* La vaca, "the cow" in Spanish.
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Don’t be like those who ask for ev… praise, a blurb, a free ride in my… limousine. They ask for everything… anything in return. Be like those who can see that my…
As if I’ve swallowed A watermelon And Sidestepping My digestive tract
I will keep Broken things: The big clay Pot
Did you ever understand this? If my spirit was poor, how could… Was I depressed? Understanding editing, I see how a comma, removed or inse…
The old men used to sing And lifted a brother Carefully Out the door I used to think they
When the people have won a victory whether small or large do you ever wonder
I Sing of Mumia brilliant and strong and of the captivity that few black men escape
Be nobody’s darling; Be an outcast. Take the contradictions Of your life And wrap around
You confide in me that you are lonely,
If my sorrow were deeper I’d be, along with you, under the ocean’s floor; but today I learn that the oil that pools beneath the ocean floor
Knowing you might some day come and how unprepared I’ve always been like Mr. Sloppy in Charles Dickens’
If I was President The first thing I would do is call Mumia Abu—Jamal. No, if I was president
To change the world enough you must cease to be afraid of the poor. We experience your fear as the lea… humiliations; in the past
When they torture your mother plant a tree When they torture your father plant a tree When they torture your brother
How can Humanity look the deer in the face? How can I,