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Written By
Sanford Shuman
www.SanfordShuman.com
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Introduction:Introduction:
My brother and his friends acknowledged and exalted my love letters that I
orchestrated as a youth. It was Steven Cook, Corey Polite, Ricky Fields, and
others. Numerous females, it was that I issued these out too. They were fond of
the letters as well. These experiences became the catalyst that encouraged me to
write on! I never really took their admiration serious. I only delighted in the
attention.
However, as time went on I happen to encounter a brother that informed me that
he saw potential in my writing and that it would be wise to continue, and even try
my hand at poetry. Consequently, I proceeded to do just that. I wrote and wrote.
Writing became my chief outlet and ultimately it became my therapy!
When I could run to nothing else, I could run to my pen and paper! Occasionally, I
would permit a few individuals to read my work and I always got good responses.
I never did become arrogant or egotistic. I knew my worth by now. I also knew
that some poets or great people are never discovered or acknowledged. There is
no limit to what can inspire me.
It depends on what season my soul is in. Due to my experiences, the literature I
fancy, and the music I listen to, I am compelled to write mainly spiritual and
revolutionary poetry.
I thank Jah for allowing those that are worthy in this present time to influence.
Nevertheless, I am grateful for the past ones and the future ones too come.

Romance Accompanied by Inspiration:Romance Accompanied by Inspiration:
Part 1 of works Table of Contents
RomanceRomance
The value of a Woman 55
Only the Virtuous Ladies 66
Utterance of the Soul Part 1 77
Utterance of the Soul Part 2 88
The Woman 99
Love 1010
Could You Be The One? 1111
My Flame 1313
Quality Time 1414
I Got it Bad 1515
Farewell 1616
Fortunate 1717
A Strong Black Woman 1818
What could Possibly be a better Scene? 1919

Inspiration:Inspiration:
Dreams 1515
Aim 1616
Man of Destiny 1717
Take Destiny 1818
What Are You Waiting For...? 1919
Hard Bed 2020
Fruitful Tomorrow 2121
If I Could Turn Back The Hands of Time 2222
Don’t Be In a Rush to be Old 2323
Reflection 2424
Seclusion 2525
Evolution 2626
Finding Self 2727
Perpetual Discontentment 2828
A Normal Life… 2929
There’s No such thing as Fortune (Luck) 3030
Winning Card 3131
One more chance 3232
About The Author 3333

ROMANTIC:ROMANTIC:
THE VALUE OF A WOMANTHE VALUE OF A WOMAN
There is no reason why a MAN should be without a WIFE,
Did ADAM not through EVE produce LIFE?
Don’t deny yourselves the RIGHT of reaching your HIGHEST PEAK,
A WOMAN is needed of the strong MAN, Not the WEAK,
She is a key ELEMENT, in which this COSMOS revolve around,
Indeed if it wasn’t for her, the very FOUNDATIONS would be LEVEL to the
GROUND.
THE VALUE OF A WOMANTHE VALUE OF A WOMAN
As a TRUE companion she help’s man maintain his SANITY,
Yet in many cases, Man entertains the thought of living without her and this
subject him to VANITY,
Is there anyone that can present a valid CASE?
The WOMAN can’t be discredited because without her there would CEASE to be a
HUMAN RACE.
She comes in many BREEDS and TRANSCENDS being a mere FASCINATION,
All life depends on her what a fine CREATION.

ONLY THE VIRTUOUS LADY’SONLY THE VIRTUOUS LADY’S
Your soul mate is out THERE,
In your life, you need someone to SHARE,
One with sensitivity and everlasting CARE
This man happens to be very RARE.
He’s probably right before your EYES,
Due to past experiences, your mind tends to entertain LIES.
There are still some worthy MEN,
Time and sincere effort you must SPEND,
To put all men in one category should be a SIN.
It’s good to be cautious, but not too HARD,
You may drive off a good thing and forever be SCARRED.
A virtuous man you desire to EMBRACE,
Open your mind and heart; he may be right before your FACE.
Why put a good man on a long CHASE?
From your life he may be ERASED,
An opportunity at unbelievable PASSION don’t WASTE,
Just as it came, it can disappear with HASTE.

UTTERANCE OF THE SOUL 1UTTERANCE OF THE SOUL 1
I’m overwhelmed by your CHARM,
Wondering if you will eventually, do me HARM?
Our coming together is so STRANGE,
Could the feelings be TRUE and never CHANGE?
I’m anticipating something GRAND,
Could you be the one to take my HAND?
In your presence I feel at PEACE,
Perhaps my search for a SOUL MATE will now CEASE.
Cautious because of what I’ve experienced in the PAST,
Realizing we must take it slow and not too FAST.
LOYALTY and FRIENDSHIP is vital to our GROWTH,
If this can be established, next comes the life-long OATH, (marriage)
Our father is the one that determine EVENTS,
Drawing CLOSER to him while working at this, Will be time well SPENT.

UTTERANCE OF THE SOUL 2UTTERANCE OF THE SOUL 2
Myself, will I be able to CONTROL?
In my heart, she blew a HOLE,
ME, I hope Jah PATROL.
Now have I become FRANTIC?
Trying so very hard not to PANIC,
For this experience is so DYNAMIC!
How can one be dominated by thoughts that are so ROMANTIC?
I am growing too soft I DECLARE!
If she does not accept me, it could be threatening to my WELFARE.
This must be a DREAM it can’t be REAL, It’s all about you everything else is STILL,
This is serious; I don’t want a brief THRILL.
Why do I FRET?
You have I just MET,
My eyes are about to become WET,
You’ll disappointment me I BET.

THE WOMANTHE WOMAN
You are a great CREATION,
Made to help man reach his ultimate EMANCIPATION,
Without you, he would be in a grave SITUATION,
That’s why we must thank you for the past, present, and future GENERATIONS.
THE WOMANTHE WOMAN
God said it was not good for man to be ALONE,
He then proceeded to make you from man’s RIB BONE.
Without you, man’s emotions and sensitivity would have been GONE,
Yes, he would indeed be evil PRONE,
That’s why as one you and him BELONG,
Anything else is surely WRONG,
Only with your helpmate can you be STRONG.
THE WOMANTHE WOMAN

LOVELOVE
A feeling of bliss that is SUPREME,
Experienced during a conscious state but it seems like a DREAM.
Very rarely does it ENDURE,
Therefore, the heart, love can’t ASSURE.
On some occasions it is irrespective of AGE,
Nearly any two people it might ENGAGE.
Cupid will sometimes go to shooting his arrows in a blind RAGE.
LOVELOVE
Without it, your life will be INCOMPLETE,
Cupid you’ll never have a chance to GREET,
To know your TRUE companion he’s the one you must MEET.
This is the only way one can truly PROCEED,
For love isn’t a want but a NEED.
It’s the greatest PASSION of ALL,
But when it turns ill, brace yourself for the FALL,
Cupid’s arrows lift you off your TOES

The true effect nobody KNOWS.
COULD YOU BE THE ONE?COULD YOU BE THE ONE?
Could you truly be the ONE?
Perhaps my search is DONE.
Are you all that I NEED?
My hungry soul could you FEED?
GOD, is this it? For an answer, I PLEAD.
How do I PROCEED?
To my lonely soul, I’m taking HEED,
But against myself, I don’t want to commit a MISDEED.
My entire heart I’m ready to GIVE,
If forever you and I can LIVE.
The desire for love I can’t CONTAIN,
Without it in life, I may not be able to MAINTAIN.
Will you be the one to relieve me of my PAIN?
You must have beauty, but also BRAINS.
How do I PROCEED?

Therefore, I’ll be cautious about who I RECEIVE,
Adam had to suffer thanks to EVE.
Solomon condemned women in many passages of the Bible, I PERCEIVE.
The maker will not permit me to go wrong I BELIEVE,
Yes, Sampson was DECEIVED,
A stolen heart is hard to RETRIEVE.
How do I PROCEED?

MY FLAMEMY FLAME
She possess qualities that turn me ON,
Who knows the next FATEFUL time we’ll be ALONE.
Extremely eager to see her SPIRITUAL side GROW,
Acknowledging to an extent that she’s dictating my SPIRITUAL FLOW,
Her physique really does REVEAL,
A person’s countenance and attire is also a vital APPEAL.
I DELIGHT to abide in her PRESENCE,
At times, I feel like a mere ADOLESCENCE.
Desire to do her HARM,
God forbid, my only resolve is to inflict perpetual CHARM,
Will he permit me to be FOREVER in her ARMS?
Women are so UNPREDICTABLE,
With haste please sound the ALARM!
Jeopardizing the tranquility of my SOUL and HEART,
Dreading REALTY which proclaims it’s possible for anything to fall APART”

Envisioning a day in which we’ll be together in SPIRIT and TRUTH,
A day in which we’ll be too PIOUS to be UNCOUTH.
A new HORIZON solely for us to FLOURISH,
It’s subject to occur, only if we RENDER our LIVES TOTALLY
To God and allow him to NOURISH,
OUR SOULS.
QUALITY TIMEQUALITY TIME
There’s nothing else I want To DO,
When can I spend some time with YOU?
We can talk on the PHONE,
I’m eager to be with you all ALONE,
Perhaps we can just CHILL,
Something I don’t is a brief THRILL.
We can disregard all ROMANCE,
I will try not to make a sexual ADVANCE.
I’m so grateful that you gave me a CHANCE,
Into those sexy eyes I’ll STARE,
And express to you how much I CARE.
Maybe I’m moving too FAST,
But, I’m convinced that this can LAST.
My heart is on FIRE,
To spend some quality time is my DESIRE.

