* La vaca, "the cow" in Spanish.
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If I was President The first thing I would do is call Mumia Abu—Jamal. No, if I was president
Knowing you might some day come and how unprepared I’ve always been like Mr. Sloppy in Charles Dickens’
My desire is always the same; wherever Life deposits me: I want to stick my toe & soon my whole body
The tree of life has fallen on my small house. I thought it was so much bigger! But it is not. There in the distance I see the m…
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
My brothers knew The things you know. I did not scorn learning them; It’s just my mind
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…
Remember When we ended It all —for a weekend— & how
Before I leave the stage I will sing the only song I was meant truly to sing. It is the song of I AM.
Expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise. become a stranger To need of pity Or, if compassion be freely
Word reaches us that you are sleeping, sleeping. Dismayed we have turned to the sea. We encounter among others
When the people have won a victory whether small or large do you ever wonder
Be nobody’s darling; Be an outcast. Take the contradictions Of your life And wrap around
How can Humanity look the deer in the face? How can I,
I Sing of Mumia brilliant and strong and of the captivity that few black men escape