Another Place
In my final dream
the girl with wings
took my hand
she said " Come fly with me
escape this gravity
up to a spot
that's not this hot
where you can see
a new reality
set your spirit free
But I cried
never let you take me so high
only angels walk in the sky
got no wings how can i fly
Angel why
don't you stay forever with me
it get's cool when there is a breeze
tell me that you'll never leave
She searched my eyes
then asked me why
was I so afraid
said "To find your wings
just pursue this dream"
Said she and I
we were meant to fly
and soon we'd be
at a lofty place
on a higher space
But I cried
never let you take me so high
only angels walk in the sky
got no wings so how can i fly
Angel please
say you'll stay forever with me
it's real cool when ever's a breeze
tell me that you'll never leave
With eyes cast down
as I searched the ground
she told me "Raise your head
you don't have to crawl
I won't let you fall
let your soul take flight
following the light
of a yearning dream
I'll take you there
I'll take you--anywhere"
But I cried
never let you take me so high
only angels walk in the sky
got no wings how can i fly
Angel why?
don't you stay forever with me
it's so cool when there is a breeze
tell me that you'll never leave
She shook her head
looked at me and said
"Had you a little faith
you'd have surely flown
now the chance is gone
It's'so hot here
in this atmosphere"
as she spread her wings
no she wouldn't stay
then flew away
And I cried
could have let her take me so high
like an angel up in the sky
why am I afraid to fly?
Angel please
will I ever follow my dream
or just sit and wait for a breeze
wonder if I'll ever leave
What You Sow
The prophet spoke
Said you'll reap what you sow
Go plant your seed, See them grow
Comes there flowers, trees, or weeds
Life’s a harvest, from thoughts flow deeds
What you give is what you’ll get
So give your love, yeah
Preview the choices that you choose
And see your future
You gone reap what you sow
Plant the seeds see them grow
La, La, La
You gone reap what you sow
Plant the seed see them grow
Yeah
Some try to mislearn your mind
Wanna see you left behind
Turn away from what they say
Trust the silent
Go on and do what you got to
Gonna make you dream come true
Let go the past
Bad times never last
Follow your dreams
No matter how far...
They seem
You gone reap what you sow
Go plant the seed...
Know that quitters never win
It's never to late to begin
Tomorrow begins today
So be on your way
Remeber come the winters gloom
Soon Spring your seeds will bloom
And you'll reap what you sow
So go plant the seed...
See them grow
La, La, La
La, La, La, Yeah
You gone reap what you sow
Plant the seed see them grow
La, La, La
You gone reap what you sow
Plant the seed see them grow
Yeah
Go plant the seed...
Yeah, La, La, La
Release
Family ties pull til they break
A wounded love can turn to hate
Years go by,
Nobody's speaking
Til somebody dies
Now, everyone's weeping
Release yourself
Don't blame nobody else
Relax the pressure
And you'll relieve the strain
Rebuke your anger
And you'll resolve the pain
Release yourself
And learn to love again
Anger's a wall
Imprisons the soul
I give you a call
You peek through the hole
But love is a key
Right there in your pocket
And if you wanna be free
Get up and unlock it
Go on and release yourself
Don't blame nobody else
Relax the pressure
And you'll relieve the strain
Rebuke your anger
And you'll resolve the pain
Release yourself
And learn to love again
I can remember
Do you recall?
Your love was a river
For one and for all
But now it's so shallow
Your smile so rare
And sometimes I thirst
For more than my share
Why don't Release yourself
Don't blame nobody else
Relax the pressure
And you'll relieve the strain
Rebuke your anger
And you'll resolve the pain
Release yourself
And learn to love again
Brothers dissing brothers
And daughters dismissing mothers
Trying hard to hide
How they're missing one another
Like Jesus all I'm asking
Forgive them their trespassing
Cause a family love
Should be love that's everlasting
Time to start the healing
Release the hurt you're feeling
Releasing all the anger
Your life has been revealing
Release yourself
Don't blame nobody else!
