Split My Black Gay Ass Down The Middle. Says Uni Q. Mical , Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 1:32 PM, in Labels: black, california, gay, huckabee, proposition 8, white people

So uhhh...I guess those "homosexuals" who voted 'no' on Proposition 8, and got a ton of hell from those blacks and latinos in California who voted 'yes'...don't deserve to marry? no?

What about if my black gay ass wanted to? is the fact that im black suddenly outweigh the fact that i'm queer? 

COME ON PEOPLE. THESE THINGS ARE NOT BLACK AND WHITE. HOW EASILY WE CAN BE SWAYED...

I decided to post this video from one of my favorite politicians, Mike Huckabee, who all of a sudden LOVES to align with us americans who "looked past race" and voted Obama...but says that the gay rights struggle for marriage is NOT equal to the civil rights struggle. Last I checked, rights were, well, RIGHTS. 

If we're really gonna talk rights and privileges, honestly, these predominantly middle class and white gay folks that are thinking about marriage don't represent me. Marriage isn't on my agenda. Lemme get some insurance, a place to live, and an inkling of a lifelong partner FIRST before i think of something so permanent. Lemme walk down the street holding hands w/ my womyn and not have to worry about gettin my head bashed in because two "dykes" don't do that shit around here. Lemme not have to deal with ignorant assholes who think all i need is some "good dick" to bring me back to "the other side." Til then, y'all can shove that marriage shit up your ass. There's bigger fish to fry in our lives.

But, for those that do wish to enjoy the same rights as heterosexual married couples, i'm right there with u. It's essential. But i fucking wish we could stop playing Oppression Olympics, or who-got-their-necks-hung-highest-from-a-tree-for demanding their rights, and really wake up and fight for ALL of us. 

Until then, these bigoted fucks will be the voices that dominate the mainstream discussion. And you'll believe eevvvvery worrrrrrd...

BECAUSE I LOVE MY PEOPLE... Says Uni Q. Mical , Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at 5:42 PM, in

...BUT I HATE THEIR BULLSHIT.

Walls of K.O.S.

(dedicated to my ppl who can't see above the concrete)

MY PEOPLE...HOLD ON.

MY PEOPLE...HOLD ON.

MY PEOPLE...

hold themselves in the highest esteem

address ourselves as 

brothas, 

sistas,

kings

and flyest of queens

MY PEOPLE

glow in summertime

glimmer with july in steam

wear earth tone colors

to blend this brown to blue and green

MY PEOPLE

advance in self

talking knowledge and wisdom

tellin others

we don't know we've been robbed of religion

taken from the slave ship

now camouflaged as a prison

conforming to the capitalist world that we live in

MY PEOPLE

wear hair natural, locs afros & twists

keep hair styled in love & a passionate bliss

never succumbing 2 white ideals of beauty--

but embracing AFRIKANNESS

MY PEOPLE.

somewhere within this knowledge of self

lays a fear of acknowledging anything else

my people say we're children of God

the stars that twinkle on the earth

the sun and moon as man and woman

who were created to give birth

BUT HOLD IT 

first thing u meet me

what's the greeting u say?

Peace, my sista

and i feel the love, it never hurts to spray

tho i know it's too early for me to burst in with 

GAY

for fears that you, MY PEOPLE,

will be lurking away

AND I'D

like to thank you for assuming that i'm straight.

no way for u to identify,

no rainbows bloomin from my face

but what i love to tolerate

is how we're so fluid with the race

until it comes down to sexuality

then u're spewin us with mace

and...

what's your argument again?

oh, riiight, it's just unsuitable to place

2 penises & 2 vaginas together,

so disillusioned, a DISGRACE

talking--

so boldly without knowing a different view is in the place

but the moment i say 

I'M GAY

u look confused at what to say.

so what is your fear, i ask?

let's open the floor for challengers!

and excuse me if i'm being presumptuous

or somebody's perspective gets silenced but

BROTHAS,

are u scared to have a gay friend

for fears u might be down with it?

i had no IDEA it rubbed off so easy,

that u hadda pin ur sexuality to the ground and if

ur defense

is there should be man, woman, and child in this

i can respect that

but what's really keeping u from coming across that

to dialogue in this?

and SISTAS,

why are u sitting so uncomfortable?

the last thing on my mind right now

is going down on u.

