Running from foreign lands attempting to cross the scorching sands that has been blazed before us,the terror and defeat that has solidified the footprints that we retrace (generational curses) to open the doors that feel as if they have been closed to us. Patiently moving at pace that keeps. us from weary. Never did I…
“As long as the mind is enslaved, the body can never be free. Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful weapon against the long night of physical slavery.” – Dr. Martin L. King J.R I want to thank GOD for all of the blessings, the lessons, the Mercy and Grace that…
I apologize for interrupting your life. There are important subjects I must, as a man, bring to your attention. This nation has been in a downward spiral for years. Understanding that we may have completely different views concerning the past, the present and the future of where we as a nation are headed, I am…
Originally posted April 2019 Red and white checkered table cloth covers the kitchen table. In front of me sits a bowl of oatmeal with sugar, butter and a dash of cold milk to cool off the hot meal. My grandmother set this table for me…. For all the women I’m close to–my nieces, sisters, aunties…
Originally posted March 2019 I find these truths to be self-evident. A child cannot continuously make the decisions a man would without creating chaotic consequences. This does not excuse the actions or the ignorance, yet confirms my explanations of the reasons for those actions. I seek not atonement from any sin I was guilty of.…
Originally posted July 2018 No one speaks loudly anymore of the continuous death tolls, the poor educational systems, the conditions of our ghettos. The number of males who have been bred to grace the walls of penitentiaries around this country has been ignored. We step in the monstrous feces that plague our culture, ignore the…
Originally posted September 2018 Hardship was the inheritance of my people. I come from a clan of warriors, where struggle and tribe is all that I know. With primitive weapons I fight to protect and provide for my people. . .Flash. .. In shackles, chained to my brothers, I cross the big waters, leaving the…
Originally posted in September 2018 “Black male” as described here are the lower class Americans with “Minority Mind States”. This definition is adjusted to all men of lower class America that are unwittingly suffering from this complex. I, personally, do not blame others for our current circumstances in life. Yet, I would be a fool…
Originally posted in November of 2018 I had a dream that one day I took a Road Trip, for Good Times, to South Central. Me, Martin, Bernie Mac, Malcom and Eddie. We didn’t know Which way is Up? It was for sure to be a Thriller. We left on Friday, but stopped at Big Mammas’ House. You…
Originally posted in January 2019 This is my eternal breathin Truth finds good root every season Time turns over we call that reapin From the Darkness there is light, this is pleasin You ain’t gotta have faith but you must believe in With a logical mind we call it reason That black man on top…