<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=536177" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Stones that the Builder Refused</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Mother Africa lost her children to the sea<br>Scattered abroad and sold into slavery<br>Bound, shackled, and twice chained<br>Sins of the father has surely remained<br>Loving families we left behind<br>Betrayed and Sold by our own kind<br>These things sometimes makes me upset<br>Those things I can never ever forget</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Like cattle lead to the slaughter<br>On auction blocks sold as barter<br>Hated, mistreated, and despised<br>Made lame, crippled, and then criticized <br>Battered and bruised dogs set upon <br>Skin baked in the sun for we are Teflon<br>In the fields we chanted a psalm<br>Now we’re told to go back where you came from </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Nowhere to go for we no longer belong<br>Through captivity we’ve remain ever strong<br>We make you dance and now you want to be us too<br>You cannot be me nor I could ever be you<br>High on the hill you roast the sow<br>We’ve made you rich by the sweat of our brow<br>Good enough to die for you as martyrs <br>Yet not good enough to marry your daughters</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It is here I was born <br>You still look at me with a scorn<br>Like I have stolen all your corn<br>From my back my clothing’s torn<br>Hands tired and limbs worn<br>I am the tree grown from an acorn</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You cannot conquer me<br>I am one with the almighty<br>Take it all in and make sure it is well digested <br>You’ve claimed all that I have manifested<br>In us you have long divested <br>In us you are not interested</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Shiftless and lazy we’ve been accused<br>On stage by us you’ve been amused<br>Your entire history you’ve been confused<br>For far too long we’ve been abused<br>Never more shall we be used<br>We are the stones that the builder refused</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>(August 6,2011)</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Wilfred+Mellers">Wilfred Mellers</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=536177" data-title="The Stones that the Builder Refused de Wilfred Mellers" data-description="Mother Africa lost her children to the sea Scattered abroad and sold into slavery Bound, shackled, and twice chained Sins of the father has surely remained Loving families we left behind Betrayed and Sold by our own kind These things sometimes mak..."></div> </div> </div>

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