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[sid] => 84475
[catid] => 1
[aid] => mick
[title] => dreaming free
[time] => 2005-02-14 23:43:11
[hometext] => this is about the civil war in my own country between christians and muslims..that broke out about 50 years ago..this war almots destroyed my country..i am glad it is over
[bodytext] => Sitting down dreaming I was free With willingness to be more than free Hoping I was set free, chains never put on me Oh boy, there ain’t no liberty In this world of Islamic & cruelty You think you are free; boy we all ain’t free, The dream of a freedom ain’t meant for me Here I am in my community thinking of liberty My people here talking about the ability of unity Because unity and liberty is what runs in our arteries Momma I am here dreaming & wishing I was free With willingness to be just more than free Hoping I was set free, chains never put on me But boy I see all of my family locked up in jail And the government set this outrageous bail I heard the judge said it and I was shocked as hell This government kept us back from learning Our history. they locked us up and taught us slavery Islamic is what they want me to believe Oh my soul is full of grieve please release me and let me retrieve all my memories and believes But what can I do lord when I am so helpless listening to my brother talking so hopeless here iam watching my father lay down breathless Because the world around me care less Copyright ©2004 John J Makuer [comments] => 2 [counter] => 171 [topic] => 39 [informant] => jmakuer [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 5 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Grief )
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