For The Black Man To Come Out

I Came Back To Louisville After The Olympics With My Shiny Gold Medal. Went Into A Luncheonette Where Black Folks Couldn't Eat. Thought I'd Put Them On The Spot. I Sat Down And Asked For A Meal. The Olympic Champion Wearing His Gold Medal. They Said, "we Don't Serve Niggers Here." I Said, "that's Okay, I Don't Eat 'em." But They Put Me Out In The Street. So I Went Down To The River, The Ohio River, And Threw My Gold Medal In It.

For The Black Man To Come Out Superior Would Be Against America's Teachings. I Have Been So Great In Boxing They Had To Create An Image Like Rocky, A White Image On The Screen, To Counteract My Image In The Ring. America Has To Have Its White Images, No Matter Where It Gets Them. Jesus, Wonder Woman, Tarzan And Rocky.

America Don't Have No Future! America's Going To Be Destroyed! Allah's Going To Divinely Chastise America! Violence, Crimes, Earthquakes - There's Gonna Be All Kinds Of Trouble. America's Going To Pay For All Its Lynchings And Killings Of Slaves And What It's Done To Black People.

If The Boxers Are A Little More Colorful, Talk A Little Like I Did And Just Do Half As Much As I Did For Boxing, It Will Be All Right.

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