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 © Allen Conner | Year Posted 2006
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