i'm not a recruiter,

no, not after ANY ounce of u

so why can't we just chill

without u thinkin that i'm after u???

tryna make me attractive to men--

squeezin me in dresses/perfume/& high heel shoes

to attract those that i don't desire

REMINDER:

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I CHOOSE.

what y'all can't seem to understand

the reason we're not coming out is...YOU.

for fear of ur insecurities,

for fear of what u'll do

for ur lack of understanding

bein trapped inside this booth

that how i'm living is unrighteous

disguising ur hatred as truth

but NONE of u know just what the God in the sky can do.

saying God only created us just for us to produce

is one of the most tired, tasteless of excuses

y'all are limiting God's outlook

cuz ain't we all created in this image?

are you truly analyzing what u believe in,

or are you a slave to your religion?

come on y'all, aint we all been mouthin off that it's time for us to uplift?

for every person i graze

we're all blessed with the gift

to bring us closer together

instead of focusin on these rifts

that push us further apart

when u see whose hips i'm holdin with my wrists.

and allow me to evoke the spirit

of MLK and the list

of black activists

who brought into change what they spit

and the countless others behind the scenes

who were gay and were hidden

i guess our commitment to the movement

aint valued the same...

if we're DIFFERENT.

but

who are YOU to decide what i do with this body???

y'all soundin like white supremacists

blockin them water fountains

blockin abortion lobbies

blockin them corporate dollars

let the topic of gays come up

errrybody resort to SILENCE.

dig deep into ur knowledge of self

and u'll discover a lotta walls

lotta fears layin undiscussed 

topics we keep hushed

as our culture falls

and this ignorance is accepted as our culture,

things we just all agree upon

some say if u're gay then that's a white thing

...last i checked, i was brought over here wit y'all.

and what does it benefit us to HUSH

when there's a boy who enjoys to call

women bitches in every sentence

to hide how he watches gay porn and gets off?

as more girls hide their tears behind drunk nites

cuz they couldn't afford to fall

as more rainbow children razor wrists in basements...

FOR LACK OF SUPPORT FROM Y'ALL.

and YES.

they are getting younger and younger

regardless of whether u hear our cries,

we gon' roll our thunder

take this info

twist it in ur locs, afros and sundress

steada shoutin 

ONE LOVE

we really needa be shoutin 

ONE LESS

cuz we lead each other astray

when we can't move past these dumb threats

boxing our ppl together as ONE--

well i'm suffocating faking "straight" in this one chest

HOW THE HELL CAN WE MOVE FORWARD TO FREEDOM

WHEN YOU CANT EVEN RESPECT THIS ONE YET?

MY PEOPLE...HOLD ON.

MY PEOPLE...HOLD ON.

SHOUT OUT TO THE SLAVE MASTERS! Says Uni Q. Mical , Monday, November 3, 2008 at 1:41 PM, in Labels: africa, lost, slave master, slavery, soulja boy

See I can't even be mad at this lil' boy anymore.

People tend to blame Soujla Boy for the death of hip-hop, the coon-itis that has taken the radio by storm. But when I hear shit coming from his mouth like "shout out to the slave masters. Without them, we'd still be in Africa. We wouldn't be here to get this ice and tattoos," I recognize this is an epidemic that's larger than Soulja Boy. 

Obviously for centuries our history has been systematically erased from our minds. ANY replica of Africa in our veins has been coughed out, white washed, bleached, and assimilated into this terrorist American land we now call home. Little boys and girls in the hood don't call each other kings and queens, not Nefertiti and King Tut, naw, but AFRICAN BOOTYSCRATCHER, MIDNIGHT, CRISPY, BUTTNEKKID...none of which are positive representations. Why? Because all we're bombarded with is Christian Children's Fund, flies hanging on the face, emaciated, AIDS wreaking havoc...our public school education does not give us the foundation of our homeland, but of THIS homeland, and omits the massacre that it took to even create this land. INCLUDING SLAVERY. The 3/5's. The not being considered human, maybe? Ah, white American romanticism.

And even slavery is a joke now, to black youth. I think imma start screening The Birth of a Nation and Bamboozled in Pre-K to make our history a reality, because mental slavery, such as what comes out of Soulja Boy's mouth, shows the bondage we REALLY are still in. Not to mention the noose around his neck of a record label that wants him to keep pumpin out the coon ass shit...talk about a shout out to massa. 

