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When I was little, I tore out
this picture of Emmett Till.
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They put the barbed wire
around his neck...
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and strapped him
to that 75-pound cotton gin fan.
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And they cut out one ofhis eyes
'cause he looked at some white lady.
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Man.
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I couldn't take my eyes to it,
couldn't throw it away.
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When I heard about those...
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four little girls who got bombed
in that Birmingham church...
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the prohibitions ofthe Honorable
Elijah Muhammad prevented me...
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from speaking
my thoughts in action.
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Because Birmingham was part
ofthe civil rights struggle.
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You know, begging for our place
at the white man's table.
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But dead children
are dead children.
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So the anger I felt
I had to contain.
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I locked it up so tight...
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my muscles seized.
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I lost control
over the right side ofmy body.
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My leg gave out.
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Right arm gave out.
"I'm having a stroke," I thought.
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But I had to hold it in
'cause all I wanted--
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Brother, all I wanted to do
was find something and break it.
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Break a part--
Break any part ofthis system...
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becauseyou are so provoked
in your heart...
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and your spirit
as a human being...
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at dead children.
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And I could do...
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nothing.
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Everyone knows
I can't do nothing...
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anymore.