Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Black History is World History

Black History is World History

BEFORE THE EARTH WAS
I WAS
BEFORE TIME WAS
I WAS
YOU FOUND ME NOT LONG AGO
AND CALLED ME LUCY
I WAS FOUR MILLION YEARS OLD
I HAD MY TOOLS BESIDE ME
I AM THE FIRST MAN
CALL ME ADAM
I WALKED THE NILE FROM CONGO TO DELTA
A 4,000 MILE JOG
BLACK HISTORY IS WORLD HISTORY


I LIVED IN THE LAND OF CANAAN
BEFORE ABRAHAM,BEFORE HEBREW WAS BORN
I AM CANAAN, SON OF HAM
I LAUGH AT ARABS AND JEWS
FIGHTING OVER MY LAND
I LIVED IN SABA, SOUTHERN ARABIA
I PLAYED IN THE RED SEA
DWELLED ON THE PERSIAN GULF

I LEFT MY MARK FROM BABYLON TO TIMBUKTU
WHEN BABYLON ACTED A FOOL, THAT WAS ME
I WAS THE FOOL
WHEN BABYLON FELL, THAT WAS ME
I FELL
BLACK HISTORY IS WORLD HISTORY

I WAS THE FIRST EUROPEAN
CALL ME NEGRITO OR GRIMALDI
I WALKED ALONG THE MEDITERRANEAN
FROM SPAIN TO GREECE
OH GREECE!
WHY DID YOU KILL SOCRATES?
WHY DID YOU GIVE HIM THE POISON HEMLOCK?
WHO WERE THE ALIEN GODS HE INTRODUCED
CORRUPTING THE YOUTH OF ATHENS?

THEY WERE MY GODS, BLACK GODS FROM AFRICA
OH, SOCRATES, PLATO AND ARISTOTLE
WHOSE PHILOSOPHY DID YOU TEACH
THAT WAS GREEK TO THE GREEKS?
PYTHAGORAS,WHERE DID YOU LEARN GEOMETRY?
DEMOCRITUS, WHERE DID YOU STUDY ASTRONOMY?
SOLON AND LYCURGUS, WHERE DID YOU STUDY LAW?
IN EGYPT, AND EGYPT IS AFRICA
AND AFRICA IS ME

I AM THE BURNT FACE, THE BLAMELESS ETHIOPIAN
HOMER TOLD YOU ABOUT IN THE ILIAD
HOMER TOLD YOU ABOUT ULYSSES, TOO,
A STORY HE GOT FROM ME.
BLACK HISTORY IS WORLD HISTORY

I AM THE FIRST CHINESE
CHINA HAS MY EYES
I AM THE ABORIGINAL ASIAN
LOOK FOR ME IN VIETNAM,CAMBODIA AND THAILAND
I AN THERE, EVEN TODAY, BLACK AND BEAUTIFUL
BLACK HISTORY IS WORLD HISTORY

I USED TO TRAVEL TO AMERICA
LONG BEFORE COLUMBUS
CAME TO ME ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS
AMERIGO VESPUCCI
ON HIS VOYAGE TO AMERICA
SAW ME IN THE ATLANTIC
RETURNING TO AFRICA

AMERICA WAS MY HOME
BEFORE AZTEC, MAYA, TOLTEC, INCA AND OLMEC
I WAS HERE
I CAME TO PERU 20,OOO YEARS AGO
I FOUNDED MEXICO CITY
SEE MY PYRAMIDS, SEE MY CABEZA COLOSAL
IN VERA CRUZ AND YUCATAN
THAT'S ME
I AM THE MEXICAN
FOR I AM MIXED WITH ALL MEN
AND ALL MEN ARE MIXED WITH ME

I AM THE MOST JUST OF MEN
I AM THE MOST PEACEFUL
WHO LOVES PEACE DAY AND NIGHT

SOMETIMES I LET TYRANTS DEVOUR ME
SOMETIMES PEOPLE FALSELY ACCUSE ME
SOMETIMES PEOPLE CRUCIFY ME
BUT I AM EVER RETURNING
I AM ETERNAL, I AM UNIVERSAL
AFRICA IS MY HOME
ASIA IS MY HOME
AMERICAS IS MY HOME
BLACK HISTORY IS WORLD HISTORY.

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