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Defense Self

by Lipinski

Raise your arm high! (that is, if a lion is jumping at you)

 

Raise your voice! (that is, if defending justice)

 

Raise your feet fast! (that is, if running from trouble)

 

Let them kill you with hate! (that is, if you do it in the name of God)

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