Hiatus...I dig that word y'all. HI-A-TUS
Yes sir, that's what I'm on, a hiatus from D. Greaves the poet.
Why? Because D. Greaves the Poet was becoming a Hiatus Hernia which was
affecting D. Greaves the MAN. I was believing the protrusion of The Poet while ignoring
the MAN, thus, I was becoming...Ummm..how do I say it..a PENIS HEAD! See, as a man, you must check yourself first.
And, to check yourself you must get away from all those who, wonderful as they are,praise you and get back to the beliefs that RAISED you.
So I had to take a hiatus from the spotlight until the herina was operated on. I'm working on that now. Diligently!
But, while I am working on the Man, the mind is active..very active.
Yes indeed. I've been thinking about...A NEW DAY
My interpretation on the current world divide
will not incite riots or cause the Dow Jones to slide,
but, I do sometimes wonder what my existence would be worth
if my melanin
was closer to the skin
of the kin
of Jesus Christ.
Would I be labeled a TERRORIST?
So, I got to thinking
with the world steadily shrinking,
is a terrorist in the eyes of the beholder?
Or, if he or she has the blessings of Jehovah
are they FREEDOM FIGHTERS.
Check it out now..I love, I mean LOVE the Psalms!
David is a kool dude with a love for his God unchallenged.
Perfect example: Psalm 25, 1-2.
"To you, Oh Lord, I pray. Don't fail me Lord, for I am trusting you. Don't let my enemies succeed."
David was leading his people to the Promised Land. A Land his people would occupy based on the word of God, or Yahweh (THE GOD OF FIRE).
The thing about the Promised Land was; IT WAS ALREADY OCCUPIED!
People already lived there for centuries but the Army of David was COMMISSIONED by Yahweh to take that land.
The Amry of David had a simple policy..NO ONE IN THE LAND THEY INVADED COULD SURVIVE. Men, women, babies..gotta go!
Now, I LOVE David and the plight of his people is an awe-inspiring story but I wonder: to the people who were hearing David's Army approach would King David be considered a TERRORIST?
Jesus Christ. No one, I mean NO ONE can dog my man Jesus in my presence. No matter what your beliefs you must, at the very least, RESPECT a man willing to die for what He believed.
Now, Jesus when he rolled into a town to spread the Word of God, he didn't roll alone.
He has the 12 Apostles..or POSSE as we would call it today. You see, Jesus wasn't no backwater, country dude who didn't know the time.
His father Joseph was a carpenter and as such took his son with him to the city to buy supplies and such.
Carpentry was a CRAFT back then so Jesus was, I guess you could say, middle class. Worldly.
Remember the story if the Good Samaratan? Jesus told that story to make a point about your enemy could help you when your people don't.
I dug that whole story but, me being from the Hood, the part I remember most was..THE DUDE WHO GOT JACKED WAS TRAVELLING ALONE..ON PAYDAY..IN THE HOOD! NEGRO PLEEZE!!
Jesus didn't travel alone. Being the Son of God gives you an intelligence Harvard or Yale can't match.
Matter of fact Jesus rolled with Judas. Y'all know Judas..the rat who gave Christ up.
BUT..do y'all really..REALLY know Judas? Let me break it down.
Look at the name. In the time of Christ your first name was given followed by your occupation.
Judas ISCARIOT..IS-CAR-I-OT
ISCARIOT comes from the Latin word SI-CAR-IUS which means, "DAGGER-MAN."
The Sicarii were a group of rebel ASSASSINS who were RESISTING the Roman occupation of the Jewish lands.
Meaning? Jesus rolled with a TERRORIST.
Why? Being the Son of God don't protect you in the Hood man!
Now, Jesus preached a RADICAL form of Judaism. One which promoted the INCLUSION of Gentiles (everybody who wasn't Jewish basically).
The way Jesus saw it we were ALL God's Chirdren and thus we should ALL be blessed with the glory of God.
I LOVE Jesus the CHRIST but I also dig Jesus the MAN. The MAN challenged the existing order, chased out thieves in the Temple, agrued DOWN Rabbi's and gained a following among the people.
Jesus was a THREAT to Jewish leaders AND Rome. To me Jesus was a FREEDOM FIGHTER.
To the SYSTEM He was a TERRORIST.
FAST FORWARD!!!
AMERICA..1776! GEORGE "CHERRY TREE" WASHINGTON and the Crew!
GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH!
Wha...WHAT?!? America was a BRITISH colony and these COLONISTS were fighting AGAINST the Crown.
Hey..George and the Crew won the WAR so they wrote the HIS-STORY. To the victor goes the spoils.
Fact is though; to the British George Washington and the Crew were: TERRORISTS.
GERONIMO (Goyathlay or "the one who yawns")
Famous Apache leader who fought against MEXICO (yup) and the United States for their expansion into Apache tribal lands for several decades.
