Born In A Cent - All We Can Do lyrics

Someone wrote "i love you" On the desk where i sat As i read black and white Jim crow and all that Like the 14th amendment And the fight for good schools And the fight that continues Or so says langston hughes "i swear to the Lord Though i still cannot see Why democracy means Everybody but me." And i laugh for langston For what we don't have But someone wrote "i love you" On the desk where i sat As i read brown and black And the struggle back then That moves beyond cuba In the words of guillen For poesia negra For the Black artist's name To "express our individual selves Without shame." And it's all that we can do And i cry for guillen "tengo, vamos a ver," I have this education I have people to care I have someone who wrote "i love you" On the desk where i sat I have me, i have her I have all that i need to have But this fight, it continues No matter how much love calls No matter where we find it written Sharpies on bathroom stalls And it's all that we can do And i fight for my lover And i fight for myself With fists made of roses Picked by the rebels I'm fighting and scarring And amidst the combat There's someone who wrote i love you On the desk where i sat I write "i love you too" Though i don't know who s/he is In a world filled with hate Only our love can win So i love for the better And i love for the best I love cause i have to By the beat of my chest Cause when the whole world shouts To fight red with more red I ask what about using yellows And violets instead? When i forget my blessings And the poets i quote I'll remember that "i love you" That a stranger wrote