Black Agenda Report
Black Agenda Report
News, commentary and analysis from the black left.

  • Home
  • Africa
  • African America
  • Education
  • Environment
  • International
  • Media and Culture
  • Political Economy
  • Radio
  • US Politics
  • War and Empire

My Wise Country Cousin On De Offal Office
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
16 Apr 2013
šŸ–Øļø Print Article

by Raymond Nat Turner

Hail to the thief, and the office he thieves out of.

 

My Wise Country Cousin On De Offal Office

by Raymond Nat Turner

 

De Offal Offuzz, again, young brotha?

You dun axed me ā€˜bout de Offal Offuz!

ā€˜Cause you’s young, I’ll tell you twice—

Dem ol’ fools ol’ nuff ta know

Betta, but too ol’ ta tell anything

 

Member, dere’s three thangs

Dey do in de Offal Offuzz

 

  1. LIE

  2. AGE

  3. LEAVE RICHER den dey came…

 

Or, as one dem ol’ rappers might put it:

ā€œCommanduh ā€˜n Chief an Ol’ Liar ā€˜n Thief!ā€

 

Raymond Nat Turner can be contacted at upsurgejazz.com.

Raymond Nat Turner Ā© 2013 All Rights Reserved

Do you need and appreciate Black Agenda Report articles? Please click on the DONATE icon, and help us out, if you can.


More Stories


  • BAR Book Forum: Nolan Cabrera’s ā€œWhite Guys on Campusā€
    Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
    BAR Book Forum: Nolan Cabrera’s ā€œWhite Guys on Campusā€
    04 Dec 2019
    Cabrera’s book directly pushes against the notion that White racism only exists within ā€œignorantā€ White people or ā€œrednecksā€ and ā€œhillbillies.ā€
  • How to Commit War Crimes – and Get Away With It
    Vijay Prashad
    How to Commit War Crimes – and Get Away With It
    04 Dec 2019
    Not only should war crimes charges be brought against the US and UK, but these aggressor nations’ political leaders should face imprisonment.
  • Brown Privilege in Africa
    Zanga Chimombo
    Brown Privilege in Africa
    04 Dec 2019
    Inadequate attention seems to have been paid to the significance of racial miscegenation (or us ā€œin-betweenersā€) in the process of domination.
  • Ukrainian Roulette: The ā€œUkrainegateā€ Gamble
    Enzo Calandra
    Ukrainian Roulette: The ā€œUkrainegateā€ Gamble
    04 Dec 2019
    Liberals have enlisted the CIA to repudiate a clearly obscene and grotesque president because they themselves are obscene and grotesque in many of the same ways.
  • The Trials of Julian Assange
    review by Michael Steven Smith
    The Trials of Julian Assange
    04 Dec 2019
    A new book offers a sweeping defense of the imprisoned Wikileaks publisher.
  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with us
about us
contact us