By Howard "Sergio" Tucker
Close the window.
Lock the door.
Keep me safe from "them"
Those what?
Struck by color
Ancestors say…white man knows best?
Keeps me safe from "them"
However you my nigga…
Are better than that…see this is not about you.
Oh really? Cause, I speak the accepted King's English,
My pedigree is better than most,
My upside and profile is high end,
My potential…blue chip…
Oh, I don't live in fear of my people, never have
Call it living on faith,
Borrowed time, a charmed life,
I have walked these streets,
Worked these streets,
Cried and played on these streets of my city.
I fear not,
Though I walk through the shadow of the valley of death many times…I fear no evil,
Not going to start now,
For on that day…judgment reigns from above…not from my hands nor from my heart…
Blackness and brownness of my skin,
The comfort and strength from within,
Though my words may not be accepted…I choose to live between worlds many times,
I represent my people, for good or for ill…neither in denial nor hollering with self hate.
I will not bow down to the media led forces of the division of the races among and between
I will not bow down to fear and loathing of the wrongs of my own, I am here to uplift, motivate and dream
Yes, all men are created equal …our myth…so the story goes many chapters yet to be seen.
May I say, to my Sistas mistake me not for those who have harmed you…
I am not he!
May I say, please heap not upon my head the persecutions and insecurities of those who preceded me
I am not he!
May I shout to the hills and to our Lord above to hear our call for unity!
For I am he!
That walks, works, blends and mingles from street to board room
For I am he!
That sees past the media lies and spin doctor deceits and taking each person and story as their own
For I am he!
Our souls, our nation, our people can be saved given a chance…an opportunity, to be free.
For I believe in He.
© 5/21/2010
