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A war is a dark period in time
So dark it is hard to rewind.
Bombs were ticking.
Presidents influenced the war like
Johnson, Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Nixon
Increased war materials increased jobs,
Many lives lost causing many sobs.
A hootch, tunnel rats, and head gaps.
That post-traumatic stress always
made its way back.
The no-remorse and bombs,
Back then, chaos was Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh
Communist hears he was trying to mend.
I still don't get how in the 20th century
war was a trend
So much more in store
Hippies tried to prevent war
Tie-dye shirts
wanting peace
from the South, North, West and East.
Throughout the world
for little boys and girls.
This time in history
was as cold as snow.
Like the laws of Jim Crow.
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Blacks didn't have equal rights
They were fed up beginning to fight.
Being rebellious had many
consequences some fatal
It was hard to save them
March after March
Boycott after Boycott
Blood after Blood
Murder after Murder
Tears after Tears
Was help near?
Even the skies weren't clean
But America opened their eyes
When Martin Luther King said:
“I have a dream.”
Jim Crow laws were cruel
Blacks and whites together
couldn't even attend school.
The 60's just weren't the needles
A lot of entertainment like the Beatles.
A lot of people like to dance and sing-along
To jamming songs.
In 1964, blacks could not be
discriminated against
Our fight worked
It was our defense.
Things started to calm and re-define
Vietnam War ended in April '75.
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