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Salaam namaste Brotha Numsie

tag one of them

these guys dont have that one nude photo of mine showing my face do they?

What about "onward bitches"?

The Stranger within my gate,

He may be true or kind,

But he does not talk my talkβ€”

I cannot feel his mind.

I see the face and the eyes and the mouth,

But not the soul behind.

The men of my own stock

They may do ill or well,

But they tell the lies I am wonted to,

They are used to the lies I tell.

And we do not need interpreters

When we go to buy and sell.

The Stranger within my gates,

He may be evil or good,

But I cannot tell what powers controlβ€”

What reasons sway his mood;

Nor when the Gods of his far-off land

Shall repossess his blood.

The men of my own stock,

Bitter bad they may be,

But, at least, they hear the things I hear,

And see the things I see;

And whatever I think of them and their likes

They think of the likes of me.

This was my father's belief

And this is also mine:

Let the corn be all one sheafβ€”

And the grapes be all one vine,

Ere our children's teeth are set on edge

By bitter bread and wine.