The Lie of Independence- A Poem in Honor of Housing Liberation Action on July 4th

p iEditors Note: POOR Magazine/span data-scayt_word="Prensa" data-scaytid="1"Prensa/span span data-scayt_word="POBRE" data-scaytid="2"POBRE/span marched with HOMES NOT JAILS, WRAP and Community on July 4th to Liberate just one of over 30,000 abandoned properties in San Francisco, aka span data-scayt_word="GentriFUKation" data-scaytid="3"GentriFUKation/span City... This poem, one of many shared that day, was spit at the start of the March at Delores Park with the Po#39; Poets Project of POOR Magazine/i/p p nbsp;/p p (Image courtesy of Will Steel for span data-scayt_word="PNN" data-scaytid="4"PNN/span- Video Courtesy of Carol Harvey)/p p strongThe Lie of Independence - a Poem in honor of the Housing Liberation Action by Homes No Jails/strong/p p strongBy Tiny aka Lisa Gray-Garcia, Daughter of Dee/strong/p p So let me get it straightbr / We are span data-scayt_word="inde-WHAT" data-scaytid="6"inde-WHAT/span today?/p p Well, listen Upbr / I need to tell youbr / span data-scayt_word="Wut" data-scaytid="7"Wut/span the F@@#K?!/p p lied to,br / span data-scayt_word="kkkolinized" data-scaytid="8"kkkolinized/span,br / Taken Awaybr clear="all" /br / br / Poverty Pimped,br / System Pimpedbr / Every Day inbr / span data-scayt_word="Amerikkka" data-scaytid="9"Amerikkka/span/p p As a span data-scayt_word="Carribean" data-scaytid="10"Carribean/span Indianbr / Columbus Victimbr / I span data-scayt_word="wasnt" data-scaytid="11"wasnt/span even supposed to be Alivebr / Today/p p The Lie began with something calledbr / Discoverybr / Hitting span data-scayt_word="Ohlone" data-scaytid="12"Ohlone/span Indigenous Peoples in the Bay/p p Perpetrated by Murderers calledbr / Missionaries who used our revolutionary brother known as Jesus#39;br / name in Vain/p p To destroy, Steal, Disrespect in Every Waybr / The Peoples Whose Land this is since Way back in the Daybr / Stolen through so many missionary span data-scayt_word="kkkrimes" data-scaytid="13"kkkrimes/span they should have been calledbr / Murderous Raids, instead of churches, schools and God#39;s Way/p p So Let ME get it Straight - span data-scayt_word="InDe" data-scaytid="14"InDe/span- WHAT TODAY?br / I say span data-scayt_word="WHAt" data-scaytid="15"WHAt/span the F@@#K!/p p Care Not Cash, Sit-Lie LIES, Evictions Foreclosures,br / Plantation Prisons, Real Estate Snakes and So Many False Borders,br / Poison Land, Poison Food,nbsp; Pharmaceutical Murder/p p New Pimps Standing on Old Pimpsbr / So Pimped we span data-scayt_word="dont" data-scaytid="16"dont/span know Which Way is Up o Downbr / So Whose the Illegal, the Criminal and the Real Gangster in Town?/p p The first thing is for us to seebr / through the lie of Independencebr / The Fake notion of Angstbr / The Lie of separateness and alonenessbr / with only the Man to thank/p p so operate with conscious - move in changebr / honor, love and listen to your parents, elders and ancestorsbr / turn off the TV and the video gamesbr / Stop paying the rent-br / Cross ALL the span data-scayt_word="fake-azz" data-scaytid="18"fake-azz/span bordersbr / with impunitybr / Storm all the plantation Prisons/p p TAKE BACK the LANDbr / and span data-scayt_word="dont" data-scaytid="17"dont/span just squat the land - Squat the MAN!/p p Don#39;t EVER CALL the span data-scayt_word="Po'LICE" data-scaytid="19"Po#39;LICE/spanbr / honor Creator and span data-scayt_word="Pachamama's" data-scaytid="20"Pachamama#39;s/span giftsbr / So we can truly span data-scayt_word="Realiza" data-scaytid="21"Realiza/spanbr / Inter-dependence/p