Slavery Institutionalized Slavery br br You didn’t take me away from aplace br You extricated me from a sacred space Me br br You developed and trained mu mind br To blend in with your kind br To put you in the fore front br And leave myself behind br br My mind was open to assimilation br And closed to self-realization br Education was the agent of control br Substituting society for my soul br An act of self-suicide for the good of the whole br br Was it not the great minds of our times that sanctioned br Self hatred br Made the truth oblique br Made education a conditioning process br To obliterate being unique br br Seek a role model, seek a hero br Don’t seek being yourself, you are a zero br If education is the answer br It has a function similar to cancer br br Americanization another appellation for education br br Mind control, behavioral modification br Violence is a form of militaristic communication br I’m a clone, a mere cheap imitation br br If I kill it’s because I’m trained br If I hate it’s because I’m trained br If I steal it’s because I’m trained br br I don’t know who I am but because I am trained br I Am A Professionalbr br Josephine DixonBanksbr br