Delany

Martin Delaney
Grew up free in westVirginia
Son of slaves
Oldest out of five
Mandinka royalty in his veins
Moved to Pennsylvania
For education
Cause in them days
Reading was illegal for
Blacks who wanted their freedom gained
Abolitionist
In the vigilance committee
Protecting his people from lynch mobs in the city
Ain't no mystery to that
First newspaper for blacks
But they had to shut it down cause he spoke to many facts
Who was that

Martin Delaney was his name
Liberating his ppl was his aim
They can never put out your flame
Hero you always will remain
Principle over the fame
Would you take it all back

Looking at the North Star with Frederick Douglass
Wrote the truth of black people in this newspaper published
Accepted into Harvard then they chose
To reject him from racist notion that they uphold
Guess they didn't know that Delaney was the goat
Fought up in the civil war major stripes on his coat
Emancipate to proclamate
In the South Carolina state
Recruited former slaves
For their life and service operate
Hero for the Friedman's bureau
And matters fact
Led the Liberian exodus
So he could lead us back
Who was that