My People Were Never Slaves


My people were never slaves
no matter how much cotton
sugar cane
rice
watermelon
big house
out house
slave hut
never slaves
not for minute
prince
princess
king
warrior
priest
juju man
resister
builder
architect
welder
newspaper publisher
never slave
do for nothing
shiftless
lazy
servile
menial
passive
resistance was every day
burning
plantations afire
glass in meals
razors in pussies
for master to fuck
enjoy his death
suck it up
bastard
invade slave hut
take man woman child
to big house
to smile
before rape
of man, woman child.
master will pay
for every hurtful thing
Baraka say
for every hurtful thing.
--Marvin X
2/26/11