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Raised
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It's kind of hard to break from tradition, but sometimes it's best to improve our condition. And live in a changing world.


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If I went by the way I
was raised
I'd be walking around
unemployed and dazed
Cause momma believed in
easy love and spoil
I got out and learned to toil
Dug some ditches and
shoveled some soil

The old folks said
stay away from that white girl
she don't fit in your world
Whites can't be trusted
fool around with them and
you'll get busted
They said go on in that
back door
wipe your feet before walking
across de floor
know your place
child you got a black face

One things for sure
we should grow and mature
Re-analyis what we've been taught
before we get caught
in the same old stupid cycle
of the good old days
and the same old racist ways

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 Reviews of "Raised"
Reviewed by Karen Vanderlaan
Reviewed on October 17, 2009
wonderful words of wisdome here-it is important to learn better and then do better-you have done wel

Reviewed by m j hollingshead
Reviewed on October 17, 2009
well said

Reviewed by Karen Palumbo
Reviewed on October 16, 2009
Why is it so difficult for people to just simply respect each other...

Be always safe,
Karen

Reviewed by Lori Moore
Reviewed on October 16, 2009
Sounds like you faced racism from both ends. Enjoyed.


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