This country was built on broken backs
yet we still have to crawl on broken glass
Beg for mercy and thank you warmly
when you lift the boot from our throats
lest we come off as uncivilized--
your comfort is worth more than our lives

It's time for a name
Not to be just another 'name'

To anyone who lost a life
You didn't die in vain

Colour doesn't matter
Inside we're all the same

It's time to stop the suffering
It's time to stop the pain

It Was The Rock …
Who Said It ... BEST ... !!!

But I'll Interpret What He Said ...

"It doesn't matter what you think,
of lyrics that I kick ! I'm just being artistic,
so, stop being a ***** !"

It's SIMPLY What IT IS ... !!!

Lyrical ... YES ...
Poetic ... MOST DEF' ... !!!

OFFENSIVE .... Well ...
To ... IGNORANT Heads ... !!!

IGNORAMUSES DON'T MATTER To Me ...
UNTIL They TRY To ... " TIE My Chi " ... !!!!!!!

But That BELIEVE Is A ... " RARITY " ... !!!!!
Because Most Peeps' Can CLEARLY SEE ...

That I'm NOT The ONE To MESS With ... !!!!!

........ ME ....... ???

Well I Choose To Be A COOLER Breed ...
Than Heads Who NOW Are ROAMING Streets ... !!!!!

I'm A ... " KING of The Cooler " ...
Like ... Steve Mcqueen ... !!!

MAN IT DOESN'T MATTER ...
... WHO You Be ... !!!

ESPECIALLY ...
… NOT To POLICE ... !!!!!
DO Black Lives Matter ... ?!?
COME ON Folks ... PLEASE ... !!!

ONLY When We ATTACK WHITE Peeps' ... !!!!
Or START To SHOOT And INJURE Police .... !!!

DALLAS Scenes ...
DON'T MATTER To ... Me ... !!!

Because THAT's ONE Place ...
I AIN'T Trying To Be ... !!!!!

REDNECKSVILLE ...
With Some TOKEN Chiefs ...

Talkin' Bout ... HOW ...

"People should grieve,
for police who've died, whilst on duty !"

NOW That DOESN'T Seem ...
Quite Right To Me ... ?!?

If It's YOUR DUTY To …
… “ PROTECT and SERVE “ ...

And Wear BULLET PROOF Vests ...
So That You CAN WORK ... !?!

Should I GRIEVE For You ...
Because You Get HURT ... ?!?

Does It MATTER If I ... " Grieve " ... !?!

If You've Been Made To BLEED ...
Until You Have ... NO BREATH ... !!!!!

Now THAT's A Subject ...
That's Got Some DEPTH ............................................

Do Our Thoughts TRANSCEND .......
When Our Physical ... ENDS ... ?

Do Our Thought Waves Send ...
Messages ... To Our Friends ... ?

Who've Long Since Left ..............................
This World To Join The DEAD ... ?!?!?

Do My Poems ...
Ever STAY In Peoples' Heads ... ???

Does It MATTER To The MASSES ...
When Art Is Seen As ... " CLASSIC " ... !?!
By THOSE Who ... CHOOSE To View ...

Art From A ... COOLER School ...
Than THOSE The Media FUELS ... ?!?

Does It REALLY MATTER ... ???
WHO Gets Through To Make BIG MOVES ... ?!?

And Does It MATTER WHO You KNEW ...
BEFORE You Got To ... " SHINE and BLOOM " ... !!!!!!

And ...
Does It MATTER HOW You LOOK .... ???
Or If You ... COOK The Books ...
To Get Yourself A HOOK ...
To CAPTAIN Like A CROOK .... !!!!!!

I Guess It Matters If You're SHOOK ... ?!?
Well Like Mobb' Deep said ...

You SHOOK ONES DO NOT ... Matter ...
When It Comes To REAL Gun Clappers ...
Whose X Factor's ... REAL GANGSTER ... !!!!!!!!

Should ACTORS REALLY ... MATTER ... ???
Because Their Bank Roll's PHATTER' ...

Than Rappers Who RUN Chatter ...
That's REALER Than THESE Actors ... !!!

I Guess It DOESN'T Matter ...
When THEY Get MAD Like HATTERS ... !!!

If They're ... " PRETTY " ...
SMART And ... " WITTY " ... ?!?

Well It MATTERS To Their FANS ...
Which I THINK Is ... Rather SAD ...

When People Who Have NOTHING ...
CAN'T Even Get To FUNCTION ...
Because of ... MASS CONSUMPTION ... !!!!!

NOW It Seems That ...

... " BLACK LIVES MATTER " ... ?!?

When OLD Records Get SHATTERED ... !!!
By Blacks Running Like SLAVES ...
If They Win For The ... " U. S. A. " ... !?!

DOES It MATTER Who Wins Medals ...
If Drug CHEATS DON'T Get ... Levelled ... ?!?

Or BETTER Still ... EXPELLED ...
For CHEATING Like The LOSERS ...
DEFINING ... Drug ABUSERS ... !!!

Does It MATTER HOW You're ... " Tutored " ... ???

Some Teachers SHOULD Be NEUTERED ... !!!!!!
For Being ... CHILD ABUSERS ... !!!!!!!

