I was looking through my memos and came across this.
Nov 6, 2011
we the people, they the people.
The unjust people.
The dont trust people.
The lust people.
The take a brother from his land to work in ours people.
The gotta civilize everyone in the world that isnt like me people.
The lets make our language superior people.
The my race is superior people.
Feed em to work but whip him in shape people.
The they cant read people.
The let em work in my house people.
The build an outside bathroom people.
The you cant go to our schools, shop at our stores and sit n our buses people.
The hose em down people.
The theyre all criminals people.
The criminalize Black power people.
The make em look like thieves and killers in media people.
The lets have one of us play a teacher who saves em movies people.
The lets make money from their music people
The dont promote the conscious ones people.
The keep em at a distance people.
The im moving out if they move in people.
The he will only do one presidency term people.
The how dare he disrespects our country star people.
The make em go to the schools in their neighborhood people.
The lets only put a lil bit of their history in their textbook people.
Lets train em to be more like us than their own people.
Lets make em wanna visit our continent more than theirs people.
The I dont hate them I just go my own way people.
We the people, for what people?
By Jam.
“Dear Father in the name, of ya only son, I desire like Jesus prayed for us to be one.
I desire to give, I desire to serve, I desire to love others with more than my words.
Bless me to be humble, bless me to be meek, I wanna be a joy when people come around me.
Give me a gentle spirit, let me to be content.
Please keep me from sin let me quickly repent.
Please give me discipline, give me self control. To know when to stop and when to say no.
Make me a bold witness, please remove fear, replace it with faith, pour out your spirit here.
Fill me up Lord, let me overflow.
Let it overdose, keep me holy keep me close.
I wanna give it all until theres none left but I cant beat You given…look at ya son’s death.”
Flame feat J.R. Title “all of me”
Remember hand clapping and snapping to these cute but feisty songs during recess?
Miss sue…miss sue…from Alabama sittin in a rocker eating Betty Crocker, watching the clock go tick tock, tick tock shawalla walla. Tick tock, tick tock shawalla walla.
A b c d e f g. Wash the cooties off kf me. Musha, musha, musha please and dont you show your dirty teeth.
Eenie meenie sisaleenie ooh ah thumbaleenie atchy katchy liverace, I love you.
I saw you wit ya boyfriend last night. How did you know?
I was peeking through the peehole. noisy.
Didnt wash the dishes. Lazy.
Eating all the ice cream. Greedy.
jumpin out the window? Ya musta been crazy.
I too have been guilty of this ignorant mindset but Im starting to see that I need to check myself.
Viewing something as ratchet or “ghetto” is in a sense placing yourself above another.(now im not talking about joking around, but this is referring to people who have a serious problem with people who are “below them” whether educationally, financially, etc)
now as I get older I noticed that Ive developed a sincere love for all my people, no matter how dressed or if they pronounce teeth with an F.
But I just wanted to shed light on the fact that usually when we get a little bit of education we often may get caught up in this elite world…when really, to other people we are still Black, educated or not.
Nonetheless, like many other “problems” this too is a post-slavery or post colonialistic side affect.
Living in a time like now, it is imperative that we look into the words we say and their significance and be more selective with the lingo used.
sickkkk of hearing bout Black men getting killed over foolery. Im disturbed by the fact that i may be associated to a victim just cause of who they are. How many times this gotta happen before people stop saying its a coincidence? smh.
Rip raymarley graham, trayvon martin, sean bell, oscar grant, and the many other people of any race who were unarmed yet killed by the hands of people who are supposed to protect.
Last day of Black History Month and I’d like to end these facts with this:
- Black people are still being suppressed. Maybe not as intense as before…but definitely in very secrete ways.
My friends and I were discussing the Raymarley Graham case and it just hurts that this type of “genocide” is STILL going on. I’m tired of the “it was a coincidence that he was Black” statements. We need to be more vigilant & wake up to the mistreatment and social injustices that are being done to our people.
![The million hoodie march that took place on March 21st was epic. The spirit of freedom was in the midst bringing a sense of solidarity to strangers of different ages, cultures and groups. Although the rally was succesful, the fight doesnt stop here, nor does it stop with Trayvon.
Actions need to be put in place so that injustices such as this can stop happening. Question is how can you change the way people think? Or what they believe? How can you reverse racist idealogies? It is something that everyone has to contribute to : artists, teachers, rappers, singers, writers, students, educators, law force, politicans, law makers, etc. the negative depiction of Black people or any ethnic group is whats feeding the minds of racists causing their prejudice to grow.
This incident is one of the many post slavery side affects. There are people who believe slavery doesnt need to be spoken about or spoken about thoroughly causing it to be swept under the rug. But when you try to surpress something so large, so intricate, so serious… incidents like the death of Trayvon keeps surfacing. Its like trying to throw weight in water, eventually evidence of the weight will surface.
I have been thinking of possible roots to this injustice. Why is it so difficult to make this a case? I was informed that the state of FL passed a “stand your ground” law making it okay for people to shoot someone if they feel threatened .. Supported by the 2nd ammendment to bear arms. sick …
This taught me not just get involved when tragedies take place…but to also pay attention to whats going on in politics so that I can be aware of bs laws like this one.
Lastly, this is tragic to say the least. I am happy people from commoners to politicians to celebs are voicing their opinions. I strongly hope this roar for justice will make a SERIOUS change.
[Today there will be a town hall meeting in manhattan not only about Trayvon but also about other fallen men whove died by the hand of someone who was supposed to enforce safety. If youre in the nyc area def come through. Google the event.]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1cdr8BzLM1qdqbx8o1_1280.jpg)
![ahh I just cant believe they are an item :] I love it! 4 seasons ago .. even 2 seasons ago, you would have never expected this.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m09nfhXwLp1rq3boko1_500.jpg)
