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 ‘bout de Offal Offuz!
‘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
-
LIE
-
AGE
-
LEAVE RICHER den dey came…
Or, as one dem ol’ rappers might put it:
“Commanduh ‘n Chief an Ol’ Liar ‘n Thief!”
Raymond Nat Turner can be contacted at upsurgejazz.com.
Raymond Nat Turner © 2013 All Rights Reserved
Haiti’s Battle of Vertières reminds us that resistance is not futile, that victory will come.
Malaika Jabali’s book explains our toxic relationship with capitalism and says it’s time to break up.
Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger remain targets of the western capitalist mining firms and their state sponsors.
Under the shield of public safety, Atlanta's police and political leaders have turned it into the most surveilled city in the country, where Black and Brown people working-class people are under a…
“Hide nothing from the masses of our people. Tell no lies. Expose lies whenever they are told. Mask no difficulties, mistakes, failures. Claim no easy victories...”