If y'all saw the movie GERONIMO: AN AMERICAN LEGEND my man seems pretty darn kool.
Perfect definition of a FREEDOM FIGHTER right? WRROOOONG!!!
Geronimo was killing white folks man and generally raising hell against the U.S.
To them he was a TERRORIST.
I wonder though. What would we call a country that systematically depoplutaled the Native...NATIVE American people with starvation, disease(yes germ warfare in the form of small pox infected blankets), and relocation? Hmmmm?
Now before y'all brothers and sisters start to shouting: THAT'S RIGHT!! TELL EM BROTHA!
Lemme get a little into US!
LIBERIA is a country in Africa with a UNIQUE distinction. It was founded and colonized by AMERICAN FREED SLAVES on the premise that former American slaves would have greater freedom and equality there.
It's motto is: THE LOVE OF LIBERTY BROUGHT US HERE.
Okayyy! So the FREED American slaves proceeded to treat the INDIGINOUS African poplulation like..welll..INDENTURED SERVANTS!
Proof positive that given the opportunity those who were VICTIMS of TERRORISM will, when given the power, become TERRORISTS themselves.
Just remember people. From the ALTANTIC SLAVE TRADE to the HOLOCAUST NO one on this planet has a patent on suffering or the ability to CAUSE suffering.
yeah...
you see,
I'm hip to rage,
because to some I, based on my melanin,
have been labeled since my momma recorded my age.
I know what it feels like to be targeted,
to walk down the street,
inhaling the sweet
nectar of summer nights,
only to end up spead eagled on the sidewalk
being read my rights.
All because I fit a DESCRIPTION!
BLACK, MALE, 6-1, BETWEEN 180-210 POUNDS. BROWN EYES.
DAYUMMMM!!! That's like 80pct of Philly brothas man!!!
But dig,
the first thing I understood when I calmed down
was to act out against those who LOOKED like the perpetrators
of these crimes against my person
whould only WORSEN
my situation.
Now,
I may not have fighter planes, atomic bombs
or people saluting my flag
BUT
I AM a nation,
a Nation of ONE
ONE man,
believing in a Master Plan,
living on an earth created by ONE GOD
but I don't dog anyone for not believing what I believe.
Real rap,
if an ATHIEST saves my daughter from getting hit by a bus
then best believe in his or her HUMANITY I trust!
9/11 hurt me to the bone man.
I felt real pain for those innocent people who died.
Didn't and still don't give a you know what about conspiracy theories and stuff.
I'm in Philly. New York is right next door. I have PLENTY relatives in the N.Y.C.
I KNEW one person who passed away that day.
What I am saying is before 9/11 I believed in TWO WORLDS:
One black, one white
one sometimes wrong
one not ALWAYS right,
but that fateful day gave me ample reason to question that divide,
quite simply, I NO LONGER CHOSE SIDES.
Now, don't get it twisted!
I am NOT color blind,
there are still times
I find myself being FOLLOWED in stores,
what for???
You see,
my intellect has been laboriously honed
to cut the nutt-sack
off of any quack
who questions my love for this country,
matter of fact I love it so much,
like my FAMILY
SOMETIMES I DISAGREE
and that is our right!
It's in the blood!
The blood of your yet to be identified Great-great African grandfather.
The BLOOD of the Apache,
the Arapaho
The BLOOD of the Navaho,
The BLOOD of O'Rielly,
Goldenberg and Smith,
The BLOOD of Qwan,
Juan, Ngugen and Stith,
and not blood like the roses you buy your wife,
I AM TALKING ABOUT THE BLOOD OF LIFE!
People remember this,
what is a TERRORIST?
How do we protect against TERRORISM?
By not being hypocrites.
You see,
the line between enemy and ally
has always been blurred,
and the tragic events that occurred that September day
have brought us no closer to RESOLUTION,
NOR RETRIBUTION or Heaven, if you believe in Heaven that is.
If you don't that's kool.
You are STILL my brother and sister if you believe in HUMANITY.
The way I see it,
THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY
FOR US TO EMBRACE A NEW DAY
We must sleep,
and to sleep we must TRUST!
Because when you close your eyes you just don't know
black from white,
enemy from ally,
Jew from Christain and Muslim,
TERORRIST from FREEDOM FIGHTER.
hello JESUS!
The Prophet MUHAMMAD, peace be Unto Your Name.
ABRAHAM!
MY MAN!
Wow! Did anyone ever tell you three.
THAT YOU RESEMBLE EACH OTHER.
YOU LOOK JUST LIKE BROTHERS.
GUESS IT MAKES SENSE...AFTER ALL
ALL OF YOU HAVE ONE FATHER,
WHO ART IN HEAVEN,
HALLOWED BE THY NAME,
HIS KINGDOM COME,
HIS WILL BE DONE,
ON EARTH AND IN HEAVEN.
UPON THIS...A NEW DAY
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