I came to expect despair every time I set foot in my own country, and I was never disappointed. - Nina Simone

Picket lines, school boycotts/They try to say it's a communist plot/All I want is equality/For my sister, my brother, my people, and me

You can't help it. An artist's duty, as far as I'm concerned, is to reflect the times.

Cause your mama's name was lonely, and your daddy's name was pain. And they called you little sorrow, cus you'll never love again. You ain't got no one to hold you. You ain't got no one to care. if you'd only understand it. nobody wants you anywhere.