{"id":3872,"date":"2025-11-10T15:39:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T15:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/?p=3872"},"modified":"2026-01-10T15:15:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T15:15:31","slug":"we-are-oblivious-2025-by-kevin-rashid-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/?p=3872","title":{"rendered":"WE ARE OBLIVIOUS (2025) By Kevin &#8220;Rashid&#8221; Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We in strip clubs<br>Throwing ones<br>They at the range<br>Loading guns<br>We having dance offs<br>Booties twerking<br>They training hand-to-hand<br>Bodies working<br>We gouge on junk food<br>Overweight<br>They in gyms<br>Hitting weights<br>We in the hood<br>Chasing ghetto fame<br>They in the woods<br>Playing war games<br>With supply lines cut<br>We couldn&#8217;t survive<br>They can live off the land<br>And thrive<br>As we go our merry way<br>Without a care<br>Nazi sentiment<br>On the rise everywhere<br>As the world around us<br>Grows deadly serious<br>We playing kid&#8217;s games<br>Oblivious<br>Military brass being purged<br>Of women and Blacks<br>Jim Crow in the wings<br>Staging a comeback<br>National Guard and Marines<br>Mobilized<br>To invade every city<br>Of every size<br>Trained for urban combat<br>To rain hell like Gaza<br>Their sights trained on<br>Blacks and la Raza<br>Police forces expanding<br>With full immunity<br>The blue Klan with plans<br>Kill us with impunity<br>Missiles drones bombs<br>Are we ready for that?<br>Not shootouts but real war<br>Whole hoods laid flat<br>All the signs are telescoped<br>In preparation<br>We reclining laid back<br>Like we on vacation<br>We don&#8217;t see what&#8217;s coming<br>The stench on the wind<br>Tomorrow&#8217;s enemies<br>Are today&#8217;s friends<br>Power plots being hatched<br>All we know is marching<br>They want the globe<br>We want golden arches<br>Our vision limited<br>To small situations<br>The powers that be<br>Planning our extermination<br>This is the deal<br>With growing gentrification<br>With our living situation<br>More incarceration<br>The poor and homeless<br>Are being outlawed<br>Where else will we shelter<br>Caves and bogs?<br>Old style white supremacy<br>Is on the rise<br>Society paralyzed<br>With racial lies<br>A game of divide and rule<br>We don&#8217;t realize<br>Played by the rich<br>We so idolize<br>Who falsely criminalize<br>Browns and Blacks disappeared<br>Mass roundups<br>People living in fear<br>Of ICE checkpoints<br>Jumpouts in ski masks<br>Civil rights being erased<br>Real fast<br>For some the signs of the times<br>Are very clear<br>Many say<br>This can&#8217;t be happening here<br>Think not<br>You need a history lesson<br>This country was<br>Born and raised on the blessings<br>Of genocide slavery<br>Rape theft of land<br>They portrayed it as the burden<br>Of the white man<br>A so-called mission<br>To civilize every dark seed<br>Kipling called on whites<br>&#8220;Bring forth the best ye breed&#8221;<br>Once we were needed<br>To generate their wealth<br>That was the only reason<br>They cared about our health<br>Now we&#8217;re seen as obstacles<br>A surplus population<br>That in their minds<br>Need extermination<br>So we&#8217;re back to race hate<br>Groomed at the grassroots<br>More open than ever<br>Swastikas jackboots Nazi salutes<br>Remember Donald Trump&#8217;s<br>Inauguration<br>Elon Musk gave the salute<br>To the entire nation<br>While we rapping singing dancing<br>And humming<br>They&#8217;re preparing to win a war<br>We don&#8217;t even see coming<br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We in strip clubsThrowing onesThey at the rangeLoading gunsWe having dance offsBooties twerkingThey training hand-to-handBodies workingWe gouge on junk foodOverweightThey in gymsHitting weightsWe in the hoodChasing ghetto fameThey in the woodsPlaying war gamesWith supply lines cutWe couldn&#8217;t surviveThey can live off the landAnd thriveAs we go our merry wayWithout a 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