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"They'll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed ---
I, too, am America." - We are all America, we had no need to hold down our own people because of fear of equality, for a sense of accomplishment by forceful power. That they are beautiful, we are beautiful, we can all be beautiful together.

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"Nobody'll dare
Say to me,
'Eat in the kitchen" - It was a proud moment for everyone to realize that there was hope. That it was possible for us to all stand among each other as equals, where they wouldn't be forced out of the immediate circle of society.

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"They send me to eat in the kitchen...
But I laugh,
And eat well" - This is important for people to understand that life was still appreciated, even in a time of struggle and discrimination. That yes, it was fought for equality, but if you kept a happy attitude, you could at least appreciate life for what it was.

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by Countee Cullen*
- A well written perspective of how each side of the racial communities will view two differing colors walking in unison, among each other.

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"Of all the things that happened there
That's all that I remember" - A statement like such allows for us to comprehend how much weight a situation like that could carry on ones heart, to be ostracized from a world, just because you look different. To be disrespected by a society, where the young are even taught a horrendous message

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"And so I smiled, but he poked out
His tongue, and called me, Nigger" - This innocents that he assumed was this little child, was quickly stripped away, and he realized that adults around him instilled this message into the youth that he was somehow different just because of his color"

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"Now I was eight and very small
And he was no whit bigger" - This seems to try and convey an image that this boy was small, and not large in comparison to those around him, where he presumed such a child would be innocent, unknowing to the racial discrimination around him.

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"I saw a Baltimorean
Keep looking straight at me" - This portrays a mindset of judgement that was prominent.

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"She treats me so lovin', she satisfy my mind" - With all that was going on in life during the time period, love was a huge emotion that needed to be captured. That being there for each other is the most meaningful thing.

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"Men sure is deceitful and they's gettin' worser ev'ry day" - This is a good perspective, showing that at the time, the viewpoint of the people in the era, weren't doing well for society. That they were ruining things for themselves and those around them.

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"Pressed to the wall, dying, but... fighting back" - This ambition, to fight back when it mattered, is what lead to where we are now. A place where we can walk without death, but still with the know-all of the bloodshed that had to occur.

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"While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs" - Further pushing into the hunting mindset, but referring to those doing the killing of people as "dogs" that were just hungry for a meal

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"If we must die, let it not be like hogs" - This points out vividly that they didn't want to die in an aspect that was sought out like hunting, like they were just an animal born to be killed.

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"I see them bloom, for me and you" - With reference to the blooming of flowers, this song was written in order to recognize and appreciate the true beauty of life, which was necessary in hard times. Why keep a negative mindset, and just appreciate what you can. Love life and hold the world highly.

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"There's been enough trouble to make a poor girl wonder she want to go" - This shows the idea of how impoverished many people were, and especially in this era, the African American people, "colored people," whatever they were referred to at some time. That including any derogatory terms.

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"So our precious blood may not be shed in vain" - Life is life, no matter the race, and one color should not be held in a higher manner, compared to another. It shouldn't lead to the "precious" life that was created, being taken by the other life that was meant to coincide with such.

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"I hear babies cry, I watch them grow" - This is for pure acknowledgement of how precious life is, that we need to see it for the good.

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"Cause my house fell down and I can't live there no more" - This just further exasperates the fact that there was so much poverty in this time period, that it had to be expressed through music, for people to be able to cope with the living conditions they experienced.