At first,
They didn’t think we were people
They heard savages were coming to their shores
And they were scared
We swam to the shore
because there was nowhere else to go.
When they realized, we were, in fact people they fed us, clothed, befriended us
It was a time
Before they sent us to the the stadium to be deported
Ada was mad, said I left her alone
And that’s when I said,
“We were always destined for America”
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