I STAND BEFORE YOU
a man, simply that,
I was born, I have loved, I have loathed, I have fought, I have lost, I have risen
to fight yet again, I have suffered, I have caused suffering, I have repented,
not to you, but to the Love Supreme,
I have been plotted against, and turned those who were sent
to consumate the plot
against he or she who plotted,
I am one of five, either an open hand, or a fist of defiance,
I will die, but, not today,
NOT TODAY
I STAND BEFORE YOU
Mfalme za langu kura,
the king of my destiny,
controller of my fate,
let it be known that until this day I pardoned your indescretions,
Bless your heart,
you do not know do you?
how could you have known
that I am willing to die
for the right to live!
I ask you simply...are you as prepared as I am to die?
I STAND BEFORE YOU
a Negi, at times nefarious,
a neutron that, at the Supreme's behest, collided with a proton
and produced a necessary Negritude,
I am a neighbor,
in a city that is 3 blocks from Hell and 5 blocks from Purgatory,
I am not a nickname but a SIR NAME!
I AM D'EE GREAVES, AND YOU ARE NOT!!
I have never been niggardly
and I refuse to be labled a NIGGER!
Especially by you black people
I STAND BEFORE YOU
still proud despite your petty pronouncements,
aware of your loose tongue and my silence
that is, by you, misconstrued as compliance,
refusing to submit to subterfuge because
you are not worthy of my contempt,
and you cannot hope to withstand my hatred,
the Supreme protects you because He has warned me
against my desire to cause mayhem,
SAY AMEN!
you are bleseed and are not even aware of it
I STAND BEFORE YOU
a man, I can live,
BUT NOT FOR YOU,
I will die,
BUT NOT FOR OR BECAUSE OF YOU,
I will live again,
BUT NOT WITH YOU,
I will never die,
FOR MY WORDS WILL LIVE FOREVER,
Let me say my name again in case you have forgotten,
I
AM
D'EE GREAVES!
and you are NOT!!
for when the evolution of the black diaspora commenced,
I STOOD BEFORE YOU!
while you sat your candy azz down,
ate a Slim Jim, and wondered why
The Revolution Was Not Televised,
It was,
but you were blinded by your own myopic ignorance,
and now you have the nerve to think
you can STAND BEFORE ME,
GO!
Take this opportunity and flee,
for if you do not,
the mercy of the Love Supreme will not be enough
to contain my fury in the face of your faithless gestures