IF WE KNEW OUR HISTORY, WE'D KNOW WE ARE OPPRESSED.

The precise way to make us submit was to demean where we're from. And force us to demean it too. Score 1 for Whitey...again.

Truth be told, nobody in the hood wants to go back to Africa. Ask anybody, they'll tell you, "Hell NAW I aint African! I was born in (insert city here)." But honestly, how can we ever love ourselves...if we hate our origins. And yes, we were born on American soil, but our history begins BEFORE slavery existed. But of course, the way to maintain power is to force us to forget.

WE GOTTA GET BACK, Y'ALL, CUZ WE'RE LOOKING LIKE SOME GOT DAMN FOOLS. 

Study Links Teen Pregnancy To Sexy TV Shows Says Uni Q. Mical , at 1:09 PM, in Labels: black, juno, pregnancy, teen, tila tequila, tv, white people, youth of color

...Now who's dumb enough to ACTUALLY believe this shit???

Ever since the Juno blowup, Bristol an' dem, white folk just gotsta wrap their heads around why teen pregnancy rates in the US are still sky high...Reuters' author Andrew Stern got the answer:

"Exposure to some forms of entertainment is a corrupting influence on children, leading teens who watch sexy programs into early pregnancies and children who play violent video games to adopt aggressive behavior, researchers said on Monday.

In findings that covered 718 teenagers, there were 91 pregnancies. The top 10th of adolescents who watched the most sexy programing were at double the risk of becoming pregnant or causing a pregnancy compared to the 10th who watched the fewest such programs, according to the study published in the journal Pediatrics.

"Television is just one part of a teenager's media diet that helps to influence their behavior. We should also look at the roles that magazines, the Internet and music play in teens' reproductive health," Chandra said, acknowledging still other factors can influence teen sex habits.

Living in a two-parent family reduced the chances of a teen getting pregnant or causing a pregnancy. Black teenagers, and those with discipline problems, had higher risks."

REALLY????

Okay, y'all made me have 2 get academically angry black woman on this one:

It must be noted that this article is, by no means, a comprehensive explanation of the multitude of reasons behind teen pregnancy, mostly including environment, race, class, household, etc. Even these reasons must be analyzed, as blindly stating that "black teenagers and teenagers with disciplinary problems are at higher risk", as the author Andrew Stern mentions, is highly problematic. This does not explore the dire dynamics of systematic racism, poverty, and neglect that youth of color experience in these environments.

Moreover, the patriarchial gendered dynamics in these communities often force young women to believe, consciously or unconsciously, that men have the power. The lack of comprehensive sexual education in many public schools in youth of color communities, as well as sexual taboos and silence surrounding sexual activity, also contribute to the curiosity and experimentation.

So, whereas white teenagers can seemingly be harmfully influenced by television and movies to guide their sexual behavior, youth of color are scapegoated as hypersexual since birth, and this behavior is expected of them, and not seen as threatening or surprising. Nevertheless, a thorough discussion of this topic, beyond the sensationalism of television, must be had in order to understand why teenage pregnancy continues to persist in the US.

Once again, our bodies on the line, the actions that are expected of us.

So while little Sally Walker in Missouri can watch Tila Tequila and trip, fall and land on Johnny's dick, the rest of us have been rubbin on our tiddies since birth. Right?

EATING THE OTHER. Says Uni Q. Mical , Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 12:17 PM, in Labels: beauty, black, consumption, dark meat, eating, other, woman

i went to NY this past weekend to perform at Columbia w/ my homegirl for the Latino Heritage Showcase. The topic? Color complexes. While there, it seemed EVERY public interaction gave us the reassurance that our poem was NOT in vain. i had the rude re-awakening that it's sooo hard trying to talk to white boys abt their privilege when i'm filled with so much RAGE from listening to their generalizations (those african-americans and spanish people with their 8 kids and child support)...AND dealing with being daily exotified and consumed and fetishized (hey, i LOVE dark meat!)...

WHAT'S A BLACK WOMYN TO DO????

respond with the poison. the word. 

so, here it is. one of many....eating the other. for all my survivors, my strong ones, my quiet ones, my loud ones. just living is a blessing...and a burden.

*this isnt the poem we performed, just a spark of inspiration sittin in class. more on the other piece later. 

and i’m

f  u  r  t  h  e  s  t

from your white conceptions of beauty.

