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 Ol’ See-Eye- (Confidential Informant) Sebben…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
29 Apr 2014
🖨️ Print Article

by BAR Poet-in-Residence Raymond Nat Turner

Whetha he wearin’ wire, Gerri-curl, or de ‘Cess

Wen he cum, you know he cumin wit sum mess

 

My Wise Country Cousin on Ol’ See-Eye- (Confidential Informant) Sebben…

by BAR Poet-in-Residence Raymond Nat Turner

 

Dat ol’ Sharlatan boy alwaze ben suspec ta me

How de jurnalis in jail an dat ol’ boy run free?

He millytunt lak de roun’ hol fo’ de square peg

Dat ol’ boy ‘bout as crookit as a dawg’s hin’ leg

Whetha he wearin’ wire, Gerri-curl, or de ‘Cess

Wen he cum, you know he cumin wit sum mess

What JB say, “lak a dull nife dat jus’ ain’t cuttin’?”

Lawd, dat boy ben talkin’ loud an’ sayin’ nuttin’!

An’ how in hell did he git at de head ob de march

Less Randoff, Russin or Kang pass em de torch?

 

But, it don’ tak no Shurlock Homes or Calumbo

So, plese don’ cum at me wit dat mumbo-jumbo

It feel lak we jus gittin’ a tlil’ pece ob de troof

Boy up in de Offal Offuz wit his chekurd youf

It simpul as dis: “Ebry thang glittur ain’t gol

Jus’ lak ebry thang on ice sho’ nuff ain’t col

He de blak, dubul blak, 14-carrut millytunt fak

Code-name ”See-Eye-Seeben,” dat tak de cak

Don’de Seekrit Servus do wha wite fok call vet?

Nobydee hear dat Sebben frum de *IBM set?

 

60 Menits tos’ him sof bawls ‘bout book an’ wait

Nuthin’ ‘bout See-Eye-Sebben an’ See-Eye-8?

Silunce ‘bout danjurs ob being See-Eye-Sebben— 

‘Cause he wus ‘bout ta turn TB star ‘roun elebben!

Thro’d de Green Zar an Reb Rite unna de bus—

But, wit ol’ Sebben, dere wusn’t eben a lil’ fuss

Lak Calumbo, “Dere’s one thang botha me”

How walls got erz, camruz ebry pol an’ tree

Dey eben know de culur an’ time dat ah pee

How he fule Commanduh-in-Cheef, fuleAG?

Ain’t a bettin’ man, an’ don’ bose, don’ glote

But, ah figur he be wearin’ a seement obercoat…

When dey sels out ta debils wha dey expecs?

Gots a funne feelin dat ol’ Kwonza boy be nex…

 

* IBM= Italian Business Men

 

Raymond Nat Turner can be contacted at upsurgejazz.com.

 

Raymond Nat Turner © 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


  • Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
    Donald Trump and the Truth About Robert Mueller
    25 Mar 2026
    Donald Trump is not lying about Robert Mueller. Mueller was the point man for a plot involving the Democratic Party establishment, intelligence agencies, and corporate media. Russiagate was a…
  • Editors, The Black Agenda Review
    ESSAY: Black Folks and Foreign Policy, June Jordan, 1983.
    25 Mar 2026
    “Who will we become if we remain the silent partners to this white arrogance?”
  • Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor , Dan Kovalik
    U.S. Takes Aim at President Gustavo Petro, but He's Akin to a Rock Star in Colombia
    25 Mar 2026
    Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor, spoke to attorney and author Dan Kovalik, President Petro’s legal representative in the US and in international courts. 
  • Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
    War Crime Cafe
    25 Mar 2026
    "War Crime Cafe" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
  • Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
    Big Green + Big Tech = Bigger Environmental Racism: How Certain white-led “environmental” Groups are Selling out Frontline Communities to Accommodate Data Centers
    25 Mar 2026
    Big Green groups taking millions from Big Tech have abandoned vulnerable communities to become accomplices in data center proliferation rather than opponents.
  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with us
about us
contact us