Do They Wonder
Before the break of every dawn Does the sun prepare its heat To offer to the atmosphere A warm and brightening treat Has the depths of the sea ever questioned The sun against its face Or does it know the spinning earth Keeps its water in its place Has a star ever thought of why It only shines at night Or does it ever try to compete With the omniscient moonlight Does the deciduous tree feel naked When its leaves fall to the ground Or does it feel inadequate With all the evergreens around When the geese fly south for the winter Do the wonder why they do Does the sky ever have to ponder On its many shades of blue Does the hound ever feel like She births too many pups In the labor of the births Does she feel like giving up Does the spawning salmon ever wish Their journey wasn’t death Or does the human ever fear Of no air for their next breath Does a mountain ever wonder why It’s taller than a hill Or does it know its majesty Just from standing still Do the winds ever have to guess Which way that they should blow Does the rain try to figure out That it can turn to snow Has the mother monkey ever doubted The bonds of its babes embrace Or do the planets wonder where They’re supposed to be in space When the erupt volcano spews its wrath Does the lava know where to go How do the streams and rivers Know which way to flow Do the dunes ever fear Wind will carry its sand away Or have the caves and caverns Yearned to see the light of day Does the caterpillar ever think That it will be a butterfly Or does it already know That one day it will fly Do the prairies ever wonder Why the animals all graze What tells the fog when to lift Its cold and dewy haze Do the fall autumn leaves Know when their season ends Or do the springtime flowers ask When should they begin When Aurora Borealis Streams across the sky Do the colors there within Need to wonder why Do natural wonders have to question What this world is all about Or do they know the hand of God And cease to figure out
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This is for the homies
The red, white, black, and brown For the ones who happen To still be above ground This is also in memory Of those who used to wonder Whether they'd live or die And know they're six feet under. Believing all along They were at home in the streets Yet hollow and empty Never feeling complete Their loyalty to the game To their crew, gang, or set Cost them their lives Choices.......Too late to regret I've been spending all my life living in a gangsters paradise. Shooting down bodies like deer in the woods Lies roll of their tongues But they still "put it on the hood." Nothing is sacred They'll steal your last dime Living their lives In a multitude of crimes Beaten and jumped in Or killed to get out Violence and Opposition Is what their lives are about BANG.....BANG BANG.....BANG One dead, two dead, three dead, four Recruiting our children like never before I've been spending all my life living in a gangsters paradise. Gang drive by shootings Innocent neighbors fall Random bullets fly Piercing household walls This hatred they're breeding Filling arteries and veins Aiming at the jugular Leaving streets blood stained School grades diving Dysfunction thriving Killers Striving Demons surviving Life sentences arriving I've been spending all my life living in a gangsters paradise. West coast, East side East coast, West side Northeno's, Sureno's Crips and the Bloods EME, The Mafia Gangs spreading like floods Towns polluted with Hoods, hoodlums, and hoodrats Murder for hire Available by contract. What will it take To eliminate this disease Criminals rolled out Like dogs breeding fleas Hey bro go recycle Some cans, plastic, or brass Instead of recycling lies And always talking trash Lets go back To what Mandela said About love being natural But hate being bred I've been spending all my life living in a gangsters paradise. What will it take For all of us to see That hate has been learned But love sets us free Put down your weapons Let go of that fear Cause fear is what made The love disappear Or what about what Bob Marley sang (sing next line) "Get up Stand up, Stand up for your right," I'm sure he didn't mean Bringing a gun to the fight Look here gangsta Take that bandanna off your head Why don't you start promoting Peace and love instead Listen here gangsta Use that brain in your head Before you're the next one Who ends up dead Hey gangsta your mistaken This ain't no paradise Guess what homie You don't get to live this life twice Too many days, years
