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The N Word

10/31/2013

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​The word Nig..r has become accepted, while respect for each other has been rejected.

The word Nig..r flows out of the mouth of Black against each other, Blacks to each other …

​Big and small alike, Nig..r is a word that MANY seem to like.


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In These Times

10/30/2013

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​It is appalling that in THESE TIMES there are Still Amendments written in the law that have a time limit on Basic Human Rights…

Our “Right To Vote Time Line Is Up and there is a stir in the air … Memories of restrictions and detentions of basic human rights flood the mind…

Some greet this news with approval others seek the removal of these violations; many would like to turn back the hands of time when People of Color Knew Their Place.

They will Vote in their Congressional Rooms, opening old wounds while reminding themselves that Outside Pressure is the only Reason For Change. 

Civil Rights will be discussed with energy and vigor … Human Rights still must take a back seat.
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Reparations, apologizing for Slavery, are not seen as Important for these Law Makers, who secretly and sometimes openly cling to Old Southern Mentality.

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What's Wrong with You Young Man?

10/27/2013

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​What’s really wrong young man?  Why is it that you don’t want or have a plan for a better future?

Why do you seem so comfortable doing nothing? Wanting nothing, without feeling any shame?
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Are you trying to be a future clown, a future non-productive-adult? Tell me son, “What is really wrong?”


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The Poet: Why I Write

10/27/2013

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​As far back as I can remember the urge to write has been in my soul…

These feelings have been spiritually guided by the Ancestors of my forefathers.
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I WRITE to reveal the messages trapped in my soul…
I WRITE as a testimony of the durability of my people…


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Behind Closed Doors

10/24/2013

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​And so they would meet in high places and low places, voicing their concerns Behind Closed Doors…

Fair play has disturbed their areas of comfort and many are in an uproar over events that seek to bring about a CHANGE that might affect their status or might reveal their ill-gotten-gains.


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Self-Check: Ask Yourself

10/21/2013

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Do a self-check and Ask Yourself about yourself … If it makes you smile and vanity is not leading the way, I understand that you are doing your part in teaching and reaching the people, for this I applaud the likes of you. For those who refuse to self-check and continue to give power to negative energy, may these poetic thoughts stir you…
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ASK YOURSELF

How can we RISE in POSITIVE NUMBERS if some of us
keep finding excuses to not ELEVATE OURSELVES when given the chance?
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How can we COMPETE with those others who scorn us, mock our intelligence, ridicule our schools as inferior, spread lies and half-truths about our MAGNIFICENT and RICH HERITAGE?

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Resiliency

10/21/2013

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Look closely and you will see the Resiliency in My Eyes…
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I Am Determined, I am Focus and allergic to B.S. and Hocus-Pocus…

No matter the task, My Spirit is Unyielding …


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Do You Know Me?

10/21/2013

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Today like yesterday we weep for another unjust verdict … It appears that certain sects of this great country still refuse to SEE US as people …

While searching for justice, I began searching for my tribe of warriors. Perhaps I am related to YOU.


​My teachers were many: JESUS, GARVEY, ELIJAH, SOJOURNER,
MEDGAR, HARRIET, SHAKA, MALCOLM, KING, GWEN…
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DO YOU KNOW ME??


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Black on Black Crime

10/21/2013

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We are losing too many to the streets … The violence against each other only plays in the hands of those who seek the destruction of Blacks and others who have been deemed inferior … As you are divided, you can be controlled … Talk to the Gangbangers,  and wannabes … Enough already!




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Bloody Hands

10/19/2013

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​The Blood of My People is on Your Hands…

 The Destiny of My People was Altered by Your Hands…

 YOU-know-who-YOU-are…

The  Land  of  My  People  was  taken  and  Raped  by Your  Hands…

The Rivers of Blood were given Birth by Your Hands…
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 YOU- know- who-YOU-are…

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