Mutabaruka - Dis Poem lyrics

Dis Poem dis poem shall speak of the wretched sea that washed ships to these shores of mothers crying for their young swallowed up by the sea dis poem shall say nothing new dis poem shall speak of time time unlimited time undefined dis poem shall call names names like lumumba kenyatta nkrumah hannibal akenaton malcolm garvey haile sela**ie dis poem is vex about apartheid racism fascism the klu klux klan riots in brixton atlanta jim jones dis poem is revoltin against first world second world third world division manmade decision dis poem is like all the rest dis poem will not be amongst great literary works will not be recited by poetry enthusiasts will not be quoted by politicians nor men of religion dis poem is knives...bombs...guns... blazing for freedom yes dis poem is a drum ashanti mau mau ibo yoruba niahbingi warriors uhuru...uhuru namibia uhuru uhuru afrika! dis poem will not change things dis poem needs to be changed dis poem is the rebirth of a people arising... awaking...overstanding ...dis poem speak is speaking...has spoken dis poem shall continue even when poets have stopped writing dis poem shall survive...u...me it shall linger in history in your mind in time... forever dis poem is time only time will tell dis poem is still not written dis poem has no poet dis poem is just a part of the story his-story... her-story...our-story the story still untold dis poem is now ringing...talking irritatin making u want to stop it but dis poem will not stop dis poem is long cannot be short dis poem cannot be tamed cannot be blamed the story is still not told about dis poem dis poem is old new dis poem is copied from the bible your prayer book the new york times readers digest the c.i.a. files the k.g.b. files dis poem is no secret dis poem shall be called boring stupid senselessness dis poem is watchin u tryin' to make sense from dis poem but you shall not stop listenin to dis poem dis poem shall disappoint u because... dis poem is to be continue in your mind... in your mind... in your mind...