For Sweet Honey in the Rock

i say, come, sister, brother to the battlefield

come into the rain forests

come into the hood

come into the barrio

come into the schools

come into the abortion clinics

come into the prisons

come and caress our spines

i say come, wrap you feet around jsutice

i say come, wrap your tongues around truth

i say come, wrap your hands with deeds and prayer

you brown ones

you yellow ones

you black ones

you gay ones

you white ones

you lesbian ones

comecomecomecomecome to this battlefield

called life, called life, called life ....

i'm gonna stay on the battlefield

i'm gonna stay on the battlefield

i'm gonna stay on the battlefield til I die ...

-- Sonia Sanchez, "For Sweet Honey in the Rock"

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