one.


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