Does It MATTER WHO You ... " LOVE " ... ???
Well ME ... I LOVE THIS STUFF ... !!!

To Write And Be A FACTOR ...
In Verse That Sometimes SHATTERS ... !!!

Those Whose Thoughts Are CAPTURED ...
By Data That Is ... FRACTURED ... !!!

So As I End This Chapter ...
I'm BACK To YES ...

... " The ROCK " ... !!!

THESE Words I Jot ...
Are SO ****** ... HOT ...
That ... Like Em' Or NOT ...

WHATEVER The Manor ...
of YOUR ... " Chatter " ...

Let Me Just Say THIS ...

... " It DOESN'T MATTER " ... !!!!!

Blackness has nothing to do with how I walk or talk
We may have those things in common
Blackness has nothing to do with what I consume
Though we may have those things in common
Blackness has nothing to do with who I vote for
Or who I date
Black is a color
Nothing more
Nothing less
Born with the right to express myself on any human level
On any side of the wide spectrum
One of many who has walked this earth to witness the misled tonedeaf who in recent history call themselves white
Who oddly believe that they are called right
And at the right place & time
I will be wrong.

Acknowledge: the infinitesimally small chance
of any of us being born,
with utterly no choice
regarding shape, size or colour

A quirk of an elegant double helix
mixed by the hand of years and years
leads to our underbite
or sticking out ears
or skin

Imagine then: some folk in this long odds dice game
are deemed by implicit consensus  
to have lost at birth
and the cost is constant denigration
and a knee on the neck

That any of us from the species **** sapiens
could have hearts that are stopped
by the cruelty of blind chance is ridiculous
and should be seen and felt by all,
and rage should follow

open your eyes
we're living in 
a colonized culture
built upon 
oppression and lies

coincidence
no
this is
injustice faced
due to someone’s race

Now.....

It’s A PROBLEM THEY'VE CREATED... !!!

The... Covering of Faces...
In... Various Public Spaces... !!!

So Now Minnesota’s Facing...
PROTESTS And... NO Social Spacing... !!!

Because of Cop Disgraces...
Who Now Need MORE Than Shaming... !!!

For What Is...
ANOTHER Black ******... !!!

So OF COURSE There’s Public FERVOUR... !!!
Because Even Before These Cops Are Charged...
Lawmen Who Are Linked To... “ The Bar “...

Lawyers And The Like Who Make Judgements Pass...
Are Already Saying That, " They DIDN’T Go Too Far !"...

When... CHOKING George Floyd...
... Until They STOPPED His Heart... !!!

What A Way To Begin This... “ Re-Opening “...
of Public Engagement... After This Virus Thing... ?!?

But Their... Re-Arrangements...
Are NOT Game Changing... !!!

They’re Linking Straight Back...
To Their Police Attacks...
On Those Who Are Black... !!!

At A Time Where Most Minds...
Are Mentally Fried Because of The Vibe...
That’s Had Them Inside For A Pretty Long Time...

When They Do Come Outside...
The First Thing That They Find...
In Front of Their Eyes... ?!?
Are Cops Acting Like...
They Have EVERY RIGHT... !!!
To Choke A Black Guy...
On The Street Til' He Dies... !?!

If This Is...

The... NEW Normal... ???
Why Are Things On REWIND... !!!

Blacks Need To Find Portals...
Where Combat Ain't Mortal...
And Policemen Just Chortle...
When They Leave Us Mournful... !!!

So... What Do They Expect...
When They KEEP KILLING Men...

of... DIFFERENT Descents...
Due To Race IGNORANCE...
And... Lies They DEFEND...
That Are Clearly NONSENSE... !?!

So Now... Violence Renewed...
And Armed Forces In View...

Buildings ABLAZE... !!!
Police Driving Away.......... !?!

And Stories That Claim...
That There’s PURE DISARRAY... !!!

So What Does The Don' Say... ???

“If The Looting Starts...
Then The Shooting Starts !”....

Because He’ll Send In...
MORE Than National Guards...
With Guns In Their Arms...

What Is This... " High Noon "...
At Some... Racist Saloon... ?!?

Cos' Heads Need To Be Shrewd...
When It Comes To Reviews...
Coming Out of Newsrooms...
About... This ISSUE... !!!!!

So... Protesters BEWARE... !!!
Cos' It Seems That Bloodshed...
May Well Be What Comes Next...

If They... DO NOT Calm Down...
And Allow... “ Due Process “... !!!

Well Like Someone Else Said...

If They Don’t Want To Deal...
With These Types of Protests...
Then Just Make The Police...
STOP KILLING... BLACKNESS... !!!

Because...

Men And Women...
And YES Our Children...
Are Losing Their Lives...
Because of The VIRUS...
That Is... POLICE SIRENS... !!!

So...
Black People ARE TIRED... !!!!!

of... HAVING To Face...
PROBLEMS That Fill Graves...
Because of Our Shade...
That Are Fuelled Due To HATE... !!!

A Hatred That’s BLATANT... !!!

That ENFORCES...
... THIS Statement... !!!

Whatever Now Happens...

“It’s A Problem They’ve Created... !!!“