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The Bondage

We liked ourselves in European mirrors
Gun powder that brought us eternal terrors
For those, we sold cheaply our only heroes
And tonnes of gold we were always donors
In our lands, invaders were born mean horrors
Clad in skins and gowns of religious anchors

In our lands, we were milked dry of vast acres
Of our lads and lost them to ethic philanderers
They shook and entered our lads by haymakers
Our young women lost their seals to abductors
Gave birth but their yields snatched by adopters
And raised to taste pains of black race tortures

Our butchers and woodmen had been earning free
In our own lands, they had worked for what was a glee
Upon arrival laboured from can see to can't see
And earned a lot and a lot of whips with no mercy

Divide and rule was lethal arm we were in doom
They fought and begged to rule us all in room
Some were exiled and others buried in soil womb
We gave tithe to rich whites in large volume
In return we had whips and fathers in soil womb
We cried aloud and tried to run from our doom

By: Yussif Hassan Cissey
11th May, 2018

Author: Yussif Hassan Cissey




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