The sea calm tonight.
Another night like this we buy
Freedom
dearly.
We strike
blood flow
we kill
We win.
We spare two
Take us home
Africa.
They trick us
We should not trust them
They bring us west
Demand us
sent to Cuba
Chain and whip
kill for crime.
America kind
teach us tell what happen
give us land grow food
talk in court
King with white hair
talk soft
convince
send us tell what happen that
night.
We make friend
boy Kali
they love
pay for ship
We go home.
The sea calm tonight
Tonight peaceful
no fighting
no blood
just peace.
We go home.
Oscar A. Bouise
Professor Emeritus of History
Xavier University, New Orleans, 1981