I GOT IT BADI GOT IT BAD
I’m convinced that you are UNIQUE,
A woman of STANDARD and ideal PHYSIQUE,
At your SOUL, I desired to PEEK,
A strong black man, but occasionally in your presence I feel WEAK.
My heart you have left an impression upon INDEED,
Yet you uttered in so many words,
“We can only be FRIENDS nothing more can PROCEED”.
I will continue to search for my SOUL mate, but salute that Lucky FELLOW,
Please don’t come to the point where you one DAY refrain from saying HELLO.
Honestly, I was willing to give up my dealings with other Females for you,
GOD KNOWS I WOULD’VE BEEN TRUE…

FAREWELLFAREWELL
As we commence to say FAREWELL,
My heart becomes heavy, but it has not FAILED,
If not again on earth, I hope we meet in heaven and not HELL.
I know that you won’t abandon me totally due to my vivid IMAGINATION,
I don’t know your fate, but I’ll take pleasure in fantasizing that you had a
successful DESTINATION,
Hurry, hurry, and please be on your WAY!
Perhaps we’ll have a thrilling encounter some future DAY!
My words to you is don’t forget to PRAY;
Yearn for righteous above all and try not to go ASTRAY.
As we say farewell one last time and embark on our Separate paths to be
TREADED,
I can’t help but wish that I knew where you were truly HEADED.

FORTUNATEFORTUNATE
Although we were put APART,
You still held the key to my HEART.
It’s painful to reflect on the storms of the PAST,
But joyful to be reunited at LAST,
Every moment of this day I’ll CHERISH,
Not allowing one memory to PERISH,
This will be a great OCCASION,
Filled with passion and sincere DEDICATION
What else could possibly be BETTER?
Then you and I serving God and being TOGETHER
We have been granted a second CHANCE,
Could this be a life -long ROMANCE?
There may once again be RAIN,
In the future storms we must GAIN.
Never again will we LOSE,
To be with you forever is what I CHOOSE.

I’m confident that we’ll become ONE, (marriage)
Our destiny being brighter than the SUN
A STRONG BLACK WOMANA STRONG BLACK WOMAN
Humanity has taken you through so many dreadful PHASES,
Yet you’re still ENDURING these TRAGIC AGES.
No one has been COMPASSIONATE enough to relieve you of your heavy LOAD,
No longer must your STORY go UNTOLD.
How did you do it?
How are you now CARRYING ON?
Please share the SECRET with ME,
I want to experience more VICTORY.
STRONG BLACK WOMAN Truly DIVINE INDEED,
Mother of this WORLD pardon me for my MISDEEDS.
Don’t you ever go ANYWHERE,
If you did, my life would be spent in DESPAIR.
No one is STRONG enough to fill your SHOES,
History REVEALS countless CLUES.

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE A BETTERWHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE A BETTER
SCENE?SCENE?
What could possibly be a better SCENE?
Man and woman together and the glory of JAH is SEEN,
There is nothing that can come BETWEEN.
Not united in flesh, but in SOUL,
This occurring when the heart takes CONTROL,
But it endures only when the two permit JAH to play his ROLE.
Love has to be the next thing to heavenly BLISS,
Perhaps the destiny of some pairs angels do KISS,
Never could I have imagined that love brought liberty like THIS.
No longer do I wish on a STAR,
Due to love, from heaven I know I am not FAR,
True passion could heal any wound or SCAR.

As I look to the heavens, I can see the angels SMILE,
Uttering”, is this manner of love not worth waiting on for AWHILE.”
INSPIRATIONAL:INSPIRATIONAL:
DREAMSDREAMS
One possesses the mental capacity to be
Triumphant at any ENDEAVOR;
DREAMS are brought to REALITY by
Those that are CLEVER.
The Almighty has fashioned every
Man and WOMAN EQUAL.
Never should you feel undermined
While beholding the SUCCESS of other PEOPLE.
What is a DREAM?What is a DREAM?
It’s a brilliant LIGHT;

That CHALLENGES one to withdraw all his or her MIGHT,
FROM WITHIN
DREAMSDREAMS
Be extremely cautious about what you believe IN…
Some DREAMS can be very MISLEADING.
I implore you not to be afraid to VENTURE,
LIFE is meant to be an ADVENTURE.
FAILURE is always a possibility in LIFE,
It can also be an educational DEVICE.
Never should it DISCOURAGE,
Instead, it should CULTIVATE and ENCOURAGE,
An individual to YEARN more for those WORTHY IDEALS;
The one’s that bring the HEART life changing THRILLS
DREAMSDREAMS
DREAM ON, DREAM ON, if you don’t
Have confidence in SELF
Then something is definitely WRONG.
DIGNITY, one must never
Compromise THIS,
Not to be a dreamer is to put your

GOD-BESTOWED potential at
RISK.
AIMAIM
Keep your eyes STEADY,
And release with all you have when you’re READY.
Don’t ever believe in CHANCE,
You can dictate every CIRCUMSTANCE.
And it does not matter in what SPHERE,
Don’t let anyone tell you that your DREAMS aren’t DEAR.
Just AIM straight and PERSEVERE,
Even though challenges may get quite SEVERE,
It’s part of LIFE so don’t FEAR.
Just go ahead and take your SHOT,
It may be the only one you GOT
MISS, you better NOT,
Your AIM can’t be cold but HOT

MAN OF DESTINYMAN OF DESTINY
You have been deemed as the BREADWINNER,
Idleness only tends to produce a SINNER.
One must be ASSURED that he’ll have MEAT,
How disgraceful it is for a man to depend on another for something to EAT,
What great honor it is in commanding your own AFFAIRS,
Relieved of having to hope others would show sympathy or CARE.
Man should establish independence for the sake of his own WELFARE,
Laziness will surely cause POVERTY to be your SHARE.
The hard working man will continue to ELEVATE,
Simply because his determination grants him Power to DICTATE,
OH GREAT MAN OF DESTINY,
You must first realize that life is not all about ECSTASY

TAKE DESTINYTAKE DESTINY
My own opportunities I’ll MAKE,
The belief in fortune I FORSAKE;
Destiny one sometimes has to TAKE,
Who said to be ambitious was a MISTAKE.
To failure, I will not be a CASUALTY,
Success must be my REALTY
Laws of nature will I DEFY,
By rising and never coming down, proving gravity to be a LIE.
To the odds, I won’t BOW
The time for greatness is NOW,
Some way and some HOW;
Through every obstacle, I’ll PLOW.
Whatever I want, DESTINY must ALLOW,
Destiny I’ll take, even if the whole world I have to SHAKE!

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR...?WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR...?
Go ahead and open the door,
You hold the key go on into the store.
A variety of things are right before your eyes,
Don’t steal for a thief is DESPISED.
You have been granted a personal VIEW.
The world is at your whim what will you do?
What are you waiting for...?What are you waiting for...?
Will you be washed ashore?
To be futile should be a bore.
As the ocean rise and in view come the threatening waves,
Don’t fret or fall, remain firm for unmovable is a road that’s paved.

What are you waiting for...?What are you waiting for...?
Never should one come to a standstill
As long as the creative is moving, it’s hard for the hunter to make a
kill.
What is the supreme THRILL?
When one drinks from the fountain of Life and is FILLED;
By being diligent their HOPES and dreams are no longer
Imaginary, but REAL.
HARD BEDHARD BED
One can always vomit what he’s been FED,
Just because it goes in the ear, it doesn’t have to go in the HEAD.
From advice, you have FLED,
Later on, you will wish you had listened at what the elders had SAID,
By then you will already have had a hard BED.
The consequences of misdeeds one must DREAD;
Then will your road be much easier AHEAD.
HARD BEDHARD BED
To others one must take HEED,
Through people, God can render a good DEED.
To listen with an open mind one can be FREED,
Guidance is something everyone NEEDS.
That hard bed, one must either prevent or LEAVE,

Or else you will cause someone to be BEREAVED.
FRUITFUL TOMORROWFRUITFUL TOMORROW
Just because today is filled with sorrow,
That’s no reason not to anticipate a fruitful tomorrow,
After the rain, the sun is bound to follow.
Fruitful TomorrowFruitful Tomorrow
I envision a day when the white, black, brown, and yellow man
Will be ever so willing to stand hand in hand,
This day, humanity will establish righteous communications,
Delivering Mother Nature from so many devastations.
Fruitful TomorrowFruitful Tomorrow
Mothers rejoicing for their children and no longer crying;
Because their children will be old and Gray before dying,
The ills won’t be prevailing, heartfelt bliss will Supersede the common wailing.
Poverty, Sickness, Hatred, none of the things that impair us can abound,
Be watchful and conscious, but ready to behold that Fruitful Tomorrow

In which that trumpet will sound.
IF I COULD TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIMEIF I COULD TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME
My past would not be despicable, but sublime,
Everybody that give me positive guidance I would grant them a golden dime.
All barriers due to adolescent ignorance, I would remove,
Truly this couldn’t hurt, only behoove.
Now awakened and conscious of my virtue,
Determined to overlook the past yet society is uttering it’s Still in you.
Confident that I would have been or still may be
Notable;
Trusting in destiny, which proclaims your future, may be volatile.
IF I COULD TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIMEIF I COULD TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME
I will demand knowledge from the elders,
Wash their feet and drift off to sleep on their shoulders

At the instruction of an elder I would probably flutter,
Cautious in answering right when asked a question I would probably stutter.
Resort to walking a straight and narrow line.
To be a nerd or recluse or just pious would be fine
To even be neglected by the crowd and left behind
IF ONLY COULD TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME.IF ONLY COULD TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME.
DON’T BE IN A RUSH TO BE OLDDON’T BE IN A RUSH TO BE OLD
The ELDERS would utter a DARK SAYING,
Only to PROVOKE our CONSCIOUSNESS for
A brief MOMENT and we would resume PLAYING.
We were constantly told to slow our ROLES,
Perhaps in the EVENT of this, we would be securing our SOULS.
To be a youth one does not have to WORRY,
Such a GOLDEN ERA, why should it be HURRIED,
WITH age comes RESPONSIBILITY And SORROW,
Having to strive in a world full of EVIL,
With little hope of a bright TOMORROW.
Enjoy your YEARS of being a YOUTH,
There’s nothing better than being INNOCENT,
Not yet knowing the TRUTH.
Remembering the teachings of Mom and Dad,

Their prayers was that the boys would grow up to be
Respectful hard working LADS.
The girls were to mature and marry good MEN,
Obeying the commandments, and aiming not to, FORNICATE, because it’s a SIN.
Don’t be in a rush to be OLD,
This is a PROVERB that the youth were always TOLD,
This saying is worth more than GOLD,
DON’T BE IN A RUSH TO BE OLD.
REFLECTIONREFLECTION
Rosa Parks refused to give up her SEAT,
High powered hoses, dogs and clubs,
Is what King and his marchers had to MEET.
And today we’re still under HEAT,
We will not accept DEFEAT.
Talk of a revolution causes my people to RETREAT,
But one another to death they will BEAT.
Not only in the buildings of worship but
Our cause is needed in the STREET.
To Bob Marley and not Hip Hop,
Must the youth move their FEET?
Repatriation and our African
Legacy recaptured would be so SWEET.

