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Lions, Heroes, CNN and Mulattoes
Bill Quigley
30 Jul 2008
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LIONS
HEROES CNN AND MULATTOES

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

 

To hear the Seven Foot Poet perform this original work, click the flash player below.

{mp3}poetry/0947ft_lions_cnn{/mp3}

Ask
them . . .

Ask
who?

Ask
them . . . any of them.

Ask
them what?

Ask
them if they know the meaning of:

“When
lions write history hunters will cease to be heroes.”

They
will say they do

but
they do not they cannot or else they would not

have
watched CNN presents Black in America

and
expected to see the lions’ stories.

Which
fill in the blank corporation was the sponsor or advertised

a
cause of your demise

in
the breaks between blaming and defaming you?

When
poor people’s choices are asserted as the primary cause of the

their
problems

then
you know it is a

Misleading
miseducating machination manipulating mental mindsets

and
yet

you
look to CNN to present your story?

Why
watch Roots when Sankofa is the Truth?

In
movies Alex Haley is no Haile Gerima

and

in
journalism Soledad is no Mumia.

Sure
Alex and Soledad receive more of the hunters money

but
that is not the proper measure of right best or correctness

hunters
always pay there scouts guides and servants.

So
Ask them . . . ask them if they know the meaning of:

“When
lions write history hunters will cease to be heroes.”

They
do not . . . they cannot

not
if they want to give credit for good intentions or CNN credit for
trying.

Credit
for trying what?

Black
America is the secondary target audience

it
is for whites that they are broadcasting ad nauseam

a
false picture of your plight

and
you want to thank them for trying

when
the mission was accomplished?

I’d
rather see you crying.

For
tears may heal your hurt heart that has hardened to the point

that
you inhale

the
theories and lessons well

of
the Chicago School of Economics

and
blame Blacks for pathology produced in all groups

living
in the U.S.A.

One
must be stoned to entertain

that
pathology is something innate in Blacks.

Perhaps
the problem is in the first grade

you
didn’t listen to your teacher

when
you were told to put on your thinking cap.

Strike
that – no put it back

the
first grade is a problem right through a terminal Harvard degree

a
better beneficial use of the broadcast beam would be

to
encourage all and only Black people to educate black children

that’s
revolutionary

in
independent CIBI schools

at
least then the next generation of lions will know

Advanced
levels of Reading Writing Arithmetic and the meaning of:

“When
lions write history hunters will cease to be heroes.”

By
Kemit Mawakana (aka The Seven-Foot Poet)

Peace
(when appropriate) War (when necessary)

Copyright
2008.

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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