I asked Martin what is unity
and Malcolm replied saying
That’s something that has to start in our communities
Don’t excuse it
Coming out of the womb
this is what we should be
introduced with
Love ourselves
protect our wealth
and
take serious concerns
to the state of our mental health
There’s
Too many lost souls
traveling home for good
It’s a mission to teach the youth
It’s things better than the hood
Stealing and robbing
Ducking and dodging
Too many that missed their high school graduation
Not realizing
that all they ever needed
was a mind emancipation
For my people I was patient
Waiting on their escapement
But it’s too many of us
getting smacked with cuffs
and becoming a slave of state legislation
Successfully
taking us further away
from our true meditation
And I question
Is it the state versus me
or
the world versus us
Because I awake every morning
Wondering
which of us
is about to get fucked
and
stuck
and
trapped by a system
Who views my skins as a symbol
of a
Lack of wisdom
but for me
in most cases
my skin makes me the victim
For all the Renisha McBride’s
Sean Bell’s
Oscar Grant’s
and the
Tyisha Miller’s
easily our skin is just code to police for
“killer”
They think we’re armed and dangerous
and
though we may not know each other personally
our culture doesn’t make us any strangers
I’m speaking antenna hangers
and loving moms with anger
Sitting in the car late nights
just listening to some of the bangers
And staying in the house
Cause
“You ain’t running in and out”
And
“who tf you talking to
cause
I’ll pop you in yo mouth”
My culture is custom
And for anybody that doesn’t realize that
Well
Fuck them
Too many years of us hating our people
because they tricked us into thinking that each of us ain’t equal
It’s happened too many times for us to need more sequels
We’re filled with too much good
To think that
we’re all evil
(2016)
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