the wisest of us
\nare self taught
\nwho escape the trap
\nof being caught
\nin the web of lies
\nfed in the formal schools
\nof our oppressors
\ntrained with abnormal rules
\ndeformed
\nand used
\nfor generations
\nas tools
\nof our own exploitation
\nhiding the truth
\nof history
\nfrom our youth
\nhow we have been
\nand continue to be
\nmisused and abused
\nfrom slave ships
\nto plantations
\nto now being stationed
\nin the lowest occupations
\ndirt poor
\ntold we’re not worth more
\nthan the crumbs
\nwe’re made to work for
\nyet we were
\nthe work force
\nthat built this
\nentire empire
\nfrom ground up
\nas we were ground up
\nlike pulp
\nfrom peaceful communities
\nrounded up
\nwhere they found us
\nmillions kidnapped with impunity
\ndepopulated a continent
\nof diverse societies
\nof peoples of all varieties
\nit began
\nfirst with Arab invasions
\nthen by a people called Caucasians
\ntoday its being done
\nby Russians and Asians
\nit’s been
\nour autodidacts
\nwho search out
\nfacts
\nhidden from Blacks
\nlike Hubert Harrison
\nlike Malcolm x
\nHuey P. Newton and
\nGeorge Jackson were next
\nself educated
\nall became revolutionary
\nthe natural result
\nof learning our true history
\ncenturies of suffering
\nwhere we came from
\ngenerations of terror and fear
\nhow we got here
\nthe floods of blood
\nsweat and tears
\ndestroyed families
\nlost communities
\nthe deliberate
\ndestruction of every
\nattempt at unity
\nour names, histories
\nand cultures stolen
\nthis is why the status quo
\ndoesn’t want us knowing
\nanything but the lies
\ntheir schools teach
\nas they practice the opposite
\nof what they love to preach
\npolitical systems
\nequally dishonest
\nused to disarm us
\ndo nothing but harm us
\nonly true history and ideology will
\narm us
\nnow cast away into prison cells
\nthe final destination
\nof young Black males
\nmade to believe what we
\nendured and survived was mild
\nonly a fool lets their enemy
\nteach their child<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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