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Wait A Second
Bill Quigley
24 Sep 2008
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WAIT
A SECOND

by
Kemet Mawakana, a.k.a. The Seven Foot Poet

click
the flash player below to hear this original work performed by the
Seven Foot Poet

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Wait
A Second

“John
McCain’s chief advisor lobbies for oil companies

even
from Russia and China.

His
campaign manager lobbies for corporations outsourcing American jobs.

The
campaign chairman he picked last year, a bank lobbyist.

If
seven of McCains top advisors are lobbyists,

who
do you think will run his white house?”

Wait
a second

Wait
a second

Wait
a second

Ten
of Barak Obama’s top advisors are white

His
campaign manager -- a white male

The
campaign chairman he picked – a white male

Economic
advisors – white males

If
Obama’s top advisors are white males,

who
do you think will run his white house?

Who
do you think will run his white house?

WHO
DO YOU THINK WILL RUN HIS WHITE HOUSE?

By
Kemit Mawakana (aka The Seven-Foot Poet)

Peace
(when appropriate) War (when necessary)

Copyright
1996.

Kemit
Mawakana (aka “The Seven-Foot Poet”) is a highly acclaimed
spoken-word artist, and has published two books
A
. . . Z . . . Infinity

and
Crucifixion
of My Soul
.
The collective body of his works presented weekly in BAR are in
tribute to Listervelt Middleton, Dr. John Henrik Clarke, and “For
The People”. Currently, he is a facilitator at AYA Educational
Institute (
www.ayaed.com)
and can be reached at
sevenfootpoet@gmail.com.

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