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    World

     

    the queen has spoken. yes indeed. i hear you momma. have no fear. i listened. i am on a mission from god ya heard.

     

    momma said

    you are from barbados the island of pride and industry

    21 by 14 miles

    combine your afrocentric outlook with that bajan style

    your ladder to the hereafter

    was built of bones compiled

    two thirds surviving a peculiar institution still reviled

    blessings must be nurtured they can take a while

    but the evolution of a black mans mind 

    makes the creator smile

    so when people summon demons 

    coming  at you hostile

    throw the bones

    on them black clones with your obeah freestyle

     

    momma said

    i raised men not boys

    the world is hard be harder

    if nights are cold be colder

    dare to be bolder

    be like jesus when you seek justice

    carry the weight of your cross on your proud shoulders

    never grow older

    thinking what could have been

    what should have been

    dont revert to sin

    do not allow any men to infringe

    on your god given right to defend

    the african in your melanin

     

    momma said

    sip some gin

    then spit it out

    summon the spirits dancing around  you

    with a yoruba chant

    hold firm to your spiritual stance

    fate is not chance

    it is in your strong hands

    denand the respect that you give to other men

    possess your ayanmo

    your destiny your fate

    destroy the hate that hate creates

    dont wait to justify

    refuse to die

    summon olodumare with your 3rd eye

    the creator of all

    the energy source

    show not one bit of remorse

    remember when all are against you

    be a pillar of strength

    run the length 

    of the gauntlet

    smile  but dont flaunt it

    drop that verse like its hot

    be a rock

    cross your arms but stay armed

    and shout to the phony muthafukas

    is that all you got

     

    momma said

    be like aye

    the spark of life

    dont think twice

    be righteous even when you are wrong

    because so called rights are defined by different men

    from a stranger land singing a different song

    shout to the masses

    i am here  i belong

    i am strong  and if you dont like it

    bite it suck my long duck dong

    dont hopalong

    carry your culture dignified

    dont allow men to spit in your eye

    for if dishonor your bajan heritage

    my son you deserve to die

     

    momma siad

    i raised you with class

    but if someone puts you on blast

    grasp your big black balls of brass

    dont be tied to a tree and lashed

    like a runaway  slave

    remember always the love you make 

    is the love you save

    laugh at satan

    say brother you are  mistaken

    i dee am the obalata

    only chained to god

    be a bajan shotta

    leave dem haters in a squatta

    force them with sacred fiya

    to dance the lambatta

    when you commit  to spiritual intifada

    kill them slow

    honor your mother and your fadda

    stay true to your task

    go to mass

    and if all else fails  request to be buried  face down

    so all those against you can kiss

    your beautiful  black

    free at last

    free  at last

    thank god almighty  you are free at last

    african asiatic bajan ass

     

    momma said

    what 

    momma said

     

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    • 27 June 2011
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