 

lips been puffy since birth

to bite fruits is a blessing

the juices

keep them softened and blooming

like some tulips on Juneteenth

but don’t see me as all sweet,

cuz my expressions will school thee

jumpin off the tongue

same force as an army gun

warrior in the flesh

the casualties are historical rumps

shaking and baking

swaying hypnotic

rulers and rapings

repulsive and desired, such a brutal embracing

 

BUT I AM NOT YOUR PLAYTHING.

 

beautiful and on toppa my

natural clouds on my head got me on a knotty high

and don’t need you to validate it

not the fruit in your exotic pie

can't eat me 2 release me

cuz while the master’s sleeping

my sharpened knives are screeching

machete’d my way 2 freedom

YOUR WORST FEAR—

a chocolate womyn and her poison thoughts

independent of the gimmicks

from a system that wants me

auctioned off

unless i’m working within it

making you money while my top is off

the camera rolls

at how she flows

but that black bitch betta not ever talk

but even with that

my words scream louder than sapphire

fuckin ya flawed ideals like jezebel

telling mammy to retire

on a daily got me wired

like the streets of my city rollin

B-more in my blood, Afrika in my aorta

sick of adherin to what you told me

cuz you’re the reason i felt lonely

dark skinned & depressed

fit tighter than skin & bones

but i’ve grown 2 believe

that your history does not own me.

i’m uplifting so this brown

can drift like continents around the globe

WE

send the new memo of who we are

eres bella mama,

the stars

shine brighter on our skin

shout it until your throat is parched

give a big FUCK YOU to whoever denies our power

our past has shaped these bodies

but we must define us today for our tomorrow.

Americans Worried About State of the Nation? Never Thought I'd See The Day. Says Uni Q. Mical , Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 12:09 PM, in Labels: america, stress, wake up call, worry

So according to CNN, 75% of the nation is "angry, scared, and stressed out" at the way things are going, the way things have been, the way the future looks.

Y'all just catchin on???

Hmm...what was the wake up call?...oh, losing a house, maybe a job or two, college tuition payments, the war...? Institutionalized racism, incarceration, fucked up schools, police brutality, sexual violence, cutting welfare checks, garnishing paychecks...I mean, these are things some of us just live with on a daily. But the rude awakening for others...better late than never I guess. Finally woke up and got that cold out of our eyes that the TV kept in place.

And I can't help but wonder...WHAT THE FUCK IS THE OTHER 25% THINKING???

Ohhhh, they're the ruling class. They're the ones that put us in this shit. Still sittin back in the cut while we melt under their feet. 

Waitin on November 4th, y'all, just waiting.

In the meantime, let's swallow the harsh reality. Tell 'em what's good, Nas.

THE BITCH KNEW THAT I'D BE BACK... Says Uni Q. Mical , Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at 3:06 PM, in Labels: miss honey, moi rene

Possibly one of the funniest things I've seen since OHIO STAAAATE !!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzzrPC-3xPM) 

Me and my peoples played it OUT in three days it was so hilarious. See the original video, and the parody we did below.

Wherever you are, Moi Rene, I bow down. You're amazing. And the brothas in the back too. Lmao eternally.

And I hope we did it justice:

So...I Voted. But Are Really We In The Building? Says Uni Q. Mical , at 2:45 PM, in Labels: colorblind, obama, racism, white people

After having my absentee ballot chillin' at the bottom of my bookbag for 5 days or so, I couldn't get any inspiration to actually fill out the little ovals in pencil. Until I'm in the school store with my homegirl, and we see Obama on the cover of Vibe magazine...he actually wrote a personal letter to the readers, telling us that it's NECESSARY now, more than ever, to vote. He understands our cynicism, but that shouldn't be the excuse we give for why we didn't put our two cents in. 

Of course, in a perfect democracy, this would all make sense. I can't help but go conspiracy crazy once November 4th gets here, and Palin rifles her way to the White House. Neverthless, I jetted to the mailroom and filled out every.last.oval (for Baltimore City, they want us to vote for 5011 different things--namely a $40,000,000 loan to the school system). I guess you can say I felt accomplished.