Release yourself
Don't blame nobody else
Relax the pressure
And you'll relieve the strain
Rebuke your anger
And you'll resolve the pain
Release yourself
And learn to love again
Like Your Mama
Hope you find a woman
Kind like your mama
She's made me such a happy man
Hope you meet a woman
Sweet like your mama
And buy her wedding band
And your whole world
Will be so fine
You'll have a boy and girl
A wife like mine
I hope you'll love her
As much as I do
Love your mama
Longing for a woman
Strong like your mama
You know the way she'll stand by me
Who'll rights me when your're wrong
Not a lot of drama
Just love and harmony
And your whole world
Will be so fine
You'll have a boy and girl
A wife like mine
I hope you'll love her
As much as I do
Love your mama
When my ship was tossing
Stormy night
You mama was always
Guiding light
Your searching for a woman
To help set your course
You and she be happily
No divorce
And your whole world
Will be so fine
You'll have a boy and girl
A wife like mine
I hope you'll love her
As much as I do
Love your mama
So if you want a love
That's a real McCoy
Find yourself a girl
Like your mama boy
She'll give you love
Each day you've live
I know you've got
Much love to give
I hope you'll hope her
As much as I do
Love your mama
Queen of the City
Feel lucky when you meet her
Children run to greet her
Every time she takes a stroll
Just something about her
So much joy comes out her
Such a beautiful soul
She's got inner beauty
Not all fashion, face, and jewelry
Naw...It flows deeper than that
Because she loves each neighbor
As herself from The Creator
Comes the love she gives
Ten times back
Queen of the city
Smiles so pretty
Love's the way
She greets the world
High stepping, styling
Always she'll be smiling
Joyfull..
The magic of her aura
Makes everyone adore her
They know that
She loves them too
Maybe she's a sample
One of God's examples
What agape love can do
It's our Father who crowned her
Shines His light around her
Helps us to see
We're all sisters and brothers
So let's love one another
One divine family
Queen of the city
Smiles so pretty
Love's the way
She greets the world
High stepping, styling
Always she'll be smiling
Joyful...
Look at that queen over there
Silver locks in her hair
Look at that queen
Rocking in her chair
Look at that full figured queen
The way her face glows
Like a hallo
So beautiful...
Heard a blue-eyed queen
Singing Joy to the world
Watched an afroed queen
Teach the little boys and girls
Seen an Asian queen
Dancing in the stillness
Love's supreme
Every queen's
Helping God to heal this world...
I met a sweet sixteen
Could tell she was a princess
Gonna be a queen one day
But there is so much she must learn
Before her crown is earned
She must take a righteous way
Face them trials and temptations
Before her coronation
Gone stumble she may trip
But she'll regain her grip
And walk like a princess
Grow into a queen
God be her witness
She'll know what it means
To be queen of the city
Love is the way
Look at that queen...
The Way of Truth
The way of truth
Leads me ever higher
So far
Still so long
And every time
Devils at the crossroads
They try to turn me wrong
The will of God
Comes from deep inside me
So I sing my song
The way of truth's
Harder at the crossroad
But God keeps me strong
Upon a time
Words of men would blind me
Hide the truth within
By passion ruled
My thoughts were chains to bind me
My life taught by sin
My life was dim
God's light died inside me
Like so many men
Until I freed
His love inside to guide me
Up from where I;d been
The way of truth
Power and the glory
Just release control
Be still and pray
God will write the story
That guides your role
An inner light
Bright like the morning sunshine
A new day behold
The way of truth's
Harder at the crossroad
But I will reach my goal
You Need to Know
Maybe it's the way you're thinking
That makes your ship keep sinking
Say the world's against you
And make it true
But life is just reflecting
What you're always expecting
And if you'll change
Life changes too
You don't even know that
You don't even know
Where your thought goes
Is what your life shows
You need to know that
So much you need to know
Don't let your thoughts flow
Which way the winds blow
Say you feel like you're going nowhere
The spinning wheel of life's so unfair
And everything you want
Seems far away
Well stop your mind from wondering
And keep a light upon you dream
It's the thoughts held in you mind
Come true some day
You don't even know that
You don't even know
Where your thought goes
Is what your life shows
You need to know that
So much you need to know
Don't let your thoughts flow
Which way the winds blow
You can change you life if you will it
Let your inner sight reveal it
See big and bright
So you feel it everyday
Each thought's a seed you're sowing
Inside you deep they're growing
Don't hope it's time you start knowing
Believe in yourself and pray
You don't even know
You don't even know
Where your thought goes
Is what your life shows
You need to know
So much you need to know
Don't let your thoughts flow
Which way the winds blow
Just see yourself as you should be
And have no doubt who you could be
A self-fulfilling prophecy
You'll create your reality
Each day pray God reminds you
Old habits of thought behind you
You'll achieve just believe it's true
Life reflects your attitude
You don't even know that
You don't even know
Where your thought goes
Is what your life shows
You need to know that
So much you need to know
Don't let your thoughts flow
Which way the winds blow
Step Back
Don't stand so close to me
Until you set your soul free
Such negativity
I must flee
You used to have a smile
But that's been quite a while
And I don't like your new style
So please
Not so close to me
Before you set your soul free
Step back
They done you wrong I know
But it's been so long ago
I say before you loose control
Let it go
Forgive them and move on
Or you'll be all alone
When all your friends are gone
But now please
Not so close to me
Before you set your soul free
Step back
Negative vibrations
Your funky attitude
s'Like a poison radiation
Keeps spoiling my good mood
I used to really like you
Still wanna be your friend
But you've become so spiteful
Our friendship's about to end
Not so close to me
Before you set your soul free
Step back
Gotta make a choice
Try and listen to a higher voice
Focus on your joy
Believe...
