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Tangled in the Ancient Endless Chain
Words by Langston Hughes
I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart,
I am the Negro bearing slavery’s scars.
I am the red man driven from the land,
I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek—
And finding only the same old stupid plan
Of dog eat dog, of mighty crush the weak.
I am the young woman, full of strength and hope,
Tangled in that ancient endless chain
Of profit, power, gain, of grab the land!
Of grab the gold! Of grab the ways of satisfying need!
Of work the men! Of take the pay!
Of owning everything for one’s own greed!
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Despite the Dream
Words by Langston Hughes
I’m the one who dreamed,
a dream so strong, so brave, so true, it sings
For I’m the one who came,
To build a “homeland of the free.” (The free?, Who said the free? Not me?)
All the dreams we’ve dreamed
And all the songs we’ve sung, and hopes we’ve held
The [throngs] who have nothing—
Except a dream that’s almost dead today.
O, let America be America again—
The land that never has been yet—
And yet must be—the land where every man is free.
Must bring back our mighty dream again.
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America Will Be
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America Will Be
Words by Langston Hughes
O, let my land be a land where Liberty Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath, But opportunity is real, and life is free, Equality is in the air we breathe. (There’s never been equality for me, Nor freedom in this “homeland of the free.”)
The steel of freedom does not stain. From those who live like leeches on the people’s lives, We must take back our land again, America! O, yes, I say it plain, America never was America to me, And yet I swear this oath— America will be!
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Fooled and Pushed Apart
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Para Volar
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Para Valor
Words by Camila Meza
Vine a dibujarte flores en tu piel
Y ví cómo nace el río
Me dejaste abrazar tus alas sin miedo
Y me fuí volando contigo
Un nudo se deshace cada vez
Que vuelvo a imaginar ese instante
Tu sombra se hace pequeña
A contraluz tu vuelo renace
Deja que te lleve el viento
Vuela libre hasta encontrar
Verdades sin temor ni tiempo
En su esencia libertad
Deja que te lleve el viento
Vuela y vuelve a sonar
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Zamba de Lozano
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Zamba de Lozano
Words by Manuel Jose Castillo
Cielo arriba de Jujuy
Camino a la puna me voy a cantar
Flores de los tolares
Bailan las cholitas el carnival
En los ojos de las llamas
Se mira solita la luna de sal
Y estan los remolinos
En los arenales dele bailar
Ramito de albahaca
Niña Yolanda, dónde estará
Atrás se quedó alumbrando
Su claridad
Flores de los tolares
Bailan las cholitas el carnival
Jujeñita quien te vio
En la puna triste te vuelvo a querer
Mi pena se va al aire
Y en el aire llora su padecer
Me voy yendo volvere
Los tolares solos se han vuelto a quedar
Se quemara en tus ojos
Zamba enamorada del carnival
Ramito de albahaca
Niña yolanda donde estara
Atras se quedo alumbrando
Su claridad
Vuelvo a las abajeñas
Ya mi caballito no puede más
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Become the Water
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Become the Water
Words by Mantsa Miro
If I told you here
and now is all we have,
would you still hear
me? What if we are blind,
all of us, imagining
there was a time
when great was real.
Our weakest link
is fear of losing greatness.
Get on stage before the curtain
falls, before the blind
messiah opens fire. We are
here to elevate, to greater.
Find the common, shine
a light. Become the water.
Put out the fire.
Through all the noise,
why do we only hear
what we already know?
Why don’t we think
the other side is here with us?
Why don’t we hear the sirens
wailing for us all?
Why don’t we fight
for greater common, not against
our people? Are we not here
to elevate us all?
Why do we let our fear
be greater than our greatness?
Where fear is king, compassion
is a beggar. Dethrone
the blind and elevate the kind.
Find the common, shine
a light. Become the water.
Put out the fire.
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