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<h3>Poem by <strong><span class="has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color">Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane</span></strong></h3>
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<p>There was love but you chose to hate<br>You chose to betray God and discriminate<br>You chose to cast blood upon the black rivers<br>You chose to imbed it in your mind, to stick it to your subconscious forever like a birthmark<br>You chose to believe that black is inhumane, black is insane</p>
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<p>You chose not to listen but rather to kill<br>God created mankind as stewards of creation but what his people are doing to each other right now I bet was never his will<br>You chose to pin guilt to the innocent because of their race<br>You did it proudly with no shame in your face</p>
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<p>You chose to be heartless to the innocent<br>Chose to be cruel to the peasants<br>You chose to throw bullets like stones in a catapult<br>You chose to kill and not spare a black life</p>
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<p>You chose to live with it<br>Pass it on to your generation so they inherit it<br>But you don’t realize you ‘re actually ruining tomorrow<br>You’re painting them with discriminatory make and you’re transmitting today’s sorrow</p>
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