By means of religion and formal education, our minds they POLLUTE,
Rendering most Africans ignorant Unrealistic, and DESTITUTE,
To reign again from Africa as in the beginning I am RESOLUTE.
SECLUSIONSECLUSION
Seclusion has become my greatest DELIGHT,
Even in the day, but more loved at NIGHT.
During this event an old soul PREVAILS,
But in the midst of company, he often FAILS.
With my soul he constantly CONTENDS,
Uttering to me, through you,
I am able to dictate many people’s END. (Life)
Inside of me there’s a mighty battle being WAGED
Seclusion reveals my distinction, but when among others I feel CAGED.
Fate can’t and will not be HINDERED,
MY true DESTINY rather in SECLUSION or society must be RENDERED.

EVOLUTIONEVOLUTION
As we live, we must GROW,
Greatness in some area of life we are destined to SHOW.
Spiritual growth should be our main CONCERN,
Between right and wrong, we must DISCERN.
Contentment is something to REJECT,
The desire to elevate one should Never NEGLECT.
Endeavoring to master life from all ASPECTS,
This is the mentality we have to SELECT,
Indeed this will merit us the greatest RESPECT.
By not coming to a STANDSTILL;
Is to welcome challenges and new dimensions that THRILL,
As we continue to EVOLVE;
Perhaps more of the problems of life we can SOLVE.

To be a better person today then we Was yesterday should be our RESOLVE.
FINDING SELFFINDING SELF
Into his creative genius he TAP,
For him Satan continues to set TRAPS.
But at heaven’s door is heard his RAP;
In this SEASON, there will be no MISHAP.
His four- cornered room has become a LAB,
With his mind, anything he can GRAB.
Into the supernatural realm does he DAB,
On his good deeds god keeps a TAB.
Not exactly knowing where he BELONGS,
But the puzzle is coming ALONG,
Will one’s season be FOREVER?
Times change just like the WEATHER,
So you must get your plan TOGETHER,
On you the light can’t STAY Only a part does one have to PLAY,

Others must come and you can’t be in the WAY.
Leave your MARK and respect people will PAY.
PERPETUAL DISCONTENTMENTPERPETUAL DISCONTENTMENT
Never will I become CONTENT,
The occurrence of my DEMISE is when LIFE is SPENT,
Until then there’s work to carry out is what our lord MEANT;
For a life-long purpose is why I was SENT.
While encountering the challenges
And struggles of LIFE I LAMENT,
Knowing I didn’t come to a STANDSTILL, but Through LIFE I Wholly WENT.
Endeavoring to achieve my GOALS,
And bring my DESIRES into POSSESSION,
Realizing I’m powerful and unique created to be God’s REFLECTION.
I primarily seek to attain that STATE OF MORTAL PERFECTION,
Vowing not to be like THOSE
The

IGNORANT one’s that DRIFT Into CONTENTMENT but deem it as REPOSE.
A NORMAL LIFEA NORMAL LIFE
A normal life doesn’t THRILL,
Surely, simplicity can only KILL.
This world is so COMPLEX,
To the unusual must be your REFLEX.
Why must one settle for the NORM?
If you fit in the crowd, you should be ALARMED,
You were not created to be ordinary,
To deprive one of his potential is the job of the adversary.
You were created in an almighty Image that makes you extraordinary,
Any other belief is contrary.

The normal life you must DISCARD,
Find out the truth concerning, you it is not HARD.
THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS FORTUNE (luck)THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS FORTUNE (luck)
There’s no such thing as FORTUNE;
You determine, what’s your PORTION
GOD gave you dominion, so there’s no Need for EXTORTION.
A challenge overcame gives one DELIGHT,
Without a struggle life we then begin to SLIGHT,
Elevated, are we after engaging in a FIGHT,
Give up the darkness for the LIGHT,
Move into the day and out of the NIGHT.
There’s no such thing as FORTUNE;
You determine, what’s your PORTION,
GOD gave you dominion, so there’s no Need for EXTORTION.
The world was put at man’s WILL,

Anything he desires he can FULFILL.
Woman was said to be a helpmate, not to be STILL,
Many are afraid to go after their portion because the world’s so ILL.
But in spite of this one must STRIVE,
On fortune, you must not seek to THRIVE,
At your aspirations you can ARRIVE,
To get what you truly want is to be ALIVE.
There’s no such thing as FORTUNE You determine, what’s your PORTION
GOD gave you dominion, so there’s no need for EXTORTION.
WINNING CARDWINNING CARD
The counsel inside of me, says I hold a winning CARD,
My mind doubts can no longer BOMBARD,
This destiny, Satan himself could not RETARD,
I have buried FAILURE in the BACKYARD,
By achieving my DESTINY, my soul I AWARD.
The vision is all so CLEAR,
There’s nothing in the world that could not make APPEAR,
To the abyss, I did SINK,
Thanks to Jah, in reality I can now THINK,
At foolishness and evil I no longer WINK,
And from a threat, I won’t BLINK.
My destiny did I almost MISS,

For quite some time I dwelled in the ABYSS;
Finally uttering in despair it’s not meant to be like THIS,
Goodbye forever, that life I KISSED,
No longer wanting to live in ignorant BLISS,
My destiny will I never again RISK.
ONE MORE CHANCEONE MORE CHANCE
I will take full advantage of this last opportunity;
I vow primarily to acknowledge GOD and the BLACK community.
Success I envision it being in arm’s REACH,
Perhaps one day I will be able to preach or TEACH,
Not in hope of obtaining FAME,
My desire is to put the fabrications of this world to SHAME,
Chiefly the one’s rendered to hinder my people’s honest CLAIM.
The condition of the black youth is CRUCIAL,
Truly it makes one that’s been enlightened unable to be NEUTRAL.
Once attracted critically to the DARKSIDE;
By means of heartfelt prayer and the Obtainment of knowledge, Foolishness
commenced to SUBSIDE,

Now aware of how blessed I am to possess black PRIDE,
I aim to partake in the struggle of my ancestors
Until I join them on the other SIDE.
About The Author:About The Author:
Sanford Shuman
I seek order but sometimes the spirit runs free. Literature is what I
love. I am fond of attire and cleanliness. I advocate spiritual wealth
above all. Romance accompanied by inspiration. There can be no
romance without inspiration!

Introduction:Introduction:
Due to my experiences and convictions, I am compelled most of the
time by seen and unseen forces to write mainly this manner of poetry.
It is not by choice that I do so. I dedicate this portion of my book to
all the past, present and future spiritual and revolutionary teachers,
guides etc.
All praise and acknowledgement is to JAH for his infinite mercy and
might. He works through me. He also makes me available for those
that have crossed over to the other side.
This book is meant to teach and instruct not just the world but me as
well. It is not for enjoyment. Perhaps all will be blessed that
contemplate and not just read the words that are contained in this
work.

Spirituality Precedes Revolution!Spirituality Precedes Revolution!
Part 2 of works Table of Contents
SpiritualsSpirituals
As the world turns
Dark side
That fatal moment
Who are they?
In the Confines of my Room
Ancestors Influence
Adversity
I don’t want to know
Behold my GOD
Spirit
Carrying out God’s will
Testify
Hope
Confide in God
I am what I feel inside
At times life can seem quite brief
Peace 1
Peace 2
Lamentation
One must learn to stand-alone
Captive of Aloneness
Martyrdom
For a reason I was sent
My life is my story
Choices
Reality, most refuse to face
The difficulty of life
Who has the solution?

Not I but we

RevolutionaryRevolutionary
Africa
Revolution
Black Revival
The Negro
Tribute to the Negro
Masters of Evil Art
Despair
Injustice
Resentment
Perception
The Warring Soul
Soul Rebel
My Destiny
I see clearly the Ruse
If my Ancestors could speak
Long live Malcolm
Fury
Stand man
Far from reality
Optimism for my People
For Equity, I do Grieve
Prevailed, Sailed, now Hailed
They can’t win, not by Sin

Take Action and Pray
Breaking chains
What time is it?
Don’t Neglect… 105
Ultimate Vision 106
African Dignity 107
Rebel, Rebel, Rebel 108
About The Author 110
Join Me 111
Acknowledgements 112

SPIRITUALSSPIRITUALS
AS THE WORLD TURNSAS THE WORLD TURNS
On a daily basis, we have to fight to destroy spiritual BINDS,
Wickedness of the abyss is constantly bombarding our MINDS,
We must search ourselves daily to see what we FIND,
Seldom have we experienced a feeling of celestial PEACE,
Mind, body, and soul reach a Dimension where all troubles CEASE.
On many occasions, serenity seems so very close in our Intellectual SCOPE,
Then something sinister emerges to demolish that faint HOPE.
Many people refuse to acknowledge the spiritual WAR,
And most won’t consider believing until their left with an unexplainable SCAR.
This world has become overwhelmed with an evil ATMOSPHERE,
Most people are destined to live in FEAR.
This is a battle in which only the Shrewd will SURVIVE,
We must prevail against spiritual Wickedness to stay ALIVE.