But in all reality, I haven't been pleased in listening to Obama lately. His war-hungry rhetoric is obviously him saving his ass from being called a Muslim, and his "save the middle class" just seems far too safe for me to relate to. It almost feels like he's not even speaking to us (yeah, US) at all anymore, but trynna walk this tightrope for Joe 6-pack and them middle america white muthafuckas who wouldn't think twice about voting for him. Grant it, he can't be a Jesse Jackson and solely discuss the needs of people of color, but he could AT LEAST mention us. But no, any specifics would deem him playing 'the race card', and would ACTUALLY admit to the fact that wow, there IS racism in this country, and people of color ARE affected by it! 

I'm so sick of white folk i dont know what to do. 

And not just any white folk, no...the Six Flags America,  "I'm not racist, I have black friends" muthafuckas who cannot comprehend their own privilege, and see how racism not only marginalizes us, but elevates them, just by virtue of being white and in this country. I don't care if you, personally, haven't called anyone nigger in ur LIFE, but the system around you that you exist in has fucked us over since the ships. And that's just the gospel truth. So you could at least be aware of this, and of your own accountability in perpetuating this...your naivete and denial doesn't help either.

Okay, I said all that to say Obama's got a hell of a position. These folks are gonna be watchin him like a hawk. And is it wrong of me to think, that just because he gets in office, all of a sudden he's gonna REALLY start talking about our interests? Naw, cuz at any given moment, he has to remain colorblind. To be colorblind is to remain neutral on race and how it has EVERYTHING to do with our positions in this country, and to appease those white folks that think we're soooo over racism and can move on to more important things. Yes. We've definitely reached that promised land. 

Come November 4th, I'll be sittin by the TV with my bottle of Captain Morgan's and an icegrill. It's gonna be a long night.

"in the magical land of youtube, racism doesn't exist" Says Uni Q. Mical , Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 10:55 PM, in Labels: black, dancing, kid, racism, youtube

...but i've gotten some of my most VISCERAL reactions of the day just by looking at the comments UNDER the videos. i can't possibly be the only person that notices this shit is a problem.

i spend most of my day fighting off the dreadhead hippies and "post-racist" hipsters at my school for their privileged and still blatantly racist comments (your hair's so amaaaazing unique--no, lovely--no, jova? i dont know, you all look alike)...but this shit reminds me that when white folks get in the CYBER world, where they can remain anonymous enough to not get the shit kicked out of them...they wanna get gully. real gully.

so i think i might've set me up for this by typing "black kids dancing". but you know, they luhhhh us when we tappin for 'em! firstly, the pig who posted this says this about the video:

"lol ok so i don't even care anymore. maybe if you stupid ass black people wouldn't make your own damn stereotype and jump to conclusions about other people bein "racist" towards you than we wouldn't have so much fuss about it. and really all the comments typed out in like black people language aren't doing you any good, i can't undertand you and neither can anyone else. have the common courtesy to argue your point with some real words."

and the peanut gallery speaks:

ignoramos

Do you know how to keep a nigger from drowning? Lift your foot of the back of its head...

mrsunderwood7

I wish you would come to my town saying nigger. We have something waiting for you and ya family. After its over we will see who goes home to their family that night. Ill tell you now you wouldnt be going home. But we will give your family money to help out with the cost.

ignoramos

Now why in the hell would I ever want to go into the projects...You are one retarded shitskin...
NObama 08

mrsunderwood7

I dont live in the projects "SHITSKIN" no how on our street is worth less than $250,000.00 you do the math. Our community is rich but we will still crack a head open fool!!

ignoramos

"no how on our street" What the fuck is that liverlips... And just so you know, you niggers are shitskins you dumb fuck...

...and honestly, i wouldnt even BEGIN to stereotype their kind as some redneck southerners. they're living right next door to you, going to school with you, and can go home to their affluent, comfortable, sparkling white abodes.

AND, the finale for me. i thought i was gonna be "colorblind" and just type "funny kids"...the fucking crowd went wild.



now while i know this evokes the deep-seated love and compassion america has for the exaggeratedly black and unkempt pick-a-ninny, getting devoured by alligators, standing alongside alfalfa shouting "ohhhh-taaaaay!!!!" you'd think we were soooooo over this type of racism, right? WRONG. and disregard the fact that he's actually in a suit and not wearing a piece of savage cloth.

come on y'all, you GOTTA love this shit:

ognimoddd

THIS KID IS SO BLACK OMFG NEEGROUH

omg man i need some duck tape,a bannana,and vasoline.lol

fucking ugly kid! thats all

pixelsword

The racists are just jealous because at age five, that kid will already have a bigger penis than them.

