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…of The tools metal on metal Testing for a proper incision The smell of a hospital Lingers in the air A foreign tongue a language I do not know…

…your youth, your school, your salary, your self-esteem, and, alas, your future. Now, I do not know what white Americans would sound…

…and unassailable and unanswerable place--if this absolutely unprecedented journey does not indicate that black English is a language, I am curious…

And you sit under the date palm And you mend my clothes And there's a longing in your eyes, I think But what do I know? [Chorus…

…-wet and warm When our old friend cried out to us In a language I didn't know; Then the vision tore in two And then I violently…