The Great Pax Whitie Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGH FCCIH JKL JML NOPQRSJH TUVVMMW TL TNTXYXZA2ZB2TC2D2C2T H E2LTTL XF2G2TA2 H2I2PN J2C K2H TTAL2TTM2A2N2H L2O2In the beginning was the word | A |
And the word was | B |
Death | C |
And the word was nigger | D |
And the word was death to all niggers | E |
And the word was death to all life | F |
And the word was death to all | G |
peace be still | H |
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The genesis was life | F |
The genesis was death | C |
In the genesis of death | C |
Was the genesis of war | I |
be still peace be still | H |
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In the name of peace | J |
They waged the wars | K |
ain't they got no shame | L |
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In the name of peace | J |
Lot's wife is now a product of the Morton company | M |
nah they ain't got no shame | L |
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Noah packing his wife and kiddies up for a holiday | N |
row row row your boat | O |
But why'd you leave the unicorns noah | P |
Huh why'd you leave them | Q |
While our Black Madonna stood there | R |
Eighteen feet high holding Him in her arms | S |
Listening to the rumblings of peace | J |
be still be still | H |
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CAN I GET A WITNESS WITNESS WITNESS | T |
He wanted to know | U |
And peter only asked who is that dude | V |
Who is that Black dude | V |
Looks like a troublemaker to me | M |
And the foundations of the mighty mighty | M |
Ro Man Cat holic church were laid | W |
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hallelujah Jesus | T |
nah they ain't got no shame | L |
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Cause they killed the Carthaginians | T |
in the great appian way | N |
And they killed the Moors | T |
to civilize a nation | X |
And they just killed the earth | Y |
And blew out the sun | X |
In the name of a god | Z |
Whose genesis was white | A2 |
And war wooed god | Z |
And america was born | B2 |
Where war became peace | T |
And genocide patriotism | C2 |
And honor is a happy slave | D2 |
cause all god's chillun need rhythm | C2 |
And glory hallelujah why can't peace | T |
be still | H |
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The great emancipator was a bigot | E2 |
ain't they got no shame | L |
And making the world safe for democracy | T |
Were twenty millon slaves | T |
nah they ain't got no shame | L |
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And they barbecued six million | X |
To raise the price of beef | F2 |
And crossed the th parallel | G2 |
To control the price of rice | T |
ain't we never gonna see the light | A2 |
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And champagne was shipped out of the East | H2 |
While kosher pork was introduced | I2 |
To Africa | P |
Only the torch can show the way | N |
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In the beginning was the deed | J2 |
And the deed was death | C |
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And the honkies are getting confused | K2 |
peace be still | H |
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So the great white prince | T |
Was shot like a nigger in texas | T |
And our Black shining prince was murdered | A |
like that thug in his cathedral | L2 |
While our nigger in memphis | T |
was shot like their prince in dallas | T |
And my lord | M2 |
ain't we never gonna see the light | A2 |
The rumblings of this peace must be stilled | N2 |
be stilled be still | H |
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ahh Black people | L2 |
ain't we got no pride | O2 |
Nikki Giovanni
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