Hands That Once Picked Cotton

Hands that once picked cotton

Can now pick presidents

But the cost is.... Depends on your residence

Hands that once picked cotton

Can be doctors now

The cost is.. black women continue to die during child birth because their need of care is turned down

Hands that once picked cotton

Became president

The cost is... black folks still suffered

More than any other resident

Hands that once picked cotton

Can now practice law

But the cost is.... To turn the other cheek from what you really saw

Hands that once picked cotton

Can now buy land

But the cost is only if you obey the feeding hand

Hands that once picked cotton

Can now read and write

But the cost is.... Never about our history and never about our rights.

Hands that once picked cotton

Can now elevate and grow

But the cost is... To stroke their ego and be a better negro

Hands that once picked cotton

Can now love thyself

But the cost is... The cost is...

Not really... Not really thyself...

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