GET OVER IT
Your people were herded on overstuffed ships
And sailed to the land of the chains and the whips.
It was a crime
In a distant time
So get over it.
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Marched through the streets, they were sold at the block.
They had fewer rights than the owner’s livestock.
It wasn’t fair,
But I wasn’t there,
So get over it.
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Many years later, I don’t know what for
The North and the South chose to fight a great war.
The slaves were freed.
What’s that to me?
Get over it.
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After the war, social progress was slow.
Black people oppressed by the Klan and Jim Crow.
But that was then.
It has to end.
So get over it.
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Marching for justice; demanding the vote.
Just a handful of white people jumped on the boat.
Your cause was just.
But don’t make a fuss.
Get over it.
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The election was rigged, and our hero went down
To an old left-wing establishment clown.
It wasn’t right.
Don’t give up the fight
And don’t get over it.