by Joseph Perryman I WAS AN AFRICAN BUT THEN I WAS A NIGGER AND THEN I WAS A NEGRO THEN I BECAME AN AFRO AMERICAN OH AND THEN I WAS A BLACK MAN OR SO THEY SAY AND HERE IT IS AGAIN AFRICAN AMERICAN LET’S SEE HERE I WAS AN AFRICAN STRONG BELLICOSE BELLIGERENT BENEFICENT BENEVOLENT AND DECORATIVE AND THEN NIGGER ONE LAZY ASS MUTHAFUCKA ALSO IGNORANT DUMBER THAN AH BOX OF ROCKS ON AH HOT SUNDAY AND NOW NEGRO... MOST OF US RECENTLY FREED FROM CHAINS BUT STILL REMAIN ON PLANTIONS NOW CALLED GHETTOS DEFINITION A PLACE TO WHERE A GROUP OR RACE OF PEOPLE ARE SENT OFF TO DIE OK NOW CHECK THIS OUT NEXT AFRO-AMERICAN AFRO AH HAIR-STYLE MY HAIR-STYLE MY NATURAL HAIR-STYLE.... AND THEN NAMED BY AH STOLEN LAND WHICH I MIGHT NOT HAVE SUPPOSED TO BE BORN IN AND AIN’T THIS AH BITCH THEN I WAS AH BLACK MAN BLACK BLACK BLACK BLACK MAN DIRTY EVIL WITH BAD INTENT UNTRUST WORTHY THE DICTIONARY READS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF AFRICA AND THIS STILL GETS ME AFRICAN AMERICAN... NO LONGER AM I BEING IDENTIFIED BY MY HAIR-STYLE BUT ALSO CAN’T SPORT IT WHETHER I BRAID IT OR HAVE IT COMBED NICELY THEY SAY IT’S NOT A CLEAN LOOK YOU LOOK LIKE THUG IT’S LOOKS STUPID OR IT LOOKS UNTRUST WORTHY AND THE WHITES OOP CAUCASIANS NOBODY IS PURE HAVEN’T CALLED US AFRICAN SINCE 1619 THE BEGINNING OUR BEGINNING AND THEN THIS WORD AMERICA AMERICAN AMERICA WHO AND WHAT THE FUCK IS AMERICA VERSPUCHI A MAN WHO TOLD STORIES OF A LAND REALLY CALLED TURTLE ISLAND NEVER BEEN TO THE PLACE JUST TOLD STORIES ABOUT IT AMERICANS A GROUP OF PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MOST HEINOUS CRIMES IN HISTORY A PEOPLE WHO HOLDS THE WORLDS RECORD FOR THE BIGGEST HOLOCAUST IN HISTORY AND THEY WANNA POINT THE FINGER AT HITLER... THAT MUTHAFUCKA AIN’T GOT SHIT ON GEORGE WASHINGTON AND ABE LINCOLN HIS DECISION TO FREE US WAS STRATEGICAL NOT ETHICAL SO WE FREED OURSELVES BUT HAVE DIED AND ARE STILL DYING FOR NOTHIN MORE THAN FALSE FREEDOM... SO WHO ARE WE REALLY THE RULES SAY IF YOU’RE BORN IN A LAND YOU’RE FROM THAT LAND BUT I CAN NOT BE AN AMERICAN I HAVE NOTHIN TO DO NOR WANT NOTHIN TO DO WITH ROBBING PEOPLE OF THIER LAND AND KILLING THEM OFF TO ENSLAVE ANOTHER.. 50 STARS FOR 50 STATES MORE THAN 50 TRIBES ONLY 5 RECOGNIZED BY THE U.S.GOVERMENT AND NONE FOR ME AND MINES AND I CAN’T BE AH NIGGER CAUSE I BUILT THIS COUNTRY AND STILL HOLD IT UPON MY SHOULDERS TO THIS DAY AND NEGRO JUST DOESN’T DESCRIBE MY PEOPLE WE AIN’T GONNA EVEN TALK ABOUT AFRO-AMERICAN AND I FOR DAMN SURE AIN’T DIRTY EVIL UNTRUST WORTHY OR HAVE BAD INTENTIONS UPON ANYONE... I HATE EVERYBODY EQUALLY AND LOVE EVERYONE THE SAME SO I’M NOT BLACK AND AFRICAN AMERICAN IT’S HALF RIGHT THE AFRICAN PART THAT IS BUT WE JUST CAN’T BE AFRICANS CAUSE WE WAS NOT BORN THERE OCCORDING TO THE RULES SO I SAY WE ARE AFRICAN DESCENDANTS CAUSE WE WAS BORN HERE NOT AFRICA ACUBALON IF YOU REALLY WANNA GET DOWN TO IT.. MY AFRICAN PEOPLE YOU HAVE GOT TO REALIZE THAT THERE IS ONE LAST CHAIN TO BE BROKEN AND IT’S IN OUR MINDS THE WILLIE LYNCH PROGRAM IS STILL IN AFFECT 5 DEGREES OF SEPARATION IF WE ARE FIGHTIN EACH OTHER THEN WE ARE NOT FOCUSING ON THE THREAT... REMEMBER WHAT WE STILL FIGHTING FOR OUR FREEDOM UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE ALL WE GOT AND WE HAVE GOT TO FREE OURSELVES IN ORDER TO FREE EACH OTHER IT WILL NOT WORK ALONE I DEDICATE THIS TO MY BROTHER KENNY G. BORN FEB 26,1975 TO APRIL 30,2000 ALWAYS IN MY HEART ANOTHER AFRICAN WARRIOR LOST TO THIS AMERICAN BULLSHIT..ARE YOU AN AMERICAN ? JOE PERRYMAN |
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2001-05-14 11:00 PM
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