Overthrow????

Oscar Grant/

Sean Bell/

They killed George Jackson and Fred Hampton as well/

We still living in hell/

I'm the LAST POET" that'll make sure this system is OVERTHROWN/

I'm not a victim/

My people need to unite and listen to Malcolm's wisdom/

I'm a RADICAL not a DEMOCRAT or a REPUBLICAN/ 

Kids go to school but lies is what teachers are teaching them/

Racist store owners in the 'hood but my people still buy what they're selling like it's all good/ 

Get a grip without your dollar these stores wouldn't exist/

The governor don't give a damn about Philly schools/

Stupid fool/

My mindset is Malcolm X so I'll teach the youth to read and to use the brain as a tool/

Malcolm preached Black Nationalism but a Black man left holes in him/

Can Blacks unite?/

I overheard someone say all Blacks do is fight/

And on videos they call a brother "nigga" and a sister a "hoe" pertraying a stereotype to make industry "dough"/

IGNORANCE needs to be OVERTHROWN/

So I guess I'll reach the youth through radical poems/

And I'll connect with the "oldheads" who came up on Stevie Wonder, John Coltrane and Gil Scott-Heron/

I feel like we're in need of a new Black Arts Movement/

I studied the works of Amiri Baraka and Gwendolyn Brooks and my own writing started improving/

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