loss celebrations and seasons, They have escaped in front of me for too many heartless reasons , but still with a heart and mind I sit and wait, though it seems I don't have control over my destiny, or fate … Encaged…enraged A vicious animal in breed, riding the Crest of the tide upon insanity's seed … Shattered Hopes and dusty dreams, flickering wishes in fading beams, I've seen Love grow old and felt it go stale, have experienced the silly pains of receiving no Mail, have seen my children grow up and even die , have seen society’s changing times The horrors, the destruction of our pains and prejudices tick right on by … Encaged…Enraged a criminal in breed, Acting in frustration or in surging need … The Constant clatter and chilling feel , to know your existence is between Behind the slamming, of that gate of steel ; the same faces, only aging year in and year out , the unsureness of our tomorrows in anguish doubt ,… The meals turn tasteless , my visions, are now faceless … Dying entities in the air lacking meaning, or care … the steel bars I peer through , catching glimpses of the Sky dancing in different shades of blue , the chirps of a bird the patter of rain, brings a small sense of joy to the incarcerated pain ,… And Still I sit and wait not knowing, how much longer I can , and desperately holding on Trying to remain, whole, a man … Encaged…enraged… The bitterness it builds, attempting to cross the spirit destroying human wills … naked I've stood the privacy of manhood disrespected , over every inch of body their eyes have inspected … mental torture senseless beatings , death is common within vengeful meetings … Corruption it breeds , spreading piercing misery it feeds …The silent nights Of isolation, thoughts of loved ones and friends in separation , They suffer our hardships With distant fear , live with us daily every second, while we're here ,… Encaged!Enraged!!... Justice has been blind, manufactured labels and lies truth is hard to find … and too many years have passed us by, too many dried tears in the solemn eye… With history, our witness to the atrocities, we were forced to endure, And another day of pain, racism and death in prison ,in life, begins Our future, once again unsure … Blamed and shamed in this racism it finds , tormented and frustrated our anger and pain the crippling of minds; another good man another black man , murdered again when does it end I don't understand … yet today I hear laughter from our youth still here , and know prison is over as racism will also be the human heart is such too dear,… We Are enraged , ENGAGED Still Struggling Still Free STILL HERE!! Let's turn back the hands of time, for just a moment.
Let's reflect, go old school, and listen to our restless souls. Close your eyes, free your mind and listen to one of the real godfathers of rap, that many are not aware of - a musical artist who had a message years ago… And another musical Artist that delivered hope and inspiration through his Lyrics…”Old School”; a time, growing pains in this country…good and bad! yet, here we are, not in the late 60’s and 70’s of Berkeley, but 2020: same pain, same hurt, same frustration, same prejudices, racism and violence. So, what have we learned?? Lionel Richie,”Zoom”; he spoke to that hope, our visions, Love and Freedom… Gil Scott-Heron, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”… And here we are today! Stronger than ever, more united, Young & Old of All Colors and backgrounds. Our time has come, we have learned from history and our mistakes … Violence begets Violence!! Yet, we have had some misguided anger- Understandable, as we feel the pains & frustrations of another Black Man, another Human, killed by another racist puppet of this racist system. But now that our rage and pains have taken focus, we see that we have the power to really initiate real change! The Revolution Will Not Be Televised…”ZOOM” in; Harness the Power of The People and Real Change come from WITHIN!! I know; after over 40 years of being a blind slave to incarceration and believing how the system labelled me; seeing and experiencing brutality and death at the hands of our racist captors, I learned to break and change those shackles of racism and slavery. by changing what existed “inside me”, our captors could no longer influence, mislead or control me… And so I regained My Freedom, My Dignity, My Humanity and Respect & Love For ALL. So, I know Change is Possible!! Together, We Can Change this corrupt and racist system…from WITHIN!! We have the Power to Elect, to place good people in positions to lead our society, to help in our process of change. Yet, our real strength is from our children: we pass the torch to them; they will carry out and accomplish the torch we light today!! So, lets just take that “old school” moment; relax and reflect…let’s talk and communicate – join our forces and energy, and start truly dismantling the corruption and brutality of racism from the inside out. |