Sharrif Simmons
This is a Movement
Tree told me
we are captured
in a hostage state
On a cold day
Mr. Medina defined
the crushing lines
of capital gains
I saw flames burn the brains
of the insane
when Tacuma took the stage
This is a Movement!
This is a Movement!
This is a Movement!
Kim Horne stood firm
as she confirmed ancestral rape
I heard a tape playing Reg E. Gaines
as he took aim at that green bitches bullshit
This is a Movement!
This is a Movement!
This is a Movement!
To validate the end of servitude´s mind state
forcing freedom to cooperate
like how it must have been
when Zora hung with Langston
Claude McKay came home to Harlem´s
Renaissance
a rebirth
born through fire and disco
and shark meat flesh
that sang freedom or death
like when I heard Hancock Rux resurrect
the dead
through song
This is a Movement!
This is a Movement!
This is a Movement!
in Hattie Gosset
Black
in Layding Kaliba
Black
in Nefertiti
Black
in Amiri Baraka
Black
a movement you might not see on
MTV
or
CBS
or
XYZ
but when you do see us on stage
will you recogniiiize?!
This is a Movement!
This is a Movement!
This is a Movement!
Taking you from bitches and shit
Taking you from niggas and tricks
shaving the thick infectious aesthetic
that ripped us from inner pride
placing you back in the driver´s seat
with open eyes
to see
asha
raise a storm cloud of conscious pain
It must have been how Ella sang
for the brave
who are still having children
beautiful bronze bouncing babies
still bring us joy
Let´s rejoice
in the voice of
fun loving ex-garage freaks
I heard T´kalla tell a tale of all that kind of
magic
This is a Movement!
This is a Movement!
This is a Movement!
Even if we are divided
we are staying strong
To me you poets can do no wrong
with words piercing like acupuncture
on the brain
thick like a
Mike Ladd
ick-a-brick on your brain
These motherfuckers have no choice
but to run
and there ain´t no shelter from the sun
that sees Survival Soundz
risin´
Medusa
risin´
Moore Black Press is
risin´
keep on risin´to the top
keep on risin´to the top
in our Freedom Rags
with an African Voice
This is a Movement!
This is a Movement!
This is a Movement!
The revolution is alive
and words are the smoking guns!