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 </div><p></p>Pause and think
<div>How long shall we continue to slave?</div>
<div>Where are the best brains that will help us and think?</div>
<div>When are we going to seek light out of this political cave?</div>
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<div>Pause and think</div>
<div>How long shall wanton killings continue?</div>
<div>Let your minds be brighter than colour pink</div>
<div>Let’s avoid this quagmire called the conundrum.</div>
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<div>Pause and think of humanity</div>
<div>For we preach love and absolute forgiveness,</div>
<div>Yet we desecrate our land with impunity.</div>
<div>Should we walk straight and feign peace laden with kindness?</div>
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<div>Pause and think of our children</div>
<div>For they deserve a better future.</div>
<div>Let brotherly love rule the minds of our children</div>
<div>We deserve freedom for a tomorrow which defines our future.</div>
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