Traditions for woke people

West Oakland Classic Black men at Defermery Park/Bobby Hutton Park

See that old man? What he wearing? You don't know? You ain't had no daddy, uncles, grandfather? He classic black man, he got on Stacey Adams, Fedora, Pendleton, Cashmere sweater. Classic black man, up from slavery city hustler, come up any means necessary, take a chance, what is life but a chance. Hey, classic always, bold in depression took some shit from white man. Organize like Pullman Porters Union, first national black union. A Phillip .Randolph, Oakland C.L. Dellums, classic men, solid don't bend solid! check them out young blood. No baseball cap pants sagging
wanna be pimp ass nigga, no, classic king style duke count queen princess royal purple solid don't bend.

7th Street Oakland, up and down selling Jet Ebony. Music loud cafe barber shop bar shoe shine parlor Hammon B 3 don't do this to me time travel 7th Street Lincoln Theatre Loraine's greasy spoon hamburger's fries next to Lincoln black movie house Mr. Freeman owner, flea house rats popcorn
soda pop
Slim Jenkins Supper Club class Earl Father Hines Jimmy Smith Josephine Baker. Daddy, who is she you and mama keep talking bout her. Who is she?

New Century Playground/Gym Rec Center
Ruth Beckford dance teacher natural hair velvet black skin Marcus Garvey tradition
Ruth idol of my youth fine black African queen classic woman ridin' in fancy cars with classic men

McFeely Elementary School then Prescott St. Patrick Catholic School Nuns ruler beat hands no mama daddy no St. Patrick no like Nuns ruler beat hands
No like Holy Mary Mother of Jesus
Go to Lowell Jr. Highel
on basketball team with Joe Ellis Warriors
Cheer leader Doris Elliot
stuck tongue in mouth she did
me scared
tongue in mouth
damn doris
you so fine
yo sista fine too
delores
my brother ollie like delores she him
we left oakland to fresno with mama
not before brothers beat down poor white boy
he killed emmett till mississipp
white boy
don't know meaning of white
poor white boy
below nigga white boy
in nigga school
no racism poor ignut white boy
no knowledge Emmett Till
too poor to hate white boy
brothers beat down
each blow say
this fa Emmett
this fa Emmett
this fa Emmet
1955
poor white boy don't know he white
he too poor to know
we don't know white boy black boy same
deaf dumb blind
85% 99%
victims blood suckers of poor
meet in Devos million dollar ticket each
plot destruction global slaves
kill kill kill
sell bullets both sides no matter
nazis stalinists same
third world come
no capitalists no commuinists
beligion
i be me
you b you
let black man b black man
solid don't bend black man
loving family black man
woman love black man
children loving black man
solid don't bend
liberty or death black man
woman love black man
strong dick black man
woman need dick
dick need pussy
let pussy dick cuma
joy to the world cum
let world babies sing
happy songs
sing
Oh happy day
Edwin
Walter
oh happy day
oaktown getdown
east/west no matter
brother brother
campbell village
acorn projects
line up niggas 'fore i let this uzi on yo ass
line up like you at Safeway
ain't serving til you line up niggas
straighten' that line
don't move nigga
pop dis uzi on that ass
--Marvin X
1/24/18