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The Afrikan Diaspora

The Afrikan Diaspora Includes all of humanity One great big extended family Sharing a single commonality To form one global community Though throughout our collective history There has been atrocity after atrocity Committed with hubris and hypocrisy Sometimes in the name of democracy Or in the name of a theocracy Which ignored the Commandment Of honor thy father and mother So that your days may longer Instead they neglected their mama Because of a deep psychic trauma That created the Whiteman’s burden Which was a guilt-ridden conscience That came from committing injustice Out of compounded ignorance Just like the Arabs in the Sudan Killing fellow Muslims because of black skin And this is what they’ve historically done ‘Cause to them a slave is an Afrikan And one just can’t blame the president Rather blame those that run our government For it’s no longer for, of, and by the People And has it ever really lived up to its credo When big money multi-nationals call all the shots For the haves and have-mores, but not the have-nots They purchase legislation and executive orders To further their control to dominate others They write foreign policy to benefit themselves While the World’s poor majorities live in the hells That the elite have created out of greed and stupidity And even causes our selves to forget our humanity And this goes beyond labels like Christianity For all belief systems when looked at objectively Is adoration to God from Her creation And no group or individual can show justification For attacking or discrediting another’s belief system As long as it’s equitable and is consistent With the natural laws the Creator established To keep us in check and maintain the balance

Copyright © | Year Posted 2006




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