B.L.A.C.K. (a voice in solidarity with Africans in America)

Building leadership

And community knowledge

Goes far beyond

What they teach you

In College

Let's talk about

Where Rosa Parks sat

And what would have 

Stayed the same

Had she stayed 

In the back

Let's remember Ma Tubman

And every mile

She risked her life

To carry her people

To the other side

Let's talk about 

The current state

Of systemic degradation

Keeping the oppressed

From being part of this nation

Let's talk about the fact

That America

Was build by Blacks

On the backs and graves 

Of slaves

The way for white America 

Was paved

And they still refuse to say

Black Lives Matter!

Say it with me

Black Lives Matter

We could say Dr. King

And Malcolm X

Howard Thurman

Marcus Garvey

All deserve our respect

People who committed 

To their very last breath

To set their people free 

Say it loud with me

Power to the people

It is time to erect

A brand new steeple

We built this country

Yet they keep running

Our bodies to the ground

Profound don't you think

As we are on the brink

Of amber waves of change

I think it's kind of strange

They even open their mouths

 To say

Liberty and justice for all

But the call for freedom

Fell on selfish ears

They called us three-fifths 

Of a person

To ease their fears

And we have taken it

For too many years

It is time 

For Babylon to pay

And Black people

Pave the way

We are proud to say

Black is beautiful

Black will be free

Black is the way to be

We build our community

Against all the odds

And keep singing our songs

And fighting for the cause

We have persevered

Through all these years

So many tears

Yet strong we still remain

There is power in our name

Building leadership

And community knowledge

Is something

Most Professors

Don't teach in college

That is why we constantly

Stay on our knowledge

And keep fighting to be free

Say it with me

Black Lives Matter!

Speak Easy (for Ron)

Speak-easy door is not open

Because it's broken

And this venous anomaly 

In my brain has me

Feelin the same

Three broken birds 

On the sidewalk

No police came 

To line them in chalk

But their death

 Seemed significant

Had me feelin maleficent

Old Black Man on the East Side

Different from the West 

Still he's not white

Police came to talk

With him tonight

Center for Youth not enough

Sure bet for the betterment

Standing on the street

Ain't a testament

Seventeen years and the letters rest

But the government said

They never passed the test

She got his phone restin 

In her pocket now

Alarm says get up 

But he don't know how

She loved him long

And he stood their proud

But he can't hear her now

No matter how loud she shout

Three baby birds on the sidewalk

Bullets fly and the dead talk

We got wings and they lined in chalk

Women cry and the men just scoff

Speak-easy door listen to everything

Toddlers screech and the angels sing

Americans think they need three of everything

Why don't we pay attention 

To the important things?

Speak-easy door never opened

Magic words were never even spoken

Hearts hurt can't be broken

That's why wise words say

Dance like no one is watching

Sing like no one is around

Love like your heart

Has never been broken

What was never lost

Does not need to be found

Three broken birds

On the sidewalk

Busy lives don't even see

But our world 

Is the same as their world

What you do affects him

Affects her 

Affects me

Speak easy door must be broken

'Cause nobody lined up to speak

Nobody feels any passion?

Nobody feels any heat?

Speak easy door

Must be glued shut

Because I can't even see a line

I guess the people 

Living in this country

Must feel America

Is doing just fine

Three broken birds on the sidewalk

Didn't even get to know the meaning

Of being alive before 

Falling to their death

Speak easy door sliding open

I guess someone

Remembered what to say

Sometimes it's only one world

That can save somebody's day

Stolen

Stolen

Where is the answer in all of this?

White Amerikkka choking

On stolen bliss

Black America fighting

Just to be free

White Americans

Take time to refuse to see

Liberty and Justice

Never been for all

We were created equal

Then came the fall

Colonialism needed

Power to thrive

Stole the peace of living

From every Black life

Winding up for something

What will come next?

How many peaceful protests

Got no respect?

White man resting

On a Black Man’s neck

What type of values

Does this system protect?

Rising up the anger

Rising up the lies

White man’s knowledge

Has never been right

Sifting through the facts

Makes it hard to decide

What pathway to peace

Can we embark on tonight?

Strategic miseducation

Of an entire population

Distracting a nation

They got them chasin’ sensation

So, they miss all the truth

Right in front of their faces

Sit in their comfiest chairs

And yet they feelin’ complacent

They only see the anger

Not the lives that were taken

They witness the system

And would never trade places

Whispering hatred

Inside of their bones

They don’t know how to leave

Racism alone

They act like they’re better

Because they aren’t out in the streets

But they’re missin’ the point

Try escapin’ the heat

Judgment is coming

It cannot be escaped

Babylon is America

And the whore must pay

Playing with fire

And you’re bound to get burned

Read in between the pages

And you’re bound to learn

The victor tells the story

It rarely ever is fact

So, take American history

And rewind it back

Black history began

Long before the slaves

And Amerikkka should begin

With every unmarked grave

Every soul they took without permission

Every family torn apart

With no remission

Forty acres and a mule

Could never bring forgiveness

Let’s all begin

By supporting black-owned business

May every conscious soul

Stop feedin’ the system

May we all take time to truly stop and listen

To the anger, the pain

The injustice, the wisdom

May we fight the injustice

Release them from this prison

We are one human race

All deserve to be free

May the pathway to peace

Begin with me

Hey folks, it's been a while. School and work and life and most importantly the birth of my first child have kept me from you. Corona came and we can't wait for it to go away. I hope this finds you all well. A fourth album is in progress however it may be a little longer than expected considering the current state of this global pandemic. Speaking of which, I really would like to share with you this recent piece I wrote... Hope you enjoy.

Corona Virus

Downcast
Faces down
Mask
Social distancing
Task
Keep everyone
Six feet away

"They" say
We're in this together
But the same "they"
Made the storms we weather
And they have never
Been with us before

So why would now
Be any different
Why would we now
Trust the government
Stores are closed
No money's being made
Best believe
Somebody's getting paid

What is this war they wage
On a people wearing masks?
Time to look up
With more than our eyes
Time to stay woke
Time to realize
The answer may fall
Like a bomb
From the skies
Using the phrases
As we "drop like flies"

Wise words spoken
Never listened to
As prophets lost placement
'Though they spoke the truth
"Conspiracy Theories"
Never spoke to you
Now sound like Revolution
What is this war They're waging?

People wearing masks
Six feet away and waiting
Got an entire globe
Not just one single nation
Restless for breath
We grow impatient
While we stay inside
Straight pacing

Time to face the hour at hand
A thief in the night
Babylon's command
WE married our time
To the money we made
One percent hold the interest
On this war we wage

Common sense
Tells our spirits to rise
But we remain still
Our bodies are tired
Wired to behave
Or they'll lock us in jail
A people fall silent
Six feet apart
Six feet deep
Babies fuss and
Mothers weep
What does this all entail?

Riots grow restless
But they need to creep
Because they've
Cleared us from the streets
Time to listen
Time to rise
Time to realize
Words from the prophets
Never sounded so wise
Hit our eardrums
Like those bombs from the skies

What is this war they wage?

Things shift and fall away
Must chaos come
Before our brand new day?
Revelation rises
Will our souls be saved?
Who will lead the way?

Peace be still
As the waters rise
As a restless people
Face demise
Words of the prophets 
Never sounded so wise
Now is the hour
Now is the time

To face this war they waged

STAY WOKE!