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HUMANITY


LoOK Look close and see the scars, Zoom to see what Life has caused, My beautiful smooth skin. Look, beyond your sight and feel What humanity has done to my flesh, A bit of up and downs and the hustles, The hate, betrayals and gossip. Only my beloved mother knows How beautiful I was, when I was fresh Now Look... Look at the stains Come and Look at the pain Barely can I identify myself I am Lost in the smokes From the fire they set in the coast The trades, the transactions, the flames I would have burn into coals, serve as fuel for their trains Yes, yet I survived But now my brain is cooked So my people don't need to blame me Because humanity has taught us To sometimes be a fool and you are welcome Please humbly join me so we can fool Fool and Later be cool Settle down for some chill beers And Later jump in the pool with some round girls Later we continue eating the chicken thighs and the wine OMG Life is sweet But I jumped in and nearly drown Oh my African men I have to save myself Look, Look at humans Aren't they beautiful enough to stay clean? what happened to the HUMANITY?
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