DARK SIDEDARK SIDE
Due to disobedience and ignorance, I was LOST,
To blind to see reality and count immorality’s COST,
Knowledge changed my mentality and inside of me light Began to LOOM,
No longer did I see myself addicted to Darkness and destined for DOOM,
I finally resolved to contend against the GLOOM.
In the depth of my soul, virtue and evil Commenced to COLLIDE,
Virtue gained the upper hand and from a moral life, I no Longer wanted to HIDE,
Even if it kills me, by goodness, I now aim to ABIDE.
DARKSIDE
At times Satan succeeds at making a SPARK,
It never makes a fire so I’m secure from the DARK.
I have learnt a great DEAL,
Only to the foolish does righteousness not APPEAL.
By means of fervent desire and diligent effort will light be REVEALED,
Contentment, ignorance, and wickedness will always keep our GOD bestowed
entity CONCEALED.
That level of moral perfection we must ATTAIN,
In DARKNESS, some will Eternally REMAIN,
And the earthly benefits and eternal blessings of the Light they will never OBTAIN.

THAT FATAL MOMENTTHAT FATAL MOMENT
When I breathe for the last TIME,
No longer will I contend with life’s CRIME.
The prevailing evil and rampant SIN,
Indeed GOD’S favor will be hard to WIN.
Seeing that most mortals delight in what is CORRUPT,
Disregarding the fact that GOD’S anger does ERUPT
THAT FATAL MOMENT
Perhaps’ GOD will permit me to enjoy my PRIME,
And exist an extremely long TIME,
Until my youthful immorality has been obliterated from peoples MIND,
When the virtue has covered up the evil and good is all they can FIND.
Being able to bequeath to the following generations A legacy of GOLD,
Leaving truth and a positive influence is more important then waxing OLD.

WHO ARE THEY?WHO ARE THEY?
Please show your faces...
People are constantly around me yet INVISIBLE,
Why won’t they show themselves in the PHYSICAL?
I’m fond of seclusion…
Therefore, this is a lonely road I TREAD,
My company is mainly the DEAD.
GOD will help me distinguish...
For there are deceitful and upright VOICES,
I have to make the right CHOICES.
Convinced that my lot in life is a heavy LOAD,
A great reward has to be at the end of the ROAD.
A prevailing voice utters, your fortune relates with one of OLD,
Your true destiny we have come to help MOLD.
Taking heed and going on AHEAD,
Our departure is something I DREAD.
Who Are They?

IN THE CONFINES OF MY ROOMIN THE CONFINES OF MY ROOM
Is where the ancients LOOM,
Uttering that their descendants, won’t suffer DOOM,
Because the ancients aren’t confined to a TOMB,
And anybody they will GROOM,
But then a responsibility you will then have to ASSUME.
In The Confines of My Room
They utter enough to fill a BOOK, from every word and image, my soul is
SHOOK,
The power of the room I can’t OVERLOOK,
It would be like a fish going
Against the current in a flowing BROOK,
Ignorance of reality it has TOOK,
In me, the room has a HOOK,
In The Confines of My Room
They sit me upon an ancient royal THRONE,
Invading my privacy when I’m ALONE,
When I depart from the room, they are GONE,
These people are flesh of my flesh
And bone of my BONE,
The light they give stays ON,
In the confines of my room mysterious

Things are KNOWN …
ANCESTORS INFLUENCEANCESTORS INFLUENCE
Will you all just HUSH?
Then the voices of our ancestors can educate US,
Why do you continue to FUSS?
Because of a limited vocabulary you CUSS,
Now that our ancestors have physically EXPIRED,
That does not mean that they have RETIRED,
Because the goal has not been achieved, that’s DESIRED.
When one awakens the ancestors are then INSPIRED,
To tell this individual that a great duty of him is REQUIRED,
This revelation should not cause one to PERSPIRE,
He must only proceed to set the enemy on FIRE,
Making him reap what he sow PRIOR.

ADVERSITYADVERSITY
Please believe me; I did not throw in the towel,
At this time I’m just struggling to STAND
It hurts to feel less than a MAN,
When I do rise very few are ever AROUND,
So very few, that we once again find me on the GROUND.
Why make excuses? It’s already hard enough living in this cruel LAND,
No, matter what I know that my destiny remains in my HAND.
Realizing that many people will always reject me because of the PAST,
I still maintain some HOPE in knowing that the self-righteous will someday be
LAST.
Many people don’t believe that a person can CHANGE,
That’s because they don’t know who GOD chiefly CLAIMS,
For his GLORY he delights in SAVING and EXALTING those that are looked upon
with SHAME,
LIFE has dealt me a very bad HAND,
I maintain my DIGNITY in spite of troubles, and that makes me a MAN.
When DEATH draws NEAR,
If I’m granted the right to know, I won’t FEAR,
Because there has to be a place much better than HERE,
Don’t say there was no great BATTLE,

When many of you watched me FIGHT,
As Paul did on the road of Damascus, I heard the voice and saw the LIGHT.
Keep your sweet words; you can even keep the FLOWERS,
Just let it be known that my DREAMS were so big,
That they just surpassed the world’s GREATEST TOWERS.

I DON’T WANT TO KNOWI DON’T WANT TO KNOW
Often in disbelief only to utter OH,
Their faces already tell me their suffering from life’s BLOW,
So why must they then tell me SO?
Often unfeeling anyway and from their presence I GO,
It should not be like this THOUGH.
I Don’t Want To Know
Occasionally affected deeply, asking God to bless and their burdens let me TOW,
Yet wondering why their seeds won’t GROW.
Some try to do good and their way misfortune still FLOW,
It could be anything that has brought them unbelievably LOW.
I Don’t Want To Know
For too serious is their WOE,
Expressed with passion by them Empathy it may cause me to UNDERGO.
And the details I surely don’t want to KNOW,
Into a brighter day, will GOD ever allow them to ROW?

BEHOLD MY GODBEHOLD MY GOD
Determined to persuade me as I traveled the road of HELL,
Through family members and even strangers you were sternly on my TRAIL,
Nothing left to do but turn to you when my heart FAILED...
BEHOLD MY GOD
I commenced to pray everyday,
Due to being weary of living in an ungodly way,
Aspiring to disregard my PAST,
Realizing I must develop some virtue FAST.
Taking steps towards righteousness and refusing to dismay,
Convinced that GOD would deliver me no matter what people say.
BEHOLD MY GOD
My effort and sincere supplications begin to render MUCH,
I suddenly experienced GOD’S life-changing TOUCH.
The infamous character had been shattered,
Endeavoring to fulfill my destiny is all that mattered.

SPIRITSPIRIT
For the spirit that is FREE,
There’s nothing you can’t achieve or BE,
What the average person can’t imagine, is the very thing you SEE,
The impossible becomes a REALITY,
Your obligation now is to help others escape CAPTIVITY.
Nature and circumstances you COMMAND,
The bliss experienced is extremely GRAND.
Ask of GOD, who gives LIBERALLY,
He will grant freedom if you put forth effort DILIGENTLY.
One must seek this LIBERTY,
Ultimately, it will usher you into DIVINITY.
Spiritual wings are what you must OBTAIN,
Only in paradise will you be free of spot or STAIN.
Be as the eagle that is able to soar above the STORM,
Spiritually strive to reach that dimension where nothing Can do you HARM.
Knowledge, wisdom, and understanding will secure your SURVIVAL,
If you remain blind, in the hereafter, Satan will be awaiting your arrival.

CARRYING OUT GODS WILLCARRYING OUT GODS WILL
The will of GOD must carried OUT,
His plan is principal that’s no DOUBT.
The mission he has bestowed upon me is not peaches and CREAM,
If I maintain my loyalty, my heart’s desire will no longer be a DREAM.
GOD has promised to grant me what I DESIRE,
In return I have to dedicate my life to lifting him HIGHER.
And be careful not to ask for things AMISS,
Examining my motives and uttering A Can GOD be glorified or can anybody else
benefit from THIS?
For righteousness I now hunger and THIRST,
What wonderful things I anticipate because I put GOD FIRST.
This was the greatest decision to ever MAKE,
By delaying to carry out his will could have been a fatal MISTAKE.
A while back, I resolved not to PROCRASTINATE,
Realizing as long as I did that HELL could possibly be my FATE.
Today I continue to contribute to GOD’S PLAN,
Knowing that I am now destined for the promised LAND

TESTIFYTESTIFY
What happens to be your STORY?
Have you ever triumphed over obstacles to suffer GLORY?
Concerning the impact of your utterance, don’t WORRY,
You don’t know when you all die so HURRY.
Don’t only tell of what others have been THROUGH,
Their words could be false just as sure as the sky is BLUE,
But if you was there it could be TRUE,
I would rather know how GOD has personally blessed you.
TESTIFY
The lifestyle testifies better than the mouth DO,
Making things so obvious and leaving no want for a CLUE.
Having accepted the mystery of life and not always asking WHY,
To live morally I now TRY.
Upon my demise, don’t say BYE,
Because the spirit lives, only the body DIES,
Now living in reality and abandoning Satan’s LIE,
GOD having took the beam out of my EYE.
TESTIFY
Have you ever felt as if you could FLY?
As an eagle above the clouds in the SKY,

No worldly devices can give you this HIGH,
Help many people cease to CRY,
Those that know GOD only can have to TESTIFY

HOPEHOPE
Indeed, there is GOD that CARES,
He waits day and night to answer sincere PRAYERS.
No matter how TRAGIC your CONDITION may SEEM,
The most HIGH possess sovereign power and is able to REDEEM.
If you believe that, you are at the end of the ROPE,
In heartfelt SUBMISSION tilt, your head to the sky and utter GOD in you do I
HOPE.
His mercy ENDURES FOREVER,
To find HIM is to also find STRENGTH to withstand bad WEATHER.
This world has become an infernal BATTLEFIELD,
Only GOD alone can GRANT one the MIGHT not to YIELD,
There is no need to FEAR,
As long as you have breath in your body, you must PERSEVERE The kingdom of
heaven is NEAR,
When that trumpet sounds, you will know it is ACTUALLY HERE.

