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Paul Robeson had a deep voice.
Deeper than Darth Vader too!
He toured the globe for freedom
like that Dalai llama dude.
He sang in many languages
and starred in movies too
but used his art to fight for
what was fair and what was true.
One day when I came home from school
I said to Mom and Dad
When I grow up I want to sing! Perform! I want to act!”
Dad said that he’d support me
if I got a law degree.
“Well, Paul Robeson did that, son,”
my mom said, “Go check and see.”
So I looked and saw
he practiced law
but only for a week
because some silly secretary
wouldn’t write when he would speak!
Instead he chose to sing and speak
and bravely pave the way
for every man who speaks
when history won’t write what he says.
*Paid for by the Negronomers Hand Trust