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Wait a minute Black man If I understand you right Theres an enemy you fight Whose skin is light, and grips you tight So you’re stuck in the hood Misunderstood, drugged up, junked out and up to no good he throws you in jail, for the same **** the ****** man gets out on bail Paying 250 dollars were his biggest fears , While you don’t even sweat 12 generations of slavery; two fifty years. So I ask………………….. Why do you …….swallow promises from a….. promise breaker? What makes you……. think you can receive life from a…. life taker? These words are nothing new, its all in the family Death IS Uncle Sam’s Nephew Poverty his Cousin and Exploitation his brother I want to cut ‘em from the *** of, yes, hypocrisy his Mother. So when I look at this country and say “your mothers a ***** Don’t get me wrong I mean nothing more I’ve just figured out what my history’s for So when I say “wait a minute Black man”, once more What I’m really saying this for What I really mean, is that you and me We got a common enemy The ***** of America—Hypocrisy. I’m trying to say that I am not numb to where you’re coming from For I’ve been there too You thought I was another ******* hypocrite HaHa The jokes on you Cause I can see the invisible hand that guides the economics of life and death Of hearts I break And of breath’s I take Of dreams I make And the money I rake I am no fool, there is no wool over my eyes I am no tool to my peoples own demise 250 years under the yoke But exterminated I will not be Forever a thorn in the side of hypocrisy So when I say “wait a minute Black man” for the 3rd time This is what I want you to hear from me Do not fornicate with that ***** hypocrisy And beget children who will forever be Just out of reach of the American dream But most importantly, and especially to those like me Those called the Penobscot, Mohawk, Seminole and Shawnee Forget about your reparations, Uncle Sam’s bank account has been emptied The collateral was truly……trails of tears and Cherokees And to demand from one man that which he took from another man is Hypocrisy So when I say “wait a minute Black man” for the 4th time Hear this, 40 acres and a mule promised you are still mine. Native American heritage boils in my blood, but you can’t feel it If I ink it on my sleeve, you neglect to see it But the EARTH is ours, and a globe will show it Theres a place called Africa, of this you know it Lets you and I take a boat ride across the sea Fight on one more front in the war on Hypocrisy Liberate your people unto whats entitled them Let’s stop losing brothers to the lust of gems This precious piece of our earth, this is where it ends It’s still a rock, a stone We’ll go back home, halt the broken hearts and bones that are caused by the greedy man Who forces the needy man To dig speedy through the sand And find the tedious ingredients that make wedding bands For the mother of the man who forged this plan For hypocrisy and her favorite son, Uncle Sam We shall raise our voices and object every time she marries We shall, without remorse, abort every fetus she carries A poets weapons are metaphors and similes With these we can forever be, thorns in the side of hypocrisy.
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Oct 23, 2011
Oct 23, 2011 at 11:26 PM UTC
Wait a Minute, Black Man
Wait a minute Black man If I understand you right Theres an enemy you fight Whose skin is light, and grips you tight So you’re stuck in the hood Misunderstood, drugged up, junked out and up to no good he throws you in jail, for the same **** the ****** man gets out on bail Paying 250 dollars were his biggest fears , While you don’t even sweat 12 generations of slavery; two fifty years. So I ask………………….. Why do you …….swallow promises from a….. promise breaker? What makes you……. think you can receive life from a…. life taker? These words are nothing new, its all in the family Death IS Uncle Sam’s Nephew Poverty his Cousin and Exploitation his brother I want to cut ‘em from the *** of, yes, hypocrisy his Mother. So when I look at this country and say “your mothers a ***** Don’t get me wrong I mean nothing more I’ve just figured out what my history’s for So when I say “wait a minute Black man”, once more What I’m really saying this for What I really mean, is that you and me We got a common enemy The ***** of America—Hypocrisy. I’m trying to say that I am not numb to where you’re coming from For I’ve been there too You thought I was another ******* hypocrite HaHa The jokes on you Cause I can see the invisible hand that guides the economics of life and death Of hearts I break And of breath’s I take Of dreams I make And the money I rake I am no fool, there is no wool over my eyes I am no tool to my peoples own demise 250 years under the yoke But exterminated I will not be Forever a thorn in the side of hypocrisy So when I say “wait a minute Black man” for the 3rd time This is what I want you to hear from me Do not fornicate with that ***** hypocrisy And beget children who will forever be Just out of reach of the American dream But most importantly, and especially to those like me Those called the Penobscot, Mohawk, Seminole and Shawnee Forget about your reparations, Uncle Sam’s bank account has been emptied The collateral was truly……trails of tears and Cherokees And to demand from one man that which he took from another man is Hypocrisy So when I say “wait a minute Black man” for the 4th time Hear this, 40 acres and a mule promised you are still mine. Native American heritage boils in my blood, but you can’t feel it If I ink it on my sleeve, you neglect to see it But the EARTH is ours, and a globe will show it Theres a place called Africa, of this you know it Lets you and I take a boat ride across the sea Fight on one more front in the war on Hypocrisy Liberate your people unto whats entitled them Let’s stop losing brothers to the lust of gems This precious piece of our earth, this is where it ends It’s still a rock, a stone We’ll go back home, halt the broken hearts and bones that are caused by the greedy man Who forces the needy man To dig speedy through the sand And find the tedious ingredients that make wedding bands For the mother of the man who forged this plan For hypocrisy and her favorite son, Uncle Sam We shall raise our voices and object every time she marries We shall, without remorse, abort every fetus she carries A poets weapons are metaphors and similes With these we can forever be, thorns in the side of hypocrisy.
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Oct 23, 2011
Oct 23, 2011 at 11:26 PM UTC
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