Watts Is Burning

Poet: Ken Jordan Poem: Watts Is Burning Edited by: Sparkle Jordan written: July/2014 Watts is burning, and the powers that be, show no interest in putting out the flames - Six fiery days of hell erupts, set ablaze by  a racial city government of bigots, that are intolerant to black people. Police brutality, is at an all-time high - and racial discrimination towards us, is running ramped, causing the worst racial riot, in Los Angeles,during the  so-called Watts Rebellion - Damn right, we are rebelling......rebelling  against the corrupt city government - Our show of strength,and unity, to standup  for our rights,in the face of adversity, Is a significant turning point, in the African American,revolution. The Watts racial riot, Is the worst in  Los Angeles, history - Arrest: 3,438 Injuries: 1,034 Deaths: 34 We are fighting for our Civil Rights, Equal Rights, Equal Pay, A Right To Vote, Better Living Conditions, And Fare Housing. Watts is burning, Six days of hell - The racial uprising, has  cloaked the city....... choked It, and strangled it, as dark plumes of smoke, from gunfire and explosives, ignite into a war zone, administered by LAPD and the National guard - War is declared on both sides, and neither side is resisting. Blood is shedding, white blood - black blood - on the streets of Watts - The city's racial bureaucrats have put barricades in place, to control a poor,and oppressed people, confining us to our neighborhood's, leaving  one way in, one way out - And Watts, continue to burn - Officials don't  give a damn, If we turn our aggression, to violence In our own area - Watts is burning, the Chief of Police, have turned his head to the situation, as fire rages all around. The riot, told the story of South L.A., which was perpetrated by arrogant, egotistical  whites, who felt superior to us - Watts is burning, for six Ugly days of  Hell, Watts, is on fire, and no one give's a damn - burn baby burn let Watts burn to ashes - Black Ashes, cremated by bigots in uniforms, masquerading  as human beings - No one gives a damn about Watts, or our people. Shout it out from your mansions in Beverly Hills - Shout it out from the Sunset Strip - Shout it out from your town car's while driving on the streets of Hollywood - Watts, is burning and  continues to burn.The rich don't give a damn about us, and the conditions in Watts - Burn baby burn! Let it burn to Black Ashes Watts is On fire Hell is unleashed -