MTLYOUTH

stop da hate against dat nigga yallz
cuz he might steal your bicycle

sloth11223344

happylobe........u,one dumb mother fucker!!!!!fucking fagget,ur noone to juge me!!!!go get fucked by a big black guy named tank

robertobobedd

What is it?? Is it an animal?? :)
Ohhh yhea is a Monkey.

(i'm not racist, i voted for obama. this country's not racist, a black man's running for president...racism is a social construct...affirmative action--isn't that, like, reverse racism?...my grandfather fought in the civil war, so you owe him an apology...wu-tang's soooo awesome, yo!...oh my god my black boyfriend had the BIGGEST cock i'd ever seen!...! oh shit! lebron james on a pack of bubbilicious!)

i can't go on anymore. honestly, i don't even wanna share the same country with these muthafuckas. this the shit that makes me PERMANENTLY bitter. that makes me say, if you're white, you're racist. point. blank. period. whether the blatant, slur-filled triggering bigots, or their mean-well "i'm not racist, but..." cousins.

where IS the forum to actually have a constructive conversation about race in youtube and the like? hell, will there ever be one? especially in times when no one sees this as a major problem, or says we're being too sensitive? SINCE WHEN WAS RACISM EVER OVER FOR US TO BE SENSITIVE ABOUT IT? obviously the ones sayin this shit don't have to deal with it everyday. fuck 'em. we gotta push thru this blind ignorance.

aight, just hadda get that off my chest. now back to lookin at TLC videos.

we wear the mask, y'all. Says Uni Q. Mical , at 1:05 AM, in Labels: hood, hot ass day, pissed, reporter

no matter how much time goes by, i hadda revisit this.

"what really happened that day at augusta high school... SHEEEEEIT!!!"

this has got to be the greatest example of that double consciousness we always hear about.
and watch JUST how fast homeboy gets hood on em.

the only thing i could think of...i guess there's a little nigger in all of us.

LaBruzzo...another white man who JUST DOESN'T GET IT. Says Uni Q. Mical , Monday, September 29, 2008 at 10:19 PM, in Labels: eugenics, labruzzo, racism, reproductive rights, women of color

should i even be surprised anymore?

somewhere in new orleans, ANOTHER white republican wishes to jerk off his conservative peers by talking of how he wants to pass legislation to pay poor women $1,000 to have their tubes tied. his reason? to shun them away from "generational welfare to generational welfare." what's better is how he's willing to give tax incentives to "college-educated" families to have MORE children.

aside from this being a clear and literal INSULT on the bodies and lives of poor women and women of color, it also illustrates the complete disregard for us to make our own decisions of what to do with our bodies. it also bleeds of the eugenicist mindset of our government towards us, thinking that weeding out the "unfit"--the poor, the disabled, the anything-but-white--will lead us into a sudden surplus of wealth and resources.

apparently $1000 is supposed to compensate for the centuries of generational poverty we've been in. this is not at ALL by faults of our own, but decades of racism, neglect, and down right disapproval of our bodies even making it beyond 'scratchin n survivin'. cuz then, we'd be a threat (and BURN THIS MUTHAFUCKA DOWWWN). but obviously if we had any power and resources, we wouldn't need to rely on the government, now would we?

but of course, to them, it's easier to scapegoat and blame our bodies and neighborhoods so they can justify NOT pouring resources into our schools, hospitals, housing, et cetera. and as long as we think we're the problem too, they're doing their jobs perfectly. no matter WHAT economic situation women of color find themselves in, this does NOT give the government control to decide how we conduct ourselves. trust, they havin just as many babies as we are. (hello palin.)

hog maws & nigger links. Says Uni Q. Mical , Monday, August 11, 2008 at 2:05 PM, in

...emancipate urselves from mental slavery...

u can't
bury the word

NIGGER

but let the actions continue.

born on the back of porches
as savage and minstrel
words we never hear 2day
but still the package we live thru
seem since civil rights left
we been more backwards than kids’ shoes

thinkin if we got a few hunnids
in stacks and some crisp shoes
then we done made it big—
but still callin these cracklins our rich food
still plugged in2 the corners
niggas mackin when chicks move
but if she say nothin
she get attacked as a bitch—

