- published: 28 Jan 2010
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The Tutsi ( /ˈtʊtsi/;Rwanda-Rundi pronunciation: [tūtsī]), or Abatutsi, are an ethnic group in Central Africa. Historically, they were often referred to as the Watutsi and the Wahuma. They are the second largest population division among the three largest groups in Rwanda and Burundi, the other two being the Hutu (largest) and the Twa (smallest). Small numbers of Hema, Kiga and Furiiru people also live in Rwanda.
Conceptions of the supposed ethnic groups in Rwanda and Burundi have a long history. The definitions of "Hutu" and "Tutsi" people may have changed through time and location. Social structures were not stable throughout Rwanda, even during colonial times under the Belgian rule. The Tutsi aristocracy or elite was distinguished from Tutsi commoners, and wealthy Hutu were often indistinguishable from upper-class Tutsi. When the European colonists conducted censuses, they wanted to identify the people throughout Rwanda-Burundi according to a simple classification scheme. They defined "Tutsi" as anyone owning more than ten cows (a sign of wealth) or with the physical feature of a longer nose, or longer neck, commonly associated with the Tutsi. A person could change from Hutu to Tutsi by obtaining enough cows to acquire the status.[citation needed]
I can feel it
on my insides
it's working
it's moving
and I feed it
carefully
and I'm really
not happy
with the things that are movin inside of me
got a heart
got a heart
got a heart
got a big heart
i smell it
on my house
on my sheets
it's working
and i feed it
often
not ripped(?)
not bleed(?)
and i never really know whats happening
got a heart
got a heart
got a heart
got a big heart
i remember when i was a kid
i had a bike that i got secondhand
.....(?)
i cut my head/leg(?) so bad i thought i died
and i never believed in you till then
and will never forget you....(?)
I believe in, i believe in, i believe in, i believe in you
got a heart
got a heart
got a heart
got a heart
got a heart
got a heart
got a heart