CONFIDE IN GODCONFIDE IN GOD
Only in GOD can one fully TRUST,
Man’s not perfect to let you down eventually he MUST,
For he is merely DUST,
Nevertheless, out of imperfection man was ordered to BUST.
Perfection in this world he will never ATTAIN,
That does not mean that his efforts are in VAIN.
All of his words don’t expect him to RETAIN,
For GOD is always intelligent but man sometimes go INSANE,
GOD is the one that sends down the RAIN,
In addition, on one another man inflicts great PAIN.
From GOD there will be no ABUSE,
Confide in him it will be time put to good USE,
He said he would never FORSAKE,
Mans or GOD’S trust which will you TAKE?

I am what I feel INSIDEI am what I feel INSIDE
The flesh and the spirit often COLLIDE,
To let the GOD in me dominate is what I DECIDE.
From reality I refuse to HIDE,
In the spiritual, I aspire to forever ABIDE…
I am what I feel INSIDE
From the outside, I cannot seek RELIEF,
For the things of the world causes the soul GRIEF,
This is a fact and not a BELIEF.
Take joy in the little THING,
Whatever you think, the situation will BRING,
Grant your soul the freedom to SING.
I am what I feel INSIDE
In the world, this is what I DESIRE,
For my soul to never wax cold, but stay on FIRE,
Nothing else really matters as long the soul fly higher and HIGHER.
I look to the left and then to my RIGHT; what is left when all else is out of SIGHT?
None other then the soul shining BRIGHT,
I can only feel it, but others behold the LIGHT.
Indeed, I am what I feel INSIDE

At times, Life Can Seem Quite BRIEFAt times, Life Can Seem Quite BRIEF
In the next world, JAH has promised RELIEF,
From this world that’s mostly filled with pain and GRIEF.
All, one must learn to EMBRACE,
Especially put a smile on the sad one’s FACE,
Draw close to each other and eliminate all SPACE.
Resolve to suffer EMPATHY,
For there is no difference in you and ME,
The troubles of another’s heart I want to help carry and SEE,
Indeed, we all are really one big FAMILY.
At times, life can seem quite BRIEF,
To the lament of others seem act DEAF,
If one is not empathic, he is a THIEF.
It is our duty to do all we CAN,
For all to become one is JAH’S PLAN,
You were created in his likeness; you are more than a mere MAN.
At times life can seem quite BRIEF….
In the next world, JAH has promised RELIEF.

Peace 1Peace 1
With myself I am at PEACE,
All confusion has come to a CEASE,
When one connect with his soul what sweet RELEASE.
That peace that comes from WITHIN,
Makes one try to avoid all SIN,
To be as the multitude I do not RECOMMEND.
Realizing that I am unique and I do not BLEND,
To myself I continue to TEND,
My confidence and principles no one can BEND,
I am better than all is the message they think I SEND.
However, in truth I am really their FRIEND,
Refusing to give up my individuality, this they do not COMPREHEND.
Because of this, for conversation I mostly have to look INSIDE,
Talking with JAH and my ancestors, in them I do CONFIDE,
From my true essence, I decline to HIDE.
All praise is to the most HIGH,
I am at peace and that is no LIE.
I feel as if I could FLY,
Having discovered who I am tears of joy I sometimes CRY,
When my time is up, happy will I DIE

PEACE 2PEACE 2
Difficult to obtain is this PLACE,
It succeeds at surpassing all time and SPACE.
While the world moves at an extremely fast PACE,
By peace, one drift off into immortality without a TRACE,
At times, some are granted a glimpse of the divine in your FACE.
To find this, the soul you must RELEASE,
All movements concerning the flesh has to CEASE,
PEACEPEACE
From the world, you go and HIDE….
They look on desiring to go where you ABIDE,
However, they can’t seem to stop being washed ashore by the TIDE,
While you’re in the sea having put everything ASIDE,
In JAH, you have learnt to always CONFIDE,
With the world, you cease to COLLIDE.
PEACEPEACE
Where would you like to go? Peace will take you THERE,
For in submission becomes your every CARE.
The soul no longer caged by flesh but floating in the AIR,
Many realities pertaining to life becomes uncovered and BARE,
In this blessing, most desire but never SHARE.

LAMENTATIONLAMENTATION
For others, my soul does CRY,
In the supreme their faith doesn’t LIE,
If only they could see beyond the SKY.
This has to be the greatest SIN,
For one to be suppress the GOD WITHIN,
He has been here once in the physical and is coming AGAIN.
One must aim to transcend this SPHERE,
The things of the world refrain from holding DEAR,
Take a journey to the spiritual realm and see CLEAR,
Where one is inclined to shed a divine TEAR,
To ZION, I will soon fly AWAY,
For here so fleeting is our STAY,
To be found worthy to dwell in his kingdom I do PRAY.
Fighting for righteousness and truth EVERYDAY,
And heaven and hell is real, it’s not what IF,
To be fashioned in his image is the greatest GIFT,
In life, one must not go about ADRIFT

ONE HAS TO LEARN TO STANDONE HAS TO LEARN TO STAND
ALONEALONE
One has to learn to stand ALONE,
Because all you have is your spirit when all else is GONE,
Blessed are those that can see beyond flesh and BONE.
On no one should you DEPEND,
The almighty created you as an individual so with the multitude you cannot
always BLEND,
Endeavoring to master this aspect of their life, a lifetime some SPEND.
On your own two feet STAND,
Let the world know you will consider a request but not a DEMAND,
For the flesh is weak but the spirit is GRAND,
Rather it is a family member, friend, or MATE,
Follow the spirit and do not let them DICTATE,
How unfortunate are those that permit others to direct their FATE.
I have opted to draw on that power from the master WITHIN,
I even resort to consulting my ancestors every now and THEN,
In this world I have already BEEN,
For sure when I leave, I may just visit AGAIN.
You was created like no other and ALONE,
Learn to value this because all else might one day be GONE.

CAPTIVE OF ALONENESSCAPTIVE OF ALONENESS
In the world, all alone I am….
Just searching for another WAY,
Hoping in aloneness, I do not always have to STAY.
For I just don’t care what others have to SAY,
Refusing to embrace night instead of DAY,
In the multitudes madness, I won’t SHARE,
Beginning to doubt if anyone’s woke out THERE,
Freedom from this I do not DESIRE,
A proud captive of aloneness I am I EXCLAIM!
The people of the world are to BLAME.
My lot is of very FEW,
Those that endeavor to bring truth to YOU!
Therefore, a captive of aloneness I remain….

MARTYRDOMMARTYRDOM
Ridicule, affliction or mere demise for the sake of BELIEF,
Acknowledging reality in spite of consequences what RELIEF,
Fear of another mortal only renders GRIEF.
To be unwilling to die for truth is a DISGRACE,
Being fashioned in JAH’S image how can one look him in the FACE.
This breed of man happens be quite RARE,
For the death of the flesh, he doesn’t CARE.
In spirit martyrs come back to disembody ANOTHER,
By doing this their cause they FARTHER,
Life is something only a few FULFILL,
To discover one’s purpose brings the ultimate THRILL,
What honor it is to PROCEED,
Declining to submit to the adversaries want or NEED,
For JAH possesses the mighty HOST,
He is always there when you need him MOST,
Persevere with your head held HIGH,
Advocate truth, for the spirit can never DIE.

FOR A REASON I WAS SENTFOR A REASON I WAS SENT
For a reason I was sent to pass through this SPHERE,
Knowing that I was born to die so no longer do I FEAR,
To me, so plainly realities now APPEAR,
Learning to become detached from the world and hold my soul DEAR.
Our time here is only for a brief SPELL,
Of a better time is what my soul TELL,
On the things here, I try not to DWELL.
It isn’t real that’s why it won’t LAST,
For everything, here must become the PAST,
Look inside and find what you need and FAST.
I am determined to keep my head in the CLOUD,
Elated in being different from the CROWD,
Pursuing that that is not of this realm, I proclaim ALOUD!
For a reason I was sent to pass through this SPHERE…
Knowing that I was born to die so I no longer FEAR

MY LIFE IS MY STORYMY LIFE IS MY STORY
My life is my STORY
I do not live for myself, but for the my father’s GLORY,
When you tell it, tell it in a HURRY,
You do not know when you will die, but do not WORRY.
My life is my STORY
Through my life, another I BLESS,
The might of JAH I know and do not GUESS,
My soul he did CARESS,
Nothing, I am without him I must CONFESS.
My life is my STORY
About JAH”S plan nothing would I CHANGE,
Forgetting myself and living for him isn’t STRANGE,
I have no SHAME,
My life shows his power, and why he CAME.
My life is my STORY
I don’t live for myself, but for JAH”S GLORY!

