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Mantra​(​for the formerly oppressed)

from Pedagogia do Oprimido by Bilal Salaam

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At times an act of love's a fight.
Opposing lovelessness is right.
Assimilation's chased with zeal.
Adhesion eases what is real.

Permed out. Sauced up.
Blending is no defense.
Forget them. Free you.
Your defense is your strength.

You want all of the things your oppressor has,
including an equivalent to you.
Please don't start the circle again.
Look at your oppressor and realize the one difference

Your burden is greater than those who put it upon you.
Your job's to teach the people who taught the ignorance you've shed what you've learned from it.
For there is no way that they know what you've learned.

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from Pedagogia do Oprimido, released May 1, 2011

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Bilal Salaam is an American independent experimental composer.

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