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CANE


Take Karintha
Take Karintha
(As) perfect as dusk when the sun goes down
Take Karintha
(As) perfect as twilight as a child
     Able to drive both young and old wild
(As) perfect as dusk when the sun goes down
And remember, remember every sound
'Cause often as our flowers bloom
Men will try and cut them down
Take Karintha
     She's as sweet as spring rain
     And run from the cane
     Run from the cane

Pray for Becky
Pray for Becky
     White woman gave
Birth to two Black sons
Pray for Becky
     Her one room shack fell to the ground
The two boys killed a man
     And had to leave town
     White woman gave
       Birth to two Black sons
And remember, remember the days
She looked to us for help
And we all turned away
Pray for Becky
Buried down near the trains
       Deep in the cane
       Deep in the cane

Written by Gil Scott-Heron (1949-2011)

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