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You have Kenny G, we have Charlie Parker.

You have Bette Midler, we have Chaka Khan.

You have George Washington, we have the Rev. Jesse Jackson.

You have Dennis Rodman, we have Prince.

You have Prince, we have Dennis Rodman.

You have Chet Baker, we have Miles Davis.

You have Grateful Dead, we have Parliament Funkadelic.

You have Jeff Ruby, we have Al Sharpton.

You have Seinfeld, we have Rock.

You have Andrew Dice Clay, we have Rock.

You have Jesus, we have Haile Salassie.

You have Buchanan, we have Farrakhan.

You have slavery, we have reparations.

You have constellations, we have consternation.

We have demonstrations, you have affiliations

We have John Edgar Wideman, you have Ernest Hemingway.

We have Tupac, you have Shakespeare.

You have Alice Walker, we have Zora Neale Hurston.

You have Truman Capote, we have James Baldwin.

You have Dr. Mark Green (TV), we have Dr. Ben Carson (real).

You have Phil Spector, we have "Puffy" Combs.

You have Henry Ford, we have Garrett A. Morgan.

You have Edith Piaf, we have Aretha Franklin.

We have James Brown, you have Elvis Presley.

We have Elvis Presley, you have Elvis Presley.

We have Malcolm X, you have Martin Luther King Jr.

We have Martin Luther King Jr., you have Martin Luther King Jr.

You have Joseph Papp, we have George C. Wolfe.

You have Anne Sexton, we have me.

You have Alanis Morissette, we have Kina.

You have Max Factor, we have Madame CJ Walker.

We have 144,000, you have The Beats.

You have The Beats, we have The Last Poets.

We have The Greenwich, you have Camp Washington Chili.

We have Miles Davis, you have Miles Davis.

We have Spike Lee, you have Martin Scorcese.

We have bell hooks, you have Gloria Steinem.

We have Gordon Parks, you have Ansel Adams.

We have Ken Griffey Jr., you have Ken Griffey Jr.

You have O.J. Simpson, we have O.J. Simpson.

You have MTV, we have BET.

You have BET, we have BET.

You have The Washington Post, we have The Amsterdam News.

You have Mumia Abu-Jamal, we have Mumia Abu-Jamal.

You have networking, we have happy hour.

You have Lenny Bruce, we have Richard Pryor.

You have chain letters, we have gossiping.

You have "I see dead people," we have "Him downstairs."

You have Rolling Stone, we have Vibe.

You have Keith Richards, we have death.

You have West Chester, we have North Avondale.

You have West Chester, we have West Chester.

You have Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, we have the lottery (scratch-offs).

You have slavery, we have free labor.

You have Life, Newsweek and Forbes, we have Ebony, Emerge and Black Enterprise.

You have zero tolerance, we have three hots and a cot.

You have Mike Royko, we have Carl T. Rowan.

You have The American Dream, we have 40 acres and a mule.

You have Jack Kerouac, we have LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka.

You have David Sedaris, we have Paul Beatty.

You have Christina Aguillera, we have Janet Jackson.

You have Howard Stern, we have Don King.

You have Walt Whitman, we have Langston Hughes.

You have Bill Gates, we have Oprah Winfrey.

You have JFK, we have JC.

You have Selma, we have Soweto.

You have Soweto, we have Selma.

You have gray, blue and green eyes, we have contacts.

You have Tiger Woods, we have Tiger Woods.

You have Larry Bird, we have Michael Jordan.

You have Michael Jordan, we have God.

You have God, we have Michael Jordan.

You have Ted Koppel, we have Tavis Smiley.

We have Oscar Micheaux, you have D.W. Griffith.

We have Chris Rock, you have Don Rickles.

We have proletariat chariots, you have carpools.

You have support groups, we have family reunions.

You have therapy, we have church.

You have Christmas, we have Kwanzaa.

You have The Wizard of Oz, we have The Wiz.

You have WLW, we have WDBZ.

You make 40 oz., we drink 40 oz..