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    I BELIEVE IN ME, I BELIEVE IN US

    Black

    with sealed testimony

    from the creator we were adorned

    in a world without shape 

    devoid of form

     

    with blessings received

    and libations poured

    continents we ruled

    oceans we explored

     

    with courage under fire

    we observed the pastora de lima

    slave ship in ocean moored

    and watched as our families 

    were stacked and stored

     

    with reserves from our anscestors

    despite heartbreak and hell

    our black souls remain pure

    refusing to die

    when other races could take no more

     

     

    and that is why

    i believe in me

     

    when passages were omitted

    in the middle of americas history book

    we planted our feet firmly

    though our african foundations  were shook

     

    when our diseased ridden kin

    were thrown overboard to be food

    for the trailing  sharks

    we prayed that their brave souls 

    enter the light  though our portal was dark

     

    when toussaint louverture

    a slave 

    lead a successful rebeiion against the french

    our march towards freedom though slow

    moved inch by inch

     

    when king cotton ruled the south

    and in the carribean we harvested sugar cane

    we prayed  god would prevail

    sang hymns  when bloodhounds 

    were on our  trail

    and left an oral legacy for griots 

    to tell our tale

     

    and that is why

    i believe  in us

     

    with americas separate but equal attempts

    to halt our pace

    and during the civil rights movement

    when we sat at lunch counters

    and were spat in the face

    we refused  to give up 

    and remained in the race

     

    with the bombing of a church in alabama

    and 4 little girls were killed

    when cheney 

    goodman

    and schwerner were abducted against their will

    we restrained our anger

    and prayed to i am

    sobbing quietly at the girls funeral

    and when the 3 civil rights workers

    were found buried in a missisippi earthen dam

     

    with  malcolm and martin

    assasinated 3 years apart

    and we lost two inspirational voices

    and the wisdom they impart

    it broke our collective hearts

    as a diaspora

    indeed did we suffer

    but we were reborn as black panthers

    meaner and rougher

     

    with brothers coming back from vietnam

    to an america  where no veteran felt

    he or she belonged

    marvin gaye asked whats happening brother

    whats going on

     

    and that is why 

    i believe in me

     

    when reaganomics destroyed

    the inner city community

    and a new drug lexicon was introduced

    with impunity

    we looked back

    looked within

    and shouted  this is not our end

    we have survived hell before 

    and dammit  we will do it again

     

    when inner city youth were restless

    dying to impress

    we created a movement 

    based on music 

    breakdancing

    and dress

    introduced america to another black creation on tap

    the birth of hip hop

    the evolution of rap

     

    when  towers fell in new york

    and america was in search of heroes

    we knew all too well of heroism

    for 450 years we had been the victims

    of whilte american terrorism

     

    when  president barak obama

    took the presidential oath

    our ansestors cried tears of happiness

    for finally we broke bread with america

    and no longer had to wait for the crumbs

    from the loaf

     

    and that is why

    i believe in  us

     

    i stand before you tonight

    defiant

    dignified

    a beautiful  black alpha male

    destined for royalty

    for to the heavens i shout proudly

    black people

    i believe in us

    i believe in you

    i bleieve

    in

    me

     

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    • 3 March 2011
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