Justin Olhipi
2 min readMar 8, 2023

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Great ideas here! Please consider working this message into a standalone post. And I'll record and publish the song below, which has been on cooking on the back eye for a while. Thanks.

Reparations by Justin Olhipi

Reparations, its the right thing to do

Reparations, cos the rent's come due

Don't worry Joe Sixpack

No one's coming for your paycheck

I'm talking 'bout the Carnegies

And the ivy universities

They're still making bundles

Out of land theft and slavery

Make them pay (pay echo)

Make them pay for all the thieving

that they're doing to this day

Reparations, it's the right thing to do

Reparations, cos the rent's come due

Money makes money

gotta let loose the seeds

So the Children of Oppressions can go

Plant their own Money Trees!

No need for bureaucracy

People know what they need

To promote the general welfare

And the Blessings of Liberty

For the People and posterity

Reparations, it's the right thing to do

Reparations, cos the rent's come due

The Day is coming

Burning like a oven

When they break the 7 seals

And Jah people are revealed

And who will recognize

What's been right before our eyes

All this time, so much time

Now it's been 400 years

And the rent's come due

Reparations, it's the right thing to do

Just think of all the benefit

For all of society

No more fear, no more tears

When justice is restored

People fight to stay afloat

A rising tide lifts every boat

And none of us are free

Till all of us are free

Reparations, it's the right thing to do

Reparations, cos the rent's come due

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Justin Olhipi
Justin Olhipi

Written by Justin Olhipi

Autistic artist, student of life. Red Letter Panthiest. SJW since the '60's. NB / AFAB. Just visiting this planet. White-passing Creole from New Orleans USA

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