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once again, in the tradition in the african american tradition open us yet bind us let all that is positive find us we go into the future carrying a world of blackness yet we have been in the world and we have gained all of what there is and was, since the highest expression of the world, is its total & the universal is the entire collection of particulars ours is one particular one tradition of love and suffering truth over lies and now we find ourselves in chains the tradition says plainly to us fight plainly to us fight, that's in it, clearly, we are not meant to be slaves it is a detour we have gone through and about to come out in the tradition of gorgeous africa blackness says to us fight, its all right, you beautiful as night, the tradition thank you langston/arthur says sing says fight in the tradition, always clarifying, always new and centuries old says Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight!&c.&c. Boosheee dooooo doo dooo dee dooo doooooooooo! DEATH TO THE KLAN!! Amiri B Mar 1980 [[end page 1]] The cover is a painting by noted artist Vincent D. Smith. It is part of the Crotona Social Service Center collection, Bronx, New York.