
400 YEARS SNATCHED FROM THE MOTHERLAND.
NOW WE ARE THE ENVY IN THIS OTHERLAND,
AMERICA.
THE LAND WE SLAVED TO BUILD
WITHOUT A DROP OF COMPENSATION,
BUT ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF SWEAT AND BLOOD.
A LAND WHERE OUR KIDNAPPERS
SLAYED MILLIONS OF ORIGINAL INHABITANTS,
LEAVING A PATH OF GENOCIDE TOWARDS RESERVATIONS
TO “THE TRAIL OF TEARS” TERMINAL.
WE FORGED RELATIONSHIPS WITH MANY OF THEM,
AND SURVIVED THIS NEW WICKEDNESS IN THE WILDERNESS TOGETHER.
CAN U SAY BLACK SEMINOLES?
400 YEARS LATER,
IT’S OUR CULTURE THAT PUTS THE POP IN POP CULTURE.
WHATEVER WE TOUCH TURNS TO GOLD,
BECAUSE IT IS WAS THE GOLD OF THE NILE RIVER VALLEY FROM WHENCE WE CAME.
THE BANDITS OF EUROPE AND THEIR MISFITS OF AMERICA HAVE BEEN TAKING OUR
SWAG EVER SINCE THE DAYS OF LUXOR.
YOU SEE IT IN WINDOW DISPLAYS OF BRANDS ALONG PALM LINED STREETS
FROM ST. TROPEZ
TO RODEO DRIVE.
LUXURY THIS!
LUXURY THAT!
UNLIKE US PUTTING THE POP IN POP CULTURE
THEY TOOK THE LUX OUT OF LUXOR
AND PUT IT INTO EXPENSIVE HANDBAGS AND SHOES WITH BOTTOMS PAINTED RED
AND MOST RECENTLY BLACK JUMPERS WITH RED MINSTREL LIPS.
LIKE THE BLOOD SPILT TO STEAL AND BUILD THIS AMERICA.
FLIPPED IT AND NOW HAVE THE un-woke
POOR OR RICH
ROBBING, STEALING, KILLING AND CASH OR CREDIT DEALING,
TO ADORN THEMSELVES IN LUXURY,
BECAUSE THEIR CELLULAR MEMORIES ARE FEIGNING FOR IT.
BECAUSE WE ARE ORIGINATORS OF IT.
BECAUSE 400 YEARS AGO,
THAT WAS OUR SHIT!
WHAT A TWIST.
SINCERELY,
artikleblak
About the Creator
Artikleblak
Hello,
I am artikleblak. I am a creative who loves to express my thoughts on the future of society as it pertains to the African Diaspora.
Buckle up. :)
Sincerely,
artikleblak



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