I am… a Revolutionary!
words of power uttered,
prophesized, proclaimed
pontificated, enflamed
empowered, activated,
demonstrated, captivated
immortalized
by
Fred Hampton
freedom eradicated
by assassination
hope’s imagination, decapitated
but once more activated
Fred Hampton
immaculate insight embodied
fearless foresight forged
divine love of self-inhabited
proud self-determination cohabited
Fred Hampton
sacrifice risk and struggle aligned
three embraced as one to unify divides
social and sacred purifiers for the Divine
embalming a force of liberation and pride
of persons spirit and mind
repelling oppressive entities that collide
a strength innovated before its time
so a way, is what the lost could find
Fred Hampton
who am I?
relentless
rebel
revolutionary
I am, a Rebelutionary!
WayOfLife
I am,
a new bridge to being identified
invoking dialogue and description derived
from questions of who and why
not already tied to a biased state of mind
bound by classifiers which limit and lie
going no further than the eye
who am I?
I am WayOfLife
what color am I?
I am WayOfLife
what does it mean?
my answer may now stimulate
deeper and profound nouns and sounds
when my name is pronounced
and I am announced
now you can truly know me,
providing my own answers
not predisposed answers that used to own me
I’ll tell you of my culture,
not my color
I’ll tell you of my beliefs
not my color
I’ll tell you of my visions
not my color
I’ll tell you of my history
not my color
but if I speak of color
then it is the reassertion of the Rainbow Coalition
all of one, and each other
the Rainbow Coalition
awakened from our separated slumber
relentlessly rebelling
reckoning revolutionaries of insurmountable numbers
Rainbow Coalition
for we, proletarians
occupy the same struggle
the largest class of change
uplifting our fellow sisters and brothers
or conformity to the perpetuation of
plundering pillaging and conquering one another
Black sheep!
we black sheep
those who struggle
who hurt
those lost, marginalized
imprisoned impoverished
silenced oppressed
Black sheep!
those who dare
dream, believe
fight on fight forward
fight for
themselves and those picked from the floor
Black sheep
the colorless hoard
one in the same bonded by struggle
for freedom and equality
fighting together on one accord
WayOfLife
the new rise
to being self-identified and described
then unified and revolutionized
because change is radical
to the fat full and frugal
and the comfortable on pedestals
”because wherever there’s people,
there’s power”
and
”if you dare to struggle,
then you dare to win,
if you dare not to struggle
then god damnit you don’t deserve to win”
because
”…you can murder a Revolutionary,
but you can’t murder a revolution
you can murder a Freedom Fighter
but you can’t murder freedom!”
-Fred Hampton
Black sheep
a new generation redirected
the Rainbow Coalition resurrected
WayOfLife
this generations force and message
the new Fred Hampton
now I want everyone to repeat after me
I am,
WayOfLife
I am,
WayOfLife
I am,
WayOfLife
love truth peace balance power unity
I am,
WayOfLife
bonded by struggle and pursuit of equality
I am,
WayOfLife
relentless
rebellious
revolutionary
A Rebelutionary
I am,
WayOfLife
no color describes me
I describe me
I am,
WayOfLife
a REBELutionary!
a messenger of the new revolution
freedom
liberation
truth
justice
righteousness
equality
self-determination
economic freedom
cultural growth and reparation
and color eradication
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