Say What?

In honor of Black History Month

Little known black history
A black man was responsible for eternity
Carrying on his shoulders destiny
Simon the Cyrene
Carrying the cross of you and me
Helping Christ to bear the burden
While up the hill to Golgotha journeying
From Cyrenaica, North Africa
You ain’t know
Black Man representing
For Sho’
Say What?

On The Shoulders

In honor of Black History Month


On the shoulders of black folk
Many strides were made
From discoveries to inventions
In spite of the henchmen

Black bodies swinging
Southern Trees bearing strange fruit
Still didn’t stop
Ever present Melanin
From Taking root

Harriet Tubman carrying the souls of black folk
Cross the line
Shoulders never broke
Freedom time

Strong enough to lead others to be free
On the shoulders of this black
The stride of liberty

Zora Neale Hurston
Penning, scribing
Freedom through free verse
Writing Prose converse

Shouldering Strength through script
Scribin’ equipped
To write way
To cultural ellipse

Not to mention Nikki
Giovanni that is
Ego Trippin’ born in a Congo
Revolutionaries' kin

Strong enough to be strong
Fierce enough to be fierce
Following the legacy
Of the King pierced!

He shouldered the wood
Making strides when others could
Not able to stand
Preparing way for not just the black man
But Every man can!

Spittin' Emphasis

There is a focus or emphasis
to every lyricists
Spittin' this
Verbalizing liquid life
Spewing life giving language
or a knife
all of it is fluid
all of it lucid
Your decision?
Is it condusive?
You choose
to absorb or refuse it!
Check your emphasis
When you spittin"
You're responsible!

Against Logic

It's counter intuitive to
trust
believe
and have fatih
It goes against logic
to sit and patiently wait

On a deity invisible
On dvinity unseen
On the promise of the intangible
Washing and making clean

That's why He bypasses the mind
And goes straight for the heart to live
Until finally
Surrender
Your gray matter gives!