Harlem on my mind

Artist will feed
Everyone
And anybody
I hope my tongue is crafted well enough
To be mistaken for one
Ladies and gentlemen told to
Sell all you can
Is nothing worth keeping for the future
Somehow we still play telephone
With the bones of the dead and once enslaved
Once again we repeat ourselves
In God given ways
and once again
Again Harlem is on my mind
And so is Mississippi
And four little girls
And levies that break after storms pass

Artist will feed EveryoneAnd anybodyI hope my tongue is crafted well enoughTo be mistaken for one Ladies and gentlemen told to Sell all you can Is nothing worth keeping for the future Somehow we still play telephone With the bones of the dead and ...

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