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Welcome. U have just accessed the Akashic Records Genetic InformationDivision. This program is required 4 those wishing 2 obtain a marriageblessing from The Kingdom. When u wish 2 begin this program, place ur righthand on the scanner and tightly clench up ur buttcheeks as u might feel aslight electrical shock. Please select the race history u desire. U haveselected African-American. This is your history:First of all, the term "black and white" is a fallacy. It simply is anotherway of saying "this or that". Let's examine the term "this or that" in itsultimate form which is: "this" means the truth or "that which is resistant 2it. When a minority realizes its similarities on a higher level- not just"black"- but PEOPLE OF COLOR, and higher still "INDIGENOUS", and even higherstill, "FROM THE TRIBE OF.", and yet higher- the "RAINBOW CHILDREN". Whenthis understanding comes, the so-called minority becomes a majority in thewink of an eye. This action will cause a Reaction or Resistance. The sourceof this Resistance must b banished as it is in direct conflict with theinitial action. It cannot be assimilated, 4 its very nature is resistance.In other words, ONE CANNOT SERVE 2 MASTERS. U r either "this" or "that"which is not "this".End of part one. 2 continue, select the program Family Name and type in thecurrent government name u wish history on.(London, England sometime in the early 1600s)"We have the God-given right 2 run out of our colonies anyone who does notbow down 2 our law. Hear, hear?""Come on, come on keep it moving here. What's your name boy?""Abu Cah""Well it ain't now; it's Tom Lynch."Mirror, mirror what u see?Have I still got those dark clouds over me?Or am I really feeling what I feel?The last days of the Devil's DealMirror, what u see?Devil, devil what u know?/U been here since 1914, but now u got 2 goU been hidin' behind corporate eyesU wanna war, but u can't fight/Devil, u got 2 goU might say, "what u mad about?"/But u still got ur Family NamePleased 2 meet u, Mr. Rosenbloom/I'll b John Blackwell just the sameWhat's ur Family Name?Teacher, teacher what u say?/Did we really come over in a boat?Did it really go down that way?/Or did I arrive b4 and ruin Thanksgiving Day?Teacher, what u say?Preacher, preacher is it true?/That Jesus wants me 2 give my money 2 the likes of u?Ride around in ur Lexus Coupe/Drive us 2 the cleaners in a pinstripe suitPreacher, that ain't truth!U might say, "what u mad about?/But u still got ur Family NamePleased 2 meet u, Mr. Pearlman/U can call me Clay. can I play?People, people what's ur name?/Maybe we should start all overLet everybody get in the game/Put up a one-gloved fistMake a sound, Violet BrownU might say "what u mad about?"/But u still got ur Family namePleased 2 meet u Mr. Goldstruck.We found this tape in the Akashic records. This is Thomas Jefferson:"My fellow Americans, if there is a just God, we're gonna pay 4 this!""Black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics willb able 2 join hands in the words of the old Negro spiritual:"free at last, free at last, thank God almighty we are free at last!"
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