Speak To Me of Enslavement
Speak to me of enslavement
Speak to me of my people
Speak to me of brick layers
Speak to me of cotton pickers
Speak to me of invention
Speak to me of necessity
Speak to me of profits made
Speak to me of how pirates become national heroes
Teach me why I have never been president
What of my place in the U.S. senate
Speak to me of oral histories
Told through blues and rhythm melodies
Speak to me of extended family
Of being raised by my Grandmother
Speak to me of cultural context
How we do
Speak to me of black holocaust
Speak to me of my place in His-story
And no I’m not asking you to speak exclusively
After you speak to the Americans who no longer hyphenate
Let us speak of why we still do
Speak of how Americans must be Africans too.
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