Black Gold

written by Hodari Davis

Black Gold

Black Soul

Black Dynamite

Black Love, Black Life

Blacks I am like

THAT GOLD

Relic of a glorious past

ANGELIC

Remnant of historical tasks

MATHEMATICS

Science and philosophy

Medicine

Hygiene and Theology

Civilizations rising from the ground 

Origins of a proud and powerful sound

I am the voice of Marcus Garvey

I speak Huey P. Newton

I walk the path of my ancestors

I am the voice of Fredrick Douglass 

I’m fighting for my freedom 

I march in a line of protesters

They are a power hungry class of corporate arrangements

Stealing money in my people's plight

Rich men who become politicians 

and teachers who know nothing only teach me lies 

Black Gold

Black Soul

Black Dynamite

Black folks lack soul like satellites 

Orbiting lives 

Programmed how to behave 

Ordering minds

Coerced into being a slave 

Torturing times 

Profiting from poisoning streets 

Media lies

Submission to a life of defeat 

I am perseverance 

I am interference 

I am a thorn in the side 

I am an obstacle to genocide 

I am the voice of Trayvon Martin 

I'm Amadu Dialo, shot down for the color of my skin 

I am the power of Assata

The spirit of Mandela 

Willing to fight to the end 

They are the power-hungry class of corporate arrangements 

Stealing money in my people's plight 

Rich men who become politicians 

and teachers who know nothing only teach me lies 

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Black Gold 

Black Soul 

Black Dynamite