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It Ain't Necessarily So.(Poem)(Brief article)
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March 22, 2008
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2008 Black Writers' Guild. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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It Ain't Necessarily So
It ain't necessarily so, that I've been using and
losing.
Because my daddies, daddies, daddy was from Africa.
It ain't necessarily so, that I've lost touch with
what's mine,
and I'm losing my mind, trying to be somebody else.
It ain't necessarily so, that I'm gonna ...
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