Live now, forgive the past
Peace again at last
Have it if you'll only ask
And then please
Come stand close to me
Set your soul free
Step back
Close to me
Set your soul free
Step back
Eternity
Meet me in eternity
Where angels dance
And life's forever
We share everlasting love
I'll always be with you
And when I die
Don't cry for me
For only my body's forsaken
My soul goes flying free
In heaven I'll awaken
When we
Are in eternity
I see your inner beauty
Your soul glows with a light
That sparkles when you smile
And when I die
Don't cry for me
For only my body's forsaken
My soul goes flying free
In heaven I'll awaken
I've been your father
Husband, son, teacher, friend
I've always been here with you
I'll be your angel
Til you're home again
So please, don't cry for me
When I die
Don't cry for me
For only my body's forsaken
My soul goes flying free
In heaven I'll awaken
My soul goes flying free
In heaven I'll awaken
Pray for You
I?ll ask God above
To give you love
I?ll ask God inside
Go be your guide
In darkest night
She be your light
Temptations com
You?ll do what?s right
I will pray for you
Please pray for me
God rescue you
And set me free
I?ll ask God to send
Angels and friends
Chillin
When the worries of the world start bringing me down
Hustle and the bustle got me spinning around
I got a blanket and a grill in my automobile
Grab some food ,call my girl, and hit the hill
Chillin feeling the wine
Beneath the tree in summer time
Chillin, feeling the wine
Beneath the tree
Honeybees on a melon rind
Butterfly on honey vine
Baby and me so free so fine
Beneath the tree blue sky sunshine
Chillin feeling the swirl
Head on the lap of my candy girl
Gonna take a nap forget this world
For a secret place where me and her
Be chillin feeling the wine
Beneath the tree in summer time
Chillin, feeling the wine
Beneath the tree
Chillin feeling the flow
Around and around and around we go
So anybody ask you you don?t know
We?re at the top of the hill beneath the oak
Just chillin feeling the breeze
Body relaxing mind at ease
Chillin, feeling the wine
Beneath the tree
Chillin?carefree feeling
Chillin?carefree feeling
Chillin feeling the thrill
Wine in my cup, meat on the grill
Ain?t nothing like the way I feel
Beneath the tree atop the hill
Chilling feeling the sun
Baby and me have so much fun
Chillin feeling the wine
Beneath the tree
Chillin feeling the wine
Beneath the tree in summer time
Tangerine Clown
There?s a crazy place
In the funky part of town
Where they dance in the circle
Of the Tangerine Clown
They sing and dance
Til their rhythm brings a trance
Merrily they prance
Around the tangerine clown
They whirl and twirl
Honey boys and candy girls
In their world within the curl
Around the tangerine clown
Fa la la, so la de da
Dance in the circle of the Tangerine Clown
Fa la la, so la de da
Dance in the circle of the Tangerine Clown
He?s the sage on stage
At the circle in the square
And grooving to his rhythm
Is their only care
He rules their minds
To truth they stay blind
Keeping time to the rhyme
Around the Tangerine Clown
But his painted smile?s
But a frown seen upside down
In the round between the boundaries
Of the Tangerine Clown
Fa la la, so la de da
Dance in the circle of the Tangerine Clown
Fa la la, so la de da
Dance in the circle of the Tangerine Clown
In the center ring
He grows strong as they sing
So long as they swing
To and fro for their king
Joker of the round
Bright red rubies in his crown
One by one they all fall down
Around the tangerine clown
As he feeds on their song
While they slave to his drum
One by one his dances die
Why two by two do new ones come?
