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"IN ATTENDANCE"
I'm in attendance got stationary supplies number 2 pencils notebooks on stand by ears and eyes wide open I'm ready for class hoping for straight A's because i got what it takes to successfully pass because I'm in attendance Bell rings class in session I'm fiercely focused paying attention on OUR story and not his discover legacies stolen astrological philosophical medical achèvements Hannibal Queen Nzinga Shake Zulu and Imhotep never taught or shown respect for Khemetic Science Dogon Asiatic revolt and defiance aboard the Amistad we're the true kings and gods spiritually exodus to pieces bodies shackled and amass aboard good ship jesus so I'm in attendance. Notes taken instructions absorbed blueprints of civilization our footprints reach corners of every nation we construct Caucasians destruct reinvent everything we touched called us uncivilized savages 3/5 roaming in darkness while they land grab and grabbed our asses into madness "Oh say, can't you see..." they lie blinded by their saviors sold our women and children at auction blocks then have nerve opining on our criminal behavior? Jamestown 1619 leading division broke us down into submission but here's Harriet Tubman on a mission without permission. Back and forth forth and back she was relentless never gave a inch freeing thousands would've free thousands more, but many submitted to memo of Willie Lynch so I'm in attendance. Now in study hall reading and researching Booker T and Marcus G going toe to toe with Jim Crow essence of Black gold young and old. Little Bobby Hutton a revolutionary sun sacrificed his blood with lynchings of Southern hell from writings of Ida B. Wells W.E.B. DuBois blacks folks soul flow with words of Langston. basking in traffic lights of Garret Morgan Bessie Coleman taking flight outdoing the Wrights Civil Right Black Power ready to ignite so I'm in attendance. Reflecting revolutions never televised nor realized even from our own still worshiping oppressors hi-jacking our throne while sitting back and smack on quarter ponder with welfare cheese entertaining Pharrell's illusion of a "New Black" never speak history or struggles we just happy.... selling out fitting in with stupid grins. Yes, I'm talking to you Bill Cosby Charles Barkley wanna be whites negropeans opposite sides or our fight that's why I'm in attendance. In study group all internet searching revealing truth. We're a race of knowledge and wisdom... unlike portrayals on film and television Birth Of A Nation Driving Miss Daisy Stephin Fechit shiftless and lazy Negroes growing like Raisins in The Sun embracing deceptions where our Ancestors came from so I'm in attendance. Prepared to graduate with multiple degrees of knowing me. Becoming greatest of all time like Muhammad Ali our consciousness painfully spoken channeling Ancestor's work with Black township's rebirth Tulsa Rosewood flouring throughout the hood. Striving for greatness our people cater to businesses we created so I'm in attendance. Graduation begins with cap & gown I'm walking the isle under Pomp & Circumstance but we break into African Dance Serenade by Miles and Coltrane with Charlie Wilson and Gap Band aboard the party train. Primed to Up Ye Mighty Race ceasing paper chase of loving everybody except ourselves and we're sick and tired of being sick and tired time to mobilize our social wealth. On account Black Lives Matter Black History Matter Black Culture Matter Black Love Matter Black Business Matter Black Education Matter Black Empowerment Matter Black Unity Matter and Black Community Matter. So hands up!! not surrendering but challenging a system never design to protect us We sport leather like Black Panthers As we push through to breaking into Tea Parties daring them to tread on us. Because we can't breathe and we're gasping for air no longer yapping but grabbing our liberty and like Dr King stated we wont end there as we're all in attendance. To organize and restore ties with our families where freedom's no longer a fantasy for collective partnership we must get a grip in order to rise like Maya listening to cage bird sing redemption songs awaiting mothership connections rewriting the wrongs of Racism/White Supremacy our bond is threatening to our enemies So let's persist handle our business wake up know thy self stay in attendance graduation is over class is dismissed. Copyright 2015 R.M. All Right Reserved.
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