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If only I coulda seen Grenada, or the East as it turned red Black Reconstruction in its victories, or the Red Guards lopping off the teacher's hair Seen Haiti cast out them French legionnaires, Vietnam throw out the rest (out the west) Love to see them French and American generals hang their weary heads Or working America in the '30s, labor organized and unrest But if I'd've seen it I'd be dead right now, better off to do it all again When Maurice Bishop spoke, folks heard him in Malcolm's Harlem Mao Tse-tung's Red Book of quotes, Black Panthers stood and sold them They sang a song about old John Brown, and Harriet's .38 She's who made America really great Cuba 1959, yoke broke on New Year's Day Took Batista's men and threw them pigs right into the bay When the Yanqs tried their beaches, they beat them bastards sore We'll celebrate that day forevermore Like the Black Panther Party in the '70s, free breakfast defended by the gun All the children in the neighborhood knew where their meals had come from Wish I'd seen the movement in the '60s, Black Freedom organized, our country's best Most America's greats are either dead or in jail Better off to do it all again You ain't had to seen Grenada Or the East as it turned red If you're downtrodden and still breathing Better off to do it all again