Post by CHAOTIC on Aug 20, 2003 11:01:24 GMT -5
LIKE SO MANY BLACKS IN AMERICA AND AROUND THE WORLD WE HAVE SO MUCH IN COMMON. SO MUCH IN COMMON FROM NOT ONLY THE WAY SOCIETY LOOKS AT US BUT ALSO THE WAY WE LOOK AT OURSELVES. OUR ANCESTORS WERE SLAVES, SOME WERE WARRIORS, AND SOME WERE KINGS AND QUEENS, BUT WITH EVERY OBSTACLE THAT THEY FACE IT IS APART OF THE REASON THAT WE ARE HERE.
MY GRANDFATHER WAS A MAN WHO NEVER WORKED FOR A MAN WHOSE COLOR IS NOT THE SAME AS HIS. HE SURVIVED BECAUSE HE HAD THE SKILLS BACK IN THE DAYS, SUCH AS FARMING, HE DID CARPENTRY, AND MAKE DORIES, HANA, EVERYTHING ESSENTIAL FOR HIS EVERYDAY LIVING.
MY GRANDFATHER HAD ISSUES AND HIS ISSUES WERE THE PRODUCT OF AN OPRESSED MAN. HE SUFFERED INJUSTICE, RASCISM, NOT SO MUCH LIKE HIS ANCESTORS BUT ENOUGH TO MOLD HIM TO THE MAN HE WAS.
LIKE SO MANY BLACKS TODAY, HE FIGURED A WAY OUT OF HIS LIFE TROUBLES WITH ALCOHOL. WHEN MY GRANDFATHER WASN'T WORKING HE WAS DRINKING. BACK IN THOSE DAYS THEY MADE THEIR OWN LIQUOR, SO HE HAD SUFFICIENT TO FEED HIS DISTURBED MIND, BODY AND SOUL.
LIKE ALWAYS, IN REAL LIFE THINGS CATCH UP TO YOU AND MY GRANDFATHER WAS KILLED BY HIS OWN DOSE OF MEDICINE.
TODAY, I CAN SEE IT CLEAR BLACK PEOPLE KILLING EACH OTHER WITH THEIR OWN WEAPONS OF DESTRUCTION. WE DON'T NEED THE OTHER MAN TO KILL US. WE KILL OURSELVES. WE ARE DOING IT SLOWLY BY NOT EDUCATING OURSELVES AND OUR KIDS.
OUR WAY OF LIFE IS THE LIFE WE HAVE CHOSEN AND NOTHING IS STOPPING US FROM ELEVATING BUT US.
WE AS A PEOPLE NEED TO RISE AND CUT ALL THE BULLSHITZ.
MY GRANDFATHER WAS A MAN WHO NEVER WORKED FOR A MAN WHOSE COLOR IS NOT THE SAME AS HIS. HE SURVIVED BECAUSE HE HAD THE SKILLS BACK IN THE DAYS, SUCH AS FARMING, HE DID CARPENTRY, AND MAKE DORIES, HANA, EVERYTHING ESSENTIAL FOR HIS EVERYDAY LIVING.
MY GRANDFATHER HAD ISSUES AND HIS ISSUES WERE THE PRODUCT OF AN OPRESSED MAN. HE SUFFERED INJUSTICE, RASCISM, NOT SO MUCH LIKE HIS ANCESTORS BUT ENOUGH TO MOLD HIM TO THE MAN HE WAS.
LIKE SO MANY BLACKS TODAY, HE FIGURED A WAY OUT OF HIS LIFE TROUBLES WITH ALCOHOL. WHEN MY GRANDFATHER WASN'T WORKING HE WAS DRINKING. BACK IN THOSE DAYS THEY MADE THEIR OWN LIQUOR, SO HE HAD SUFFICIENT TO FEED HIS DISTURBED MIND, BODY AND SOUL.
LIKE ALWAYS, IN REAL LIFE THINGS CATCH UP TO YOU AND MY GRANDFATHER WAS KILLED BY HIS OWN DOSE OF MEDICINE.
TODAY, I CAN SEE IT CLEAR BLACK PEOPLE KILLING EACH OTHER WITH THEIR OWN WEAPONS OF DESTRUCTION. WE DON'T NEED THE OTHER MAN TO KILL US. WE KILL OURSELVES. WE ARE DOING IT SLOWLY BY NOT EDUCATING OURSELVES AND OUR KIDS.
OUR WAY OF LIFE IS THE LIFE WE HAVE CHOSEN AND NOTHING IS STOPPING US FROM ELEVATING BUT US.
WE AS A PEOPLE NEED TO RISE AND CUT ALL THE BULLSHITZ.