<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our women
Have a “Me alone” mindset
Taught that success means
How much she alone can get<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In our communal past
The whole family were providers
It wasn’t one doing alone
The entire village stood beside her<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The household wasn’t
Him or her alone
Elders aunties uncles
Lived together in the same home<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Along with the fathers mothers
And children
A village under each roof
That nurtured fed and built them<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In these societies
None dared mistreat her
No man beat her
Because women were the clan leaders<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There were no kings or queens
In these times
Elders were veneered
Not royal bloodlines<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We didn’t worship gods
We paid homage to ancestors
We united with nature
As the source of our blessings<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now it’s all about
Getting to that bag
We’ve forgotten the community
The unity we had<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We’ve been under attack
For generations
So now we’re divided by
Competition envy self-hatred<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It cuts to the quick
In our relationships
The insecurity immaturity
Afraid at every turn we’ll slip<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ever wary
Of being deceived
Are the faces we see real
Can he or she be believed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It boils down
To being a class war
We’ve been taught by our enemies
What to look and ask for<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And as for how we treat each other
We’ve forgotten we’re brothers
To cherish our women
Like our mothers
As more than just lovers<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We must realize
No nation survives
Believing its enemies’ lies
Seeing itself through its enemies’ eyes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Being taught the values
Of those who made us victims
So now we back stab each other
Lie just like those who tricked us<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How do we escape
This morass?
We must restore the values
Of our communal past<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Along with revolutionary theory
Practice and work
That puts the interests
Of the entire working class first<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Across the world oppressed people
A united force
With Afrika’s Diaspora
Set back on course<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of the communal culture
That first made us all equal
Returned to the source
Of All Power to the People!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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