The Journal of an Angry Black Man

They say today is a holiday They call it the Fourth of July But as the U.S. celebrates it's independence I refuse to buy in to the lie How can you call this the "land of the free" And proclaim it "the home of the brave" All the while being hypocritical By making the African your slave You talk about freedom and liberty And God-given unalienable rights But in order to claim what the Creator had given My people had to march, boycott, and fight I once pledged allegiance to the American flag And to the republic for which it stands But no longer do I salute the red, white and blue Because my Ancestors' blood are on American hands I no longer join in "The Star Spangled Banner" I'd rather "Lift Every Voice And Sing" And the only monument I visit when in DC Is that of Dr. Martin Luther, The King Yes, it's true that I was born in this land But the U.S. will never be my home 'Cause my heart a

Let me set the record straight I feel a need to remind you That it's no longer 1607 And damn sure ain't 1492 We are no longer your slaves This ain't the Antebellum South So be careful how you talk to us And the words coming from your mouth How could this be the land of the free And the home of the brave? When you can't admit you wouldn't have shit If it were not for the slaves And now 400 years later You still try keeping us down Take that shit to Deep Creek, Chesapeake You got me fucked up! This is P-town! White supremacy doesn't live here Jim got evicted a long time ago Now we can freely teach our sons To allow their locs and beards to grow And we can teach our daughters That they're the mothers of all creation And life up our people, from sea to sea In a Moorish-America civilization

What do you really get Out of calling me a Nigger? Are you expressing anger Because nature made mine bigger? You called me out of my name Just to gain a violent reaction But I refuse to let hate win And give you that satisfaction And the you called me Faggot Tried insulting me another way But I held my peace and let God work So no victory for evil today The ignorance you showed is sad And pitiful for any human being And instead of disrespecting me You should be bowed before your king If you think that I'm a Nigger I have some real bad news for you Your King David, your Solomon, your Moses, your Aaron And even your Jesus were Niggers, too So keep shooting with your words And cutting with your eyes Because the next time you call me Nigger You wont live to see the Sun rise