oh tell me
please mama
what ever happened
to Barack Obama?
they said he was
so hated
cuz he’d see us
liberated
well there’s still no money
in your purse
and since he was in office
things got worse
the … Read the rest
free Huey!
a demand that sparked
a movement
the needle
we moved it
closer
to freedom
Huey P. we freed him
but afterward lost steam
which means
another deferred dream
but the vision
ain’t dead
instead
we gotta
revive what … Read the rest
the wisest of us
are self taught
who escape the trap
of being caught
in the web of lies
fed in the formal schools
of our oppressors
trained with abnormal rules
deformed
and used
for generations
as tools
of our … Read the rest
Someone once told Huey P. Newton
you are what you eat
Cuz he called cops pigs
but admitted he ate pig feet
Huey responded to the critic
but you call yourself a man
So doesn’t that means my brother
that … Read the rest
We endure torture death
and suffering
while you compete for clout
and fame
Advocates helpers
good talkers bad walkers
ventriloquists who speak
in our name
Which one of you
spoke to us
walked a yard in our shoes
Asked us … Read the rest
behold the silent noise
cries with no voice
generations of shattered lives
discarded like broken toys
a too early demise
lost and tortured souls
ghostly lullabies
legacies no one knows
unknown tomorrows
tossed in ships’ holds
young and old
suffered … Read the rest
did you know the color of her eyes
the texture of her hair
did you know she was there
did you even care
incapable of harm
an innocent new life
a beacon of light
to husband and wife
her world … Read the rest
Over 400 years
Of Black bondage
Overwork underpay
For 30 days we pay homage
To those who resisted
The worst inhumanities
Conditions that cost
Many the loss of sanity
A people less astute
And fortified
Might have succumbed
And died… Read the rest
You call it independence day
Oh my how you lie
Cuz Black folks were still your slaves
On that day in July
If taxation without representation
Was just cause for outrage
How about being enslaved
>From cradle to grave
To … Read the rest
If you ever wanna discover
A place of boundless treasure
Where sisters and brothers can be found with
Talents beyond measure
All one need do is
Tear down these walls
Walk down these halls
You’ll hear it in their calls… Read the rest