CHOICESCHOICES
This is what determines your destiny uttered VOICES!
Constantly asking my master to guide and LEAD,
On many occasions, I just do not know how to PROCEED,
Always trying to think right then carry out the DEED.
CHOICES
Sometimes in my head, there are so many different VOICES!
At times, they commence to make all sorts of NOISES.
From the wrong choice, your soul you must HIDE,
So hard it is sometimes to DECIDE….
With choices life is FILLED,
Make the right ones and those of heaven will be THRILLED,
CHOICES
This is what determines your destiny uttered VOICES!

Reality, Most Just Don’t Want ToReality, Most Just Don’t Want To
FACEFACE
Reality, most just don’t want to FACE,
Ignorance they delight in, and knowledge they will not EMBRACE,
Nothing can prevail against one that has earned holy GRACE,
This manner of man you will not find in any PLACE,
Reality, most refuse to FACE.
The heavens did I diligently SEEK,
I was blessed to behold his glory and not just PEEK
Realizing in this world it is a time to be MEEK.
The more knowledge, the more SORROW,
My prayer is that they will open their eyes today or perhaps TOMORROW,
Of my wisdom, I would gladly let them BORROW.
The things of the divine, most do not FEEL,
That that is common and material to them has APPEAL,
Therefore, many things from them the heavenly host CONCEALS.

THE DIFFUCULTY OF LIFETHE DIFFUCULTY OF LIFE
The soul, one must EMANCIPATE,
Your destiny is what life seeks to COMPLICATE,
By recognizing the seasons, you will be able to DICTATE.
Do not move through life with HASTE,
The creator took care to create everything, but time he did not WASTE,
The forbidden fruit, Adam was told not to TASTE.
Now life has become a serious game, in which it is hard to WIN,
Evil continues to reign supreme again and AGAIN,
Surly the good will eventually defeat SIN.
Us, do they stand about and BEHOLD,
The dead that has joined with the spiritual FOLD,
Some permit us to see them, how BOLD...
No doubt, from them the truth can be TOLD.
Against anything, that threatens one’s individuality PROTEST,
The father designed everyone unique and at something to be the BEST,
Until life is defeated, the soul will not REST.

WHO HAS THE SOLUTIONWHO HAS THE SOLUTION
To the problem, who has the SOLUTION?
Most are content with POLLUTION,
I would love to behold the REVOLUTION.
With change, many do not care to MEDDLE,
My life the oppressor will no longer PEDDLE.
Now is the TIME…
Ignorance is truly the greatest CRIME,
Every time I reflect on Africa my pistol, I want to PRIME.
Destiny’s plan they cannot hold BACK,
At any moment, we must be ready to ATTACK,
Dignity and faith most do LACK.
Some wish they could still beat us with the WHIP,
The black panthers carried pistols on their HIPS,
Countless were brought here on a SLAVESHIP.

NOT I BUT WENOT I BUT WE
Eliminate such thoughts as ME,
Look hard and in everyone there is something to SEE,
The father said that in my likeness I made all to BE,
From the flesh, the spirit must break FREE.
Stronger are people together than apart, do you AGREE?
NOT I BUT WE
To yourself you must constantly TEND,
Against evil is the only way to DEFEND,
When you least expect it Satan resolves to REND.
God is the only one that can MEND…
By thinking of others and operating in spirit Satan one TRANCENDS
NOT I BUT WE
Now let us turn the final PAGE,
God’s love must escape the CAGE,
Are you afraid to behold Satan in a RAGE?
In this effort everyone need to ENGAGE,
It does not matter what happens to be your AGE,
A war against division it is time to WAGE.

REVOLUTIONARYREVOLUTIONARY
AFRICAAFRICA
A place where I need to BE,
With this conviction my SOUL wholly AGREE.
Realizing that there’s no place like HOME,
Africa is where I aim to ROAM.
From this great continent blacks were LED,
Until reunited with her, Negro’s will remain spiritually and mentally DEAD.
The Europeans told me that my ancestors were corrupt MAGICIANS,
Pious and sophisticated were many black EGYPTIANS.
It is truly time to REPATRIATE,
An all black redeemed Africa, to GOD we will DEDICATE,
In this, all surely can’t PARTICIPATE,
Anyone or anything that gets in our way we must ERADICATE,
For we alone will determine our country’s FATE.

REVOLUTIONREVOLUTION
A change in the way Africans are TREATED,
From some ASPECTS justice is still NEEDED,
Our culture we will RETRIEVE,
Fabrications regarding our HISTORY and nature we no longer BELIEVE,
From the lions of the greatest, we were CONCEIVED.
Respect, dignity, power and a NATION of our own we will ACHIEVE,
Many ills of the PAST are existent in the present we PERCEIVE.
A revolution is in DEMAND,
Our DESTINY the ADVERSARY will no longer hold in his HAND,
Some of these men have developed their faculties to UNDERSTAND,
In UNITY, we resolve to take one another’s HAND.
Whatever we profess will be upon this LAND.
We refuse to be OPPRESSED,
As Brother Malcolm quoted by any means necessary,
I say we will have REST.
We being descendants of regal people of OLD,
Through us, their majesty will again shine as GOLD.

BLACK REVIVALBLACK REVIVAL
Knowledge of self and reality we will no longer LACK,
They can’t continue to flood our comminutes with CRACK,
After obtaining civil rights, we became SLACK.
Into slave ships, us they will never again PACK,
In spite of all this, we are still regal BLACK.
To Africa we all must go BACK,
Refusing to submit to America’s brutal ATTACKS,
Wanting payment for our ancestors’ labor or every town, we will SACK.
BLACK REVIVAL
For ourselves we will interpret that BIBLE,
Reliance on self will ensure our SURVIVAL,
Is it really better to be civilized then TRIBAL?
If you’re not actively involved in this movement you’re then IDLE.
In the hereafter, our ancestors are awaiting our ARRIVAL,
Indeed it is time for a
BLACK REVIVAL

THE NEGROTHE NEGRO
The HISTORY of the NEGRO is PROFOUND,
Like a seed on bad soil;
The forces of EVIL are determined to keep it from penetrating the GROUND.
Throughout the AGES, we have been deprived of our GLORY,
This must soon end indeed,
The Negro has no REASON to WORRY.
I’m confident that our DESTINY will someday LOOM,
We must maintain the struggle,
In the future our position as first we will again ASSUME.
Our ADVERSARYS have always been COLD.
There ambition has been to destroy us,
Our FATE they always desired to HOLD.
Their efforts was to no AVAIL,
Eventually it was truly understood,
The Negro is the ALPHA and OMEGA he’s here to stay he will never set SAIL.
He is a natural born SURVIVOR,
Against the odds, he has always PREVAILED.

TRIBUTE TO THE NEGROTRIBUTE TO THE NEGRO
From the lions of mighty warriors, queens, and kings we SPRANG,
That’s why our Afro- American ancestor’s were confident when they SANG,
The old Negro spiritual we shall OVERCOME,
It’s power in knowing where you’re FROM,
Compassion and enlightenment is all Africa wanted to BRING,
Songs of TRUE liberty we will one day SING,
Recapturing our CULTURE must be our AIM,
To perish without our birthright would be a SHAME.
Such a peculiar group we ARE,
A people that has traveled so FAR
Perpetual struggle is likely to be our LOT,
In unity, we can destroy the adversaries PLOT.
What has been, will be AGAIN,
This race, we are destined to WIN.

MASTERS OF EVIL ARTMASTERS OF EVIL ART
You all are surely leaders of the DARK,
Into your world, I will send a SPARK.
No longer will you all keep us APART,
Determined to finish exposing your evil HEART,
A descendant of those of ANTIQUITY,
Now determined to bring back the African DYNASTIES,
All the way to my SOUL has your evil been FELT?
That ICE around your heart, with FIRE I will MELT
To end your misdeeds would be SMART,
Your evil you should no longer CHART,
GOD will destroy this evil ART.

DESPAIRDESPAIR
To this world, havoc is what they BROUGHT,
Love them and HATE ourselves is what they TAUGHT.
Now they say our plight is our entire FAULT,
Truth they try to HALT,
True freedom and true education can’t be BOUGHT’
By any means necessary, it must be SOUGHT.
For so long have we FOUGHT,
We would forever be ignorant of the truth they THOUGHT.
We are no longer BLIND,
The past we have good reason to REWIND,
Until it’s straightened out we can’t leave it BEHIND.

INJUSTICEINJUSTICE
Most have been deprived of knowledge that reveals their POTENTIAL,
The infidels knowing that to their development this knowledge is ESSENTIAL.
Much is not taught about us in American schools how STRANGE,
If our TRUE legacy was revealed the world would utterly CHANGE,
To advance white supremacy everything about us they had to REARRANGE.
After building America, we are denied REPARATIONS,
If it were not for my ancestors, America would not have seen such great
ELEVATION,
For her injustice, she will suffer, one great DEVASTATION,
Bogus was the proclamation of EMANCIPATION.

RESENTMENTRESENTMENT
Our history was covered up too well and too SOON,
By those who’s faces are as pale as the MOON,
How fortunate was I to found out about Garvey the MAROON,
One that fought gallantly against the TYCOON,
One GOD, One Aim, one Destiny was his battle CRY.
Back to roam the land where our ancient ancestors LIE,
In America, Ancient Babylon, one must not DIE.
Perpetual tribute is what Blacks owe Garvey,
Through Reggae, many were and are being liberated thanks to MARLEY,
We the sun burnt people of Africa will again RISE,
Read your bible and when it happen you won’t be SURPRISED.
Our redemption calls for many more to meet their DEMISE,
We will have justice and we won’t COMPROMISE.

