by BAR Poet-in-Residence Raymond Nat Turner
Commemorating
Beyond Vietnam,
Celebrating
Grassroots pregnant with
Struggle
Light up in Harlem
by BAR Poet-in-Residence Raymond Nat Turner
(BAR 7th Anniversary Celebration)
âOver truth there is lightâ â Moroccan saying
Friday night and a
Light burns bright
Up here in Harlemâ
Bright like LED smiles
Of Douglass, Delaney
Walker, Cornish and Ida B.
Weâre that light tonightâŚ
Weâre that light tonight,
Illumination
Lineage of tens of
Of thousands of torchbearers
Dealing Defenders,
Dispatches, Eagles,
Afro-Americans,
Mysteries, North Stars,
Freedom Journals, New York
Globes, Boston Guardians and
Memphis Free Speech & Headlights
Weâre that light tonightâŚ
Weâre that light tonight,
Back at Riverside
Commemorating
Beyond Vietnam,
Celebrating
Grassroots pregnant with
Struggle birthing the
March on Washington
Weâre that light tonightâŚ
Weâre that light tonight,
Not neon soldiers
Of Fortune 500
Foundation followers
Mumbling mule madness
Weâre that light tonightâŚ
Weâre that light tonight
Streaming from Philly,
Connecticut, Jersey,
Filtering in from
Atlanta, Massachusetts,
Parts west, popping corks
On Champagne and wines
Red and white, toasting
Truth telling, illuminating
The people, instead of
âSpeaking truth to power,â
Under Bill Clintonâs
Desk, like chittlin-breath
Buffoons are prone to doâŚ
Weâre the light tonight!
Raymond Nat Turner can be contacted at upsurgejazz.com.
Raymond Nat Turner Š 2013 All Rights Reserved
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