by Kemet Mawakana, a.k.a. The Seven Foot Poet
In this, the long awaited year of health care reform (or not) the Seven Foot Poet offers a potent cure for an insidious disease that has long stalked among us.
Click the flash player below to listen to or the mic to download an mp3 copy of this original work performed by the Seven Foot Poet.
Miracle Cure?*
by Kemet Mawakana, a.k.a. The Seven Foot Poet
Eureka! We’ve finally found a miracle cure!
A miracle cure for the
I have more in common with my Harvard faculty colleagues than Black America - Disease.
A miracle cure for the
Endless tracing of DNA to prove you have Caucasian ancestry and shared genetic material - Disease.
A miracle cure for the
Desire to please white people by producing the white financed propaganda called the wonders of the African world - Disease.
A miracle cure for the
Bending over backwards to falsely blame Africans for the trans-atlantic slave trade and African-Americans for the racism, segregation, jim crow, and discrimination they encounter in the U.S. - Disease.
us.A miracle cure for the
Until it happens to me I ignore and discount Police Abuses, Black August, and the entire Prison Industrial Complex - Disease.
Yes we finally found a cure . . . it’s the Police Department.
Now let’s only hope President Barack Obama misplaces his keys and locks himself out of the white house.
(* The miracle cure has neither been approved by the FDA nor tested for long term effects. It is likely that Skip’s long-term and deeply entrenched Yurugu infections of the aforementioned diseases may merely be in temporary remission. Thus, it is wise to proceed with your efforts in support of Black August and ending Policing, Judicial and Prison abuses without expecting any support from Skippy Gates, President Obama or Colin Powell.)
By Kemit Mawakana (aka The Seven-Foot Poet)
Peace (when appropriate) War (when necessary)
Copyright 2009.
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 in www.blackagendareport.com 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) in Atlanta, Georgia and can be reached at sevenfootpoet@gmail.com.
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