PERCEPTIONPERCEPTION
We must stop the blood SHED,
Embrace one another and unite to demand that Africa be solely for us INSTEAD,
Once we reigned in majesty over all, how unconceivable is this that I READ,
Considering our current plight and the fabrications we are FED,
Via our ex-slave, master and many ignorant one’s of our race many Blacks are
still MISLEAD.
It’s time to either wipe away or suppress the TEARS
Perceiving that more will suffer and perish in the future YEARS,
By summoning that courage of the mighty Zulu or Ashanti, we can overcome our
FEARS.
To meet your demise via the struggle would be a HONOR,
Realizing that supreme gratification is in becoming God-Conscious would merit
you respect over YONDER, (HEREAFTER)
That fateful day of our true liberation will be heard and seen as the THUNDER,
Everything that gets in the path of that great REVOLUTION will be put ASUNDER.

THE WARRING SOULTHE WARRING SOUL
One that declines to CONFORM,
Deemed a misfit and detrimental toward the NORM.
In individuality and TRUTH he BASK,
Re-education and unification of blacks is his ultimate TASK.
Free from fear lies his heart in his CHEST,
Intimate with GOD and knowledgeable of self such great internal REST,
Knowing that immorality emerges from most secular ZEST,
For in his people dormant lies the BEST,
Surely, in America the Christian religion sometimes fails the TEST.
Authority from GOD to usher in a new era is what he POSSESS,
Revelations concerning profound and mystical things this soul PROFESS,
Is what I have been sent to EXPRESS.

SOUL REBELSOUL REBEL
With all of my soul I will DEFY,
Rebels are not afraid to DIE,
From the depths of the soul do I CRY,
People it’s time to live in the TRUTH and discard every LIE.
My life is what I VENTURE,
The wicked is whom I CENSURE.
After four - centuries of atrocities and LABOR,
Reparations and justice for us to them is seen as a FAVOR,
For this, their blood may be given to us to SAVOR.
I will never forget the day of the cotton FIELD,
Our entire African culture they made us YIELD,
From the evil of Willie lynch we could not SHIELD.
They could never take the SOUL,
I’ll forever rebel to be under mother Africa’s CONTROL

MY DESTINYMY DESTINY
With limited freedom, our minds they try to EASE,
By talk of true liberty, us they TEASE,
Viewing the abuse of their royal descendants, the ancestors’ souls can’t be
APPEASED.
Will the oppressor ever be cured of his DISEASE?
When I’m able to dictate my own DESTINY,
This gives me ECSTASY,
Refusing to live the REALITY,
That another has determined for ME.
Many have even given back the slave-master’s NAME,
Some of the people they can no longer TAME,
If you don’t know your identity, you are to BLAME,
Indeed, you should be ASHAMED,
Embracing what your slave master told you was your CLAIM.
No matter what they SAY,
It will be our WAY,
A new DAY, Do what they MAY,
Under their control, we won’t STAY.

When I’m able to dictate my own DESTINY;
This gives me ECSTASY,
Refusing to live the REALITY,
That another has determined for ME.
I SEE CLEARLY THE RUSEI SEE CLEARLY THE RUSE
Counsel in mans’ heart is like the water’s of the DEEP,
A man of understanding will draw upon it and awaken from his SLEEP,
And composure he won’t be able to KEEP,
True awareness causes the strongest of the strong to WEEP,
For I wonder why our price for freedom is so STEEP.
I see clearly the adversary’s RUSE,
It has been for me a MUSE,
With Jah on our side, this battle we can’t LOSE.
What will you CHOOSE?
Revolution or illusion, fear of death renders you subject to CONFUSION,
Preacher men keep your freedom in the hereafter CONCLUSION.
Why all the talk of PEACE,
It makes the fighting spirit CEASE,
These foolish notions causes the momentum of the struggle to DECREASE,
Preacher men I hope you see the true light before you are DECEASED.
I see clearly the adversary’s RUSE,
It has been for me a MUSE,
My heel the snake can no longer BRUISE.

Envisioning a day when we unfortunate Africans will tread through The Sahara’s
SAND,
With GOD, we will be hand in HAND.
I see the RUSE,
To elude it God’s power we will USE,
No longer allowing our very souls to be ABUSED

IF MY ANCESTORS COULD SPEAKIF MY ANCESTORS COULD SPEAK
I know it would be many that harbor deep REGRETS,
Having experienced the American nightmare that they will Never FORGET,
On their ignorance the sun did SET,
When intelligence emerged Malcolm, Garvey, and KING was who white America
MET,
However, the revolution, equality, and redemption of Africa is not Here YET.
The scenes I know were too horrible for one to wish to BEHOLD,
The Europeans captured, tricked and SOLD,
If my Ancestor’s could speak,
The wisdom imported would be PROFOUND,
A great portion coming from the Atlantic, which for many Become a burial
GROUND,
I do indeed believe they have great influence,
Their spirits are still lingering AROUND...

LONG LIVE MALCOLMLONG LIVE MALCOLM
Malcolm your spirit is present and uncompromising in people Like ME,
One that’s not afraid to utter how the world has been and now how it should BE,
A messiah that yielded his life for many souls to be SAVED,
The road to TRUE equity and our stolen identities you have PAVED.
With new eras comes a change in MISSIONS,
You said, we as a people had been held captive by Christian TRADITIONS.
Refusing to embrace the belief of turning the other CHEEK,
Knowing that there’s a time when one must refrain from being MEEK.
Now I’m ready to take a bold stand to advocate your PRINCIPLES,
Facing reality and knowing that to separate myself from some People is only
SENSIBLE.
By any means necessary your spirit and philosophy will LIVE,
Even if it means my life, I must GIVE,
Long live the great messiah MALCOLM!

FURYFURY
In the ABYSS lies my weary HEAD,
All blacks, their hair they must DREAD,
The oppressor steady killing those that can awaken the DEAD,
Into the DARK, I’m tired of my people being LED,
Until the day of Armageddon blood will SHED,
Fret not; I will be there with the intrepid when all others have FLED.
Together we will be laughing in the face of DEATH,
Knowing one day, we will receive immortal BREATH.
Those that distort the Christian religion and American education causes my blood
to BOIL,
Due to informal education and mysticism my intelligence they can’t SOIL,
The words JAH has put in my mouth is powerful like holy OIL,
They can’t be taken like one can invade a place for SPOIL.

STAND MANSTAND MAN
We can be REBELS and still be UPRIGHT,
No matter where evil is we must FIGHT,
Because we are the children of the LIGHT,
The people that they are always trying to SLIGHT,
STAND, for you are a MAN,
Woman don’t CRY, Many more will DIE,
On them, we must no longer RELY.
Equal rights is what they DENY,
Death before Dishonor should be our REPLY,
To your culture, you have said Good-BYE,
Living a LIE, WHY, the ancients do CRY.
Not a repeating of American HISTORY,
But of Africa which was once a MYSTERY.
The chances are HIGH,
Thinking in this manner one may DIE,
For truth and Justice is WHY,

To get along with them how hard we did TRY,
DEFY, above them you must FLY, Dormant is your God - Bestowed SUPPLY,
That makes your spirit leave the earth and become one with the SKY.
Rebel, everything is not well, Man, stand, woman don’t CRY…
FAR FROM REALITYFAR FROM REALITY
Why disregard Africa because she has a mysterious SIGHT, (history)
Grim is America, yet in her you DELIGHT, (history is heartless, Filled with blood
shed)
We must recapture our culture as a thief in the NIGHT,
It’s so rich that it is indeed worth the FIGHT,
Honor is in dying for what is RIGHT,
To be Africans will take all our MIGHT,
Knowledge of self brings one out of the darkness and into the LIGHT,
To our ex- slave master a conscious man of color is a FRIGHT.
From REALITY, you must not be AFAR,
You’re not an American; an African is who you ARE.

OPTIMISM FOR MY PEOPLEOPTIMISM FOR MY PEOPLE
From America, an exodus we must MAKE,
The creator will grant us our country back for our ancestor’s SAKE.
Africa will again SHINE,
Everything she’s been deprived of once again will be MINE
Rather by peace or WAR;
Africa is destined again to be the chief STAR.
No longer will we wear the scar of previous AGES,
We know our true majesty is not in the America’s historical PAGES.
Whatever happened to the slogan ABLACK POWER?
The fall of America will be one dreadful HOUR,
Their injustice is of no GAIN,
Ultimately, hell is what they will OBTAIN.

FOR EQUITY I DO GRIEVEFOR EQUITY I DO GRIEVE
For equality, I do grieve…
Justice, will I ever receive?
The procedures society take Africans and ex-convicts through Is hard to believe,
Some Europeans delight in hypocrisy,
Most have never dealt with non-whites morally.
For equity, I do grieve…
The unfortunate one’s must demand what they want I perceive.
A revolution like never before must be put in effect,
Or else the adversary will continue to NEGLECT!
Our cries for justice and RESPECT,
For equity, I do grieve….
After all our contributions we are still oppressed,
As the Muslims uttered they are possessed.

