{"id":176444305,"date":"2014-10-11T02:08:42","date_gmt":"2014-10-11T07:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/?p=176444305"},"modified":"2014-10-11T02:08:42","modified_gmt":"2014-10-11T07:08:42","slug":"poetry-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/2014\/10\/11\/poetry-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"POETRY: FIGHT"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FIGHT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(in memory of brother Frederick)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

those who profess they want the ocean<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 without the awful roar of the waves<\/span><\/p>\n

those who profess they want the rains<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 without the thunder or the lightening<\/span><\/p>\n

those who profess they want the harvest<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 without plowing up the earth<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 they don\u2019t understand<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 no, they don\u2019t understand<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 they don\u2019t understand<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 they just don\u2019t understand<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 that power<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 concedes nothing<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 without a struggle<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 it never did<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and it never will<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

those who profess they want a better life<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 but they are not ready to rise<\/span><\/p>\n

those who profess they want a change<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and yet they are not willing to struggle<\/span><\/p>\n

those who profess they want a revolution<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and still they\u2019re afraid to fight<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 they don\u2019t understand<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 no, they don\u2019t understand<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 they don\u2019t understand<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 they just don\u2019t understand<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 that power<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 concedes nothing<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 without a struggle<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 it never did<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and it never will<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I say the limits of oppression<\/span><\/p>\n

are defined by the willingness<\/span><\/p>\n

of our people to endure<\/span><\/p>\n

the injustice of tyrants<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

when our people rise<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 oppression is over<\/span><\/p>\n

when our people struggle<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 exploitation is ended<\/span><\/p>\n

when our people fight<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 tyrants die<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

organize our people<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to rise<\/span><\/p>\n

organize our people<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to struggle<\/span><\/p>\n

organize our people<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to fight<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

cause power<\/span><\/p>\n

concedes nothing<\/span><\/p>\n

without a struggle<\/span><\/p>\n

it never did<\/span><\/p>\n

and it never will<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014kalamu ya salaam<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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      FIGHT (in memory of brother Frederick) \u00a0 those who profess they want the ocean \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 without the awful roar of the waves those who profess they want the rains \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 without the thunder or the lightening those who profess they want the harvest \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 without plowing up the earth \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[6],"tags":[4,12,11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176444305"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176444305"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176444305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176444307,"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176444305\/revisions\/176444307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176444305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176444305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176444305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}