PROVE

2 me
we somethin higher
cuz our mentals done expired
and this poverty’s stronger than physical
when
we think
we can't aspire
2 this upward mobility

these three year old girls be killin me
mean muggin from the womb
and we just laugh it off as silly
see
these school kids
who crackin on that boy
for doin arithmetic
screamin

YO BEIN WHITE!

but ask him for answers 2 the drill n shit
and we wonder why we payin students
2 bring a love of learnin
2 the skills they flip
not 2 be another dropout
draggin drug doe 2 the dealership

i sit and think round the clockers
where in this generation are our doctors?
our lawyers and our voices
our leaders that’ll watch us
but if i look around again
i see it’s WE we on a watch for
can't wait on y’all 2 act
cuz we’ll be sleepin in them boxes
days long gone from King dreamin
we need a scheme beyond the blocks y’all

but long as we scapegoats
we won't ever think we capable
long as u think u a nigger
ur mind and body gon’ stay lazy yo
frozen on the pa-tio
thinkin bout mercedes doe
they trapped us with the projects
so we can't pass on houses
2 the next generation yo
still redlinin our hoods
banks still don’t trust our paper yo
slicin us with credit cards
act now or debt’ll be the death of yo
got some grown ass rappers
who can't even pay their taxes
and little kids idolize em
stuffin bling bracelets under the mattress

but white folk kno just the hat tricks
feedin us MCs and athletes
don’t take no intellect 2 do this
so we stay suckin on this black meat

programmed 2 think this our only method
2 get out the street
ain't no
aspirin scholars
just chump dollars from this rap release
but the moment u fuck up,
fox news be lynchin on a laughin spree
they only let us niggas get but soooo far
before they crack our teeth
but with every reality
tv show
we proud of we
but just cuz our faces multiplied
don’t mean it’s positivity

SEE NIGGERS ALWAYS BEEN ON TV!
THIS SHIT IS FAR TOO EASY!

read from a script
grab a glock or ur dick
hoes make sure that weave is the slickest
and cuss him out too,
if need be

THERE’S MARKETS THAT KEEP OUR PALMS ALL KINDSA GREASY!

stereotypes carried over from the 1800s
back when mammy run it
now it’s rasputia who’s gruntin
now soulja boy spittin that shit
that even zipcoon can't stomach
but i don’t blame him—
he’s a gimmick
for when record labels push their buttons:

give ‘em the latest dance,
latest shuffle that they wantin
keep these niggers salivatin
but remainin in these slums &
feed ‘em finger-lickin pig feets,
red kool-aid 2 chase the rum
fast food joints on every corner
chokin on them sesame seed buns

see y’all white folks a trip
tellin’ us 2 eat organic
round here, that word’s a joke—

nigga, pass that bologna sandwich!

y’all hog all the whole foods 2 yaself
charge $10 for bananas
meanwhile a chicken box
ain't but $4.50
and THAT SHIT’LL DO SOME DAMAGE!

but we so full of itis
we can't even read the prices
thinkin we deserve this treatment
hood zombies livin lifeless
the ghettos just babysit us

don’t teach us 2
succeed but 2 survive this

weren’t taught 2 use
king and queen speak—
a long ways from Nefertiti and Isis

and it kills me 2 think
that it’s the 21st century
we still waitin on cotton paper
2 caress our hands so gently
and this decade,
IT AIN'T NO RACISM!
nobody pourin salt on me at diners
but it’s
1/4 niggas in bmore
behind barbed wire till their time’s up
it’s queens who gotta fight
2 have custody of their
vaginas
callin us murderers for abortions
cuz we can’t afford ur piece of the pie
it’s
that baby who woulda lived
2 repeat the cycle of his papa
missin in action
idolizin dribblin black men
with no respect for a woman
this side of the tracks i’m

spittin the puckerin truth
go ‘head and try 2 taste this

nowadays,
u ain't got-ta call me a nigger 2 be a racist

just grow up far away from us
with ur only representation
bein weezy/t-pain/new york/maury and flava flav
and tell me i speak so articulate,
i’m so well behaved!
runnin fingers thru my hair
2 feel the knots,
u’re so

amaaaaazed

at how we do it
turn bein poor in2 a movement
but if them crack dollars ain't invested
bro, u just look FOOLISH
don’t think we worthy of our accomplishments
so we wear chains of self-hatred
though we make that shit look maaaad fly
inside fear still dominates us

the diagnosis?
post traumatic slave disorder
and they still can't medicate us.