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When A Hero Falls


When a hero falls
Can you feel the
Pain
Do you double
Over
Or hide your
Face in shame

Do you shed
Tears
For his or her cause
Or do you Just
Sit there feeling
Nothing at
All

Did you Cry when
Martin Luther King
Died

Do you remember
When Huey P. Newton
Lost his
Black Pride,

Can you tell
Me
Why Malcolm X
Was murdered

Why he died
Wanting us to
Love each other

I think of
Every Black
Man or Woman
Who has fought
For my rights

And thank them
For not being
Afraid to
Stand up
And use their
Might

Even though
They have fallen
I keep them in
My mind
And in my
Heart

Letting you know
That you are
Not the end

I am just
The start.







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