i am an afrikan,not slave

the one who came thru trans atlantic slave trade.

the one who built the pyramids,

founder of esoteric knowledge,

i am an afrikan not a slave,

because of the afrikans dumped across the ocean floors

the ones kidnapped by arabs and turned and changed

into muslims,

i am an afrikan not a slave,

the one that had his toungue pierced and his foot cut off

for running away,

victim of arab imperialism

victim of european fascism

victim of neo colonialism

i am an afrikan nota slave,

the one whose family were raped and murder

and abused,

i am nota church goer,

i dont confide with slaves,

nor do i subscribe to the pathology of passivity,

i am an african in the amerikas,

who honours the wisdom of my ancestors

the dahomeys,

dogons and yorubas,

the bantus and

the zulus,

i am an afrikan not slave,

because i am million of light years ahead of so many people

as in term of knowledge,

my mind travels across time and space

in the speed of light,

cosmic enbergy fuelling my soul

surrounds the very core of my being,

as an afrikan,i travel to distant lands

i go to all over the motherland,

and i see the raids by arabs and europeans

alike,

as an afrikan,i also murder counter revolutionaries

and pseudo revolutionaries on the spot,

i am an afrikan nota slave,cant you see,

because, i work towards change, i want my people

to be free,

visionaries like chairman Omali yeshetela

makes thing possible,thru the UHURU MOVEMENT

freedom is our goal

and ultimately it will be,

i am an afrikan nota slave,

i hear the echoes of doctor

IVAN VAN SERTIMA

"they came before columbus"

i hear the voices of steven biko

i hear the songs of mirian makeba,

"kawulesa momma,kawulesa momma"

i hear hugh masekela speaking:

" the lions never sleeps"

i am an afrikan not a slave,

coz i dont wait for the arms of salvation,

those that wait for the salvation will be hauled

towards the slaveship,

because the massa will let you dance

the massa will let you strip naked in the dance floor

the massa will let you have suvs

and live the amerikkkan dream

as long as you go over seas and kill for him

the massa will let you live in the uk,

and the massa will say

" oh this fella isa fine lad,i guess he is ok''

the massa will rape your woman

you wont even know,nor have nuthing to say,

i am an afrikan not slave, because i dont live under false

pretenses you, i know,if we dont work towards change and for

freedom,we will never ever be free

as long as we have BET.