Many battles have been FOUGHT,
By Negotiating equity is rarely SOUGHT,
Blood has usually been the COST,
Without acknowledging this fact, all HOPE is LOST.
FOR EQUITY I DO GRIEVE
Blood usually being the cost the ignorant must PERCEIVE.
PREVAILED, SAILED NOW HAILEDPREVAILED, SAILED NOW HAILED
On earth, prepare yourself for the ORDEAL,
Your damaged mind you must first aim to HEAL,
For heaven and hell is REAL,
You can’t eat of God and the devil’s MEAL,
In the African’s forehead is the lord’s SEAL,
Against all odds we have prevailed, from Africa to America we sailed,
Once first, now last, we are hailed.
Not the spirit, only the body man can KILL,
Our favor is as a house set upon a HILL,
And when united, just as Joshua we can tell the sun to be STILL,
Until we bring our adversary under our HEEL,
This day for me will be a THRILL.
Against all odds we have prevailed, from Africa to America we sailed,
Once first, now last, we are hailed,
Our redemption and true liberty they will try to BLOCK,
To no avail because we’re the master’s chosen FLOCK,

And their reign is almost up according to the prophetic CLOCK,
Our relationship with the most high, nothing, or no one can come BETWEEN,
The evil perpetrated against GOD’S chosen has been SEEN.
We will indeed PREVAIL,
Back to Africa we will SAIL, as first,
We will again be HAILED
THEY CAN’T WIN, NOT BY SINTHEY CAN’T WIN, NOT BY SIN
For centuries, our very flesh they peddled,
Into our souls they meddled,
Now today they think all accounts are settled.
How foolish of them not to comprehend;
That a sword of retribution GOD would send,
To be Christians is what they pretend,
By means of sin, how do they think they can win?
Hell for them will be a DEN.
Can such a grim mortal be MENDED?
From heaven, could their spirits really have DESCENED?
In this world for themselves they could not FEND,
So from Africa the Africans they chose to REND,
Now to keep us ignorant of the past and present realities is their TREND,

The world they continue to Waste,
We must combat this evil with HASTE,
The American pie we don’t care to TASTE.
In this lot won’t be included my RACE,
If not physically, surely mentally distance is needed from this PLACE,
We will win by God’s GRACE, eluding Satan’s FACE, and speeding up our PACE.
TAKE ACTION AND PRAYTAKE ACTION AND PRAY
Our true potential they continue to DRAIN,
By inflicting mental and physical PAIN,
Our mothers’ tears are dropping like the RAIN,
To be humble under these conditions isn’t SANE,
Most advocate the Christianity that teaches us to wait on GOD in VAIN,
They say leave it in his hands; to take action would be INSANE.
Take action and pray, GOD want you to see a better day,
But you have be as John and prepare the way.
Rise, people of the valley of the dry bones,
For you are destined to be the head cornerstone.
For we have been waiting for so LONG,
Where are the leaders that say they are STRONG?
Is being a revolutionary WRONG?
The call for a change is in most of my people’s SONGS.

Take action and PRAY,
God want you to see a better DAY,
But you have to be as John and prepare the WAY.
BREAKING CHAINSBREAKING CHAINS
In their hellfire, we won’t SHARE,
For the world, they don’t CARE,
And their sins are no longer covered but BARE,
Allowing many to behold the SNARE
That they have devised for the people of color...
The enslaved are going to break the CHAINS,
Mentally, physically and spiritually and inflict some PAINS,
On those that have employed Christianity for immoral GAINS!
They will PAY, what price I can’t SAY,
God surely won’t hear them when they PRAY,
For too long they have went ASTRAY.
They greet us with a SMILE,
Their minds and hearts are filled with GUILE,
Their reign will end in a short WHILE.

The enslaved are going to break the CHAINS,
Mentally, physically and spiritually and inflict some PAINS,
On those that have employed Christianity for immoral GAINS!
I have come to set a new STAGE,
Too many I’m an OUTRAGE, because like David;
Under divine inspiration, I’m ready to go on a RAMPAGE,
When I raise my voice, they will close their ears and SCREAM,
In their eyes is a BEAM.
Ignorance gave from the preacher in the SUIT,
I charge you for not bearing good FRUIT.
We must escape this hell,
This jail, your soul you must not sell,
If we unite, supreme power will flow as the water flowed from Jacob’s WELL,
Breaking the CHAINS, INFLICTING PAINS, on our ex-slave master,
Who use Christianity for immoral GAINS!

WHAT TIME IS ITWHAT TIME IS IT
Solomon say’s there is a time for everything,
We the people determine what the next day will bring,
Songs condemning America is what we will sing
And arrayed for battle until true liberty ring,
Their very souls, our maker will help us to fling.
What time is it? A time for war,
A time for HATE, we will surely dictate their FATE,
People it’s not too LATE, oh no it’s not too LATE,
We must start with a clean SLATE,
Refusing to eat anything from their PLATE,
My fury, they will kill me to ABATE,
Father forbid, not before the people’s consciousness I ELEVATE,
What time is it? A time for war, a time for HATE,
We will surely dictate their FATE,

People it’s not too LATE, Oh no it is not too LATE,
The evil one’s, we must help Jah ERADICATE,
The world they will no longer DEVASTATE,
And for amend’s it is too LATE.
True liberty and Jah, we will PURSUE,
Hoping you plead with Lucifer to give back your god- bestowed VIRTUE,
A time for WAR, A time for HATE,
I know your FATE!
DON’T NEGLECT, SHOW LOVE, ANDDON’T NEGLECT, SHOW LOVE, AND
RESPECTRESPECT
When they knock down one, they break down ALL,
Don’t you dare watch your brother CRAWL,
Help him to get back up and stand TALL,
It took more than one person to thread down Jericho’s WALL,
Be sensitive to one truly in need when he CALLS.
One another we must help instead of NEGLECT,
Show some love and RESPECT,
The enemies influence we will have to REJECT,
Determining on our own what image we will PROJECT,
With God and our brothers abroad especially in Africa
We will CONNECT.

One another we must stop CHEATING,
Realizing that our very selves we are BEATING,
From REALITY, many continue to move FARTHER,
They want to trust the OTHER,
Instead, unite with your own BROTHER,
On ourselves, unnecessary trouble we continue to HEAP,
The mess we’re in is already too DEEP.
One may then ask, what is the ROUTE?
Commune with God and recapture your African Culture, I will SHOUT,
Together as one is the only way OUT,
About this, I have no DOUBT.
One another we must help instead of NEGLECT,
Show some love and RESPECT,
The enemies influence we’ will have to REJECT,
Determining on our own what image we will PROTECT,
With the maker and our brothers abroad especially in
Africa we will CONNECT.

ULTIMATE VISIONULTIMATE VISION
Individually, we will no longer STRUGGLE,
United as one we can overcome the TROUBLE,
Learning how to outmaneuver those that are SUBTLE,
Our efforts, we surly have to DOUBLE,
It will take many to put together this PUZZLE,
The evil man’s great fortress will suffer RUBBLE,
Our minds they will no longer MUDDLE,
Having spilled enough blood for each one to drown in a Private PUDDLE,
This is the ultimate VISION,
United and not individually must be our DECISION,
Refusing to neglect the PAST,
In the present and future the internal and external ills must not LAST.
They are determined to make us not hold history so TIGHT,
To the past we must hold on with all our MIGHT,

Or else send the present and future on in blind FLIGHT,
Only a collective redemption and retribution will EXCITE,
Why continue to go wrong and not RIGHT,
Choosing to walk in darkness instead of LIGHT,
Only united, will we shine formidably BRIGHT.
AFRICAN DIGNITYAFRICAN DIGNITY
My head I will not DROOP,
To any level, this man won’t STOOP.
High in the air is held the FIST,
So powerful, on a sunny day it can cause a MIST.
Before yielding my African Dignity, I would rather not EXIST,
To be treated as a man I do INSIST.
Refusing to remain unwillingly on the worlds BLACK LIST,
AFRICAN DIGNITY
Black power do I passionately SCREAM,

True liberty for me will cease to be a DREAM.
Due to recapturing my African ancestry, I have been REDEEMED,
They now fear me is what it SEEM.
Because I no for sure, that I’m not what they DEEM,
Threatening to them is this self- ESTEEM.
AFRICAN DIGNITY
This must be the greatest TRANSGRESSION,
For an African to still be living humbly in the face of OPPRESSION.
I would rather be dead is my CONFESSION,
Than be limited and unable to make any more PROGRESSION.
REBEL, REBEL, REBELREBEL, REBEL, REBEL
Their AIM is to send us all to an early grave or CELL,
Because of this, our mothers constantly WAIL,
Behold the oppressors’ bloody TRAIL,
Everywhere he goes he causes HELL.
REBEL, REBEL, REBEL
Jah’s words will not FAIL,
The evil one must not PREVAIL.
For a collective redemption, is what my people should REPINE,
By trying to help yourself morally, awakens the one that is DIVINE.
Open your eyes our condition is not FINE,

Are your thoughts in LINE?
Can you turn water into WINE?
REBEL, REBEL, REBEL
Free or enslaved will one DWELL,
Revolution is the only SOLUTION,
Anything else is nothing but an ILLUSION.
The enlightened souls must unite and SPEAK,
Strong must become the WEAK,
Over the edge, we must go and not just PEAK.
This day they will truly DREAD,
Perhaps at this time the sun will also turn RED.
REBEL, REBEL, REBEL
The story of GOOD overcoming evil some will live to TELL…

About the authorAbout the author
During this particular season, the author is seeking true liberation and
equality for all, but chiefly the African who has suffered more than all
others and continues to undergo discrimination. The author is willing
to encounter his demise for the sake of true liberation. He is
extremely discontent and uncompromising. He hopes all will realize
the importance of the spiritual and revolutionary.

Sanford Shuman
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AcknowledgementsAcknowledgements
I give heartfelt tribute to Countee Cullen, Maya Angelou, Sonia Sanchez, Marcus
Garvey, Malcolm X, Bob Marley, Louis Farrakhan, and all those other worthy
individuals that my mind will not summon at this moment.
Nevertheless, others such as Leon Brewer Joehosophat Williams, Todd Hirsch,
Tara Dipalma,Brenda and Charissa and Beatrice Reese, Eddie, Steven, and Renee
Cook ,Linda and Sandra Shuman ,Dashia Slater,Jada Williams, Otis Williams,
Darlene Brunson, Fletcher Mills, and countless more. I love you all dearly!

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