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I Refuse To Suffer


They wanna see the world

     without color.

 

They wanna take my name

     and face

And give me a number.

 

Damn it feel so difficult. 

But we gon beat the odds

Even if they make us slaves

     and say it's in the name

     of God.

 

I refuse to suffer. 

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