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lirik lagu tianna esperanza - lewis

[verse]
now, this song is about a man named lewis
lewis h. michaux, to be exact
now, lewis owned a little bookstore in harlem
and one day while he was sitting in his bookstore
some black boys came in with their fists up screaming, “black power! black power!”

he said, “look sons, i’d like to straighten you out,”
he said, “black is beautiful but black ain’t power
knowledge is power, sons”

[chorus]
cause you can be as black as a crow
you can be as white as snow
but if you don’t know
and you ain’t got no dough
you can’t go and that’s for sho’

[verse]
now, lewis also said that when the white man landed here, he brought two weapons
one was the bible and the other was the gun
if he didn’t humble you with the bible
he crumbled you with the gun
and they’re still praising the lord
and passing ammunition all over the world
[chorus]
cause you can be black as a crow
you can be as white as snow
but if you don’t know
and you ain’t got no dough
you can’t go and that’s for sho’

[verse]
so as i was listening to lewis’ words
i thought a couple of my own:
the human collective strives to be connected
our minds strive the respect of intellect
our souls; no regret
our bodies; the joy of no neglect
we are constrained by societal norms
born with individuality to only conform
and the cycle goes on in sync

so i think what lewis is trying to say here is
live life, love life, and be smart
take your piece
don’t play your part

[chorus]
cause you can be black as a crow
you can be as white as snow
but if you don’t know
and you ain’t got no dough
you can’t go and that’s for sho’
cause you can be black as a crow
you can be as white as snow
but if you don’t know
and you ain’t got no dough
you can’t go and that’s for sho’

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