“Will I live tomorrow?
Well, I just can’t say.
But I know for sure
I don’t live today.”
- Jimi Hendrix
the more
we practice
responsibility
to self-consciously
and universally
study
what is naturally
revolutionary
and evolutionary
the more exposure
of the stupidity
of humanity
i accept the definitions
of no one
of nothing
but what is formed
and felt
in my own heart
-Jahhannibal2008
Earth brothers
and sisters
Spirits
of the Cosmos
heal this sphere
of mud and clay
heal our nights
heal our days
return the nation
to an extended family
return our cycles
of peace and harmony
i can see
what i have believed
raise us
save us
from this great sickness
and disease
without honesty
there are no best policies
we have been out of our minds
this is why peace is so hard to find
there is always residue
from the harm that you accrue
you cannot brutalize people
into following what is heavenly and true
“one of the animals
has left its cage today
in search of better
things so it seems to be
but in this land
of polyurethane
things are apt to get
a bit hot
as the toys go winding down”
-Les Claypool (Primus)
when Blacks and the Poor
were nothing more
than lawn jockeys
in front of the rich man’s door
it took a process
it took guts
to stand up
and prove we had enough
i give a fist pound
to the Black Panthers
and the Weather Underground
i give a fist pound
for fighting to end
racist conditioning
and fascist programming
fearless in building
a solidarity of humans
i give a fist pound
for fighting to end
lynching and the lash
of every demonizing and
dehumanizing attack
somebody
had to fight back
somebody
had to fight back
never be ashamed
of the bitter medicine
we have had to inject
to heal the wickedness in humans
the slavers, takers, and haters
will never change
but the Earth itself is a living, feeling organism
the Earth itself is a breathing, thinking thing
it will not be forever held hostage by barbarians
it will resist perpetual pain
it will repel all mortal powers and games
it will reclaim the air, water, and land
it will rule in harmony again
never be afraid to take a stand
and challenge judgemental politicians
with their lies, gimmicks, and revisions
i give a fist pound
i give a fist pound
to the Black Panthers
and the Weather Underground