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Artist Explores Identity and Resilience in New Work

Your Thoughts?”I am the black song that Spike Lee won’t singI am the black voice inauguration bells ringI am the black sheep disguising the scared wolfNo I am the black elephant in the red room, scared shookWhite House invites me, you can call me their coonI am the butterfly growing from slavery’s cocoonI carry the mantle with God as my goonHe provides the life support, I’m dying singing his tuneChurch folks may not clap, but I’ll sing there songHip hop for Jay Z, now you say You Lost OneR&B for Def Jam, Rich Hipster for BrooklynBut Spike won’t pay me, A Crook from CrooklynI’m Still a BLACK GIRL – MAGICI’m still American – TragicI’m still Born Again – MiracleAnd We’re on the border line – PinacleThe brink of love or destructionThis is the junctionWill we divide in consumptionOf social media productionsOr will we finally uniteWin the 200 year fight70’s fists up uniteOr did MLK die for spiteNo political geniusBut I won’t let this defeat usI refuse to back downI’ll use my art as my crownAnd you can call me your foolRehearse lines you didn’t learn in schoolThey won’t be my definitionOr defining moment, Not my visionOr my anger, I won’t own itOr my prison, Nope won’t condone itThey will be my ammunitionTo fight the systemWe will win themHope is aliveThis is my stand inFor John LewisAnd Ben CarsonQuest Love, Spike LeeAnd before themI won’t divide nowThat’s not smart nowGod before meI won’t back downThis is MY damn America nowCame on a boatNow I’ll Rock ItGave me the micNow I’ll Rock ItGave me the voteDidn’t profit… And I’m NO POLITICAL GENIUSBut these ain’t politics as usualI’m no mad dog but I rebelMay I revelIn the freedom of speechIn the art standing for peaceBasquiat style Paint streetsOn the front linesLet’s meetWe can sing one songVictoryAnd one anthemLand of the freeAs one armyYou and MeA political geniusI’ll never be#NoPoliticalGenius” 

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1 comment

cleo lee January 25, 2017 at 12:20 pm

She states that God is her goon, no wonder she enjoyed performing for the tic tac private grabber.

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