She had somethin’ down inside her nobody could take away. She believed in the water. She believed in the land too. She always say, ‘Both the land and the water got they secrets that they hide from the world.’ She say, ‘I believe in the water because that’s where our freedom is. Cuz our enemies, whoever they may be, will try to build everythin’ they have on the bones of those less fortunate. For a time, they cup will runneth over with the river of blood. Though it may linger, the bones will turn to ash, just to salt the ground they’ll walk on. And the blood, it’ll turn bitterness from
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