During slavery
Black folks would often invent
Figures of speech and words
That were meant
To express their grievances
And anger
But in a way
As to avoid the danger
Of arousing the
Wraith and violence
Of the owners
Without
You a playa hater?
That’s no reason to hate me
Cuz I ain’t a player
Enough clowns already in the community.
But you despise me
Why I don’t have a clue.
Eyeing me with suspicion
What the fuck I do?
Dare to struggle dare to win!
With clenched fist in the air
We will win power to the people
United in resistance we’ll get there
Fight fail fight fail!
Do it over and over again
We’ll get better each time
Zionists and Nazis
The exact same plan,
Erase a people deny their history
Take their land.
To displace
Brown faces
Replace their space
The aim…
Palestine erased.
A land without
A people?
They said the same about
The Indians
A
… Read the restEverytime you open your mouth
It’s “me” “my” and “I”
“I do everything and better than everyone”
That’s a lie
“If it wasn’t for ME”
Who gives a fuck!
“Look, I figured it out first”
Beginner’s luck
‘Me against the
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Revolution won’t happen in
Virtual space
The oppressed communities,
Where it must take place.
For all the
Social media clout chasers
GoFundMe grifters
Mass line fakers
Political shape shifters
And
Posturing pixies
In costumes
From the 60s.
The people’s struggle
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Who taught us
To reject love for our daughters
Our sisters
And mothers?
Yeah brothers
Done lost they minds
Remember the time
When we was Black and proud
Now we just Black and loud
Rapping about nothing
Pretending to be
… Read the restBlack power!
Solidarity!
All power!
Man, we need talk about
‘DAT NIGGA.’
Yeah, his pen
got a blade for a point,
n’ he
keep cuttin’ mufuckers!
What’s YOUR point?
He s’posed to
criticize the system,
but like Hubert Harrison
he
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I reach the world
Borders and checkpoints
can’t impede
my seeds
I make flags unfurl
arm little girls
against your preying
not praying
so you can lay in wait
Teach them freedom songs
for THIS world
No
… Read the restWho is King Kong?
You say he’s me?
Hell naw, you wrong!
Yeah, they called us both “ape” from day one.
And we was both kings back home,
The Kongo for one.
And just like Kong,
We was defiant and
