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La Revolucíon

An ode to the Los Angeles protest.

By Joe PattersonPublished about a year ago • 1 min read

Turn on the television. See in the news

My Brown brothers and sisters are singing the blues.

California smoke and flames has a story to tell.

The brown are fighting trying not to be deported to hell.

Being rejected from the homeland which they stand.

Persecuted because they immigrated to stolen land.

Land that was trespassed on and even taken in stacks.

Now it’s leaders fear the day that it will be taken back.

I guess men, women and kids get sacrificed in the fire.

All so the whore of Babylon can maintain its empire.

We say it’s the law, but do we really respect it?

No wayward refugee should ever be rejected, only protected.

Protest and anarchy are the default solution against corrupt institutions.

It starts here. La revolucíon is here. There is a new revolution.

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Joe Patterson

Hi I'm Joe Patterson. I am a writer at heart who is a big geek for film, music, and literature, which have all inspired me to be a writer. I rap, write stories both short and long, and I'm also aspiring to be an author and a filmmaker.

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    Written by Joe Patterson