Fa la la, so la de da
Dance in the circle of the Tangerine Clown
Fa la la, so la de da
Dance in the circle of the Tangerine Clown
PaPa's Song
I remember when my papa called me
And set me on his knee
He said 'Soon I'm gonna be leaving
The Lord gone set me free
And though the physical life might leave us
My body may decay
Know my soul's gone talk with Jesus
Every time you pray
He said "Hush now boy
Now don't you cry
A good man's soul don't never die
And I'm gonna talk to Jesus
Every time you pray"
The next day PaPa was an angle
And everybody cried
I'd never know nothing no stranger
Than the day granddaddy died
Holding mama's hand in the funeral march
Mama, dad, nana so sad
But my papa's voice came to lighten my heart
When I remembered what he said
"Hush now boy
Now don't you cry
A good man's soul don't never die
And I'm gonna talk to Jesus
Every time you pray"
Twenty-five years since papa was here
Nana done joined him their
And I never fear when trouble is near
Because I know their spirits care
On my knees to the Lord I pray
Let them both give me their strength
And in a heavenly way I hear my papa say
To the Lord he'll speak at length
"Hush now boy
Now don't you cry
A good man's soul don't never die
And I'm gonna talk to Jesus
Every time you pray"
The Golden Rule
Somebody asked Jesus, Lord teach me the truth
How can I get to heaven? Tell me what must I do
He said "Love God and follow this golden rule"
"Alway do unto others
As you would have them do to you"
The Buddha meditates beneath the Boodi tree
He opened up his eyes and said it's clear to see
Compassion is the golden key to harmony
"Hurt not others
In ways that you yourself would find hurtful"
Mohammed wrote it down in an immaculate flow
As the angel spoke what Allah wants us all to know
He told the golden trait a true believer shows
"No one of you is a believer
Until he desires for his brother as he desires for himself"
The Hindu say that Soul is one and the soul
Of each of us is Brahma in another role
The golden way to let your inner god unfold
"This is the sum of duty:
Do not unto others what would cause you pain if done to you
The Jewish people living under sacred law
Jehovah's Word from visions that their prophets saw
Their golden wisdom verse from which we all should draw
What is hateful to you, do not to you fellow man
That is the entire law, all the rest is commentary
At the heart of every faith there is a holy sage
A messenger of love for all the human race
Gonna change our foolish ways let's truly follow them
to a golden age
Somebody asked Jesus
He said "Love God and follow this golden rule"
Forgive Be Happy
Forgive
Be happy
Drop your burden gladly
Let's all come together in LOVE
Do the world this favor
Forgive every neighbor
Let's all come together in LOVE
Let's drop our grevience
we'll all pledge allegience to LOVE
Release resentments
find peace and contentment in LOVE
Forgive them people
and GOD will write a sequel of LOVE
Forgive
Be happy
Drop your burden gladly
Let's all come together in LOVE
Do the world this favor
Forgive every neighbor
Let's all come together in LOVE
Our world's in danger
until we change our anger to LOVE
We'll all be blessed
the world no longer stressed when we LOVE
World-wide salvation
wake up every nation with LOVE
Forgive
Be happy
Drop your burden gladly
Let's all come together in LOVE
Do the world this favor
Forgive every neighbor
Let's all come together in LOVE
Stop your obsession
for some past transgression choose LOVE
Our situation
needs your participation in LOVE
The sky is falling
the world is calling out for our LOVE
Forgive
Be happy
Drop your burden gladly
Let's all come together in LOVE
Do the world this favor
Forgive every neighbor
Let's all come together in LOVE
If holding grudges em let go
you just hurt yourself
Like holding a red hot coal
to throw at someone else
Our hearts heart's are covered
their Light concealed
When we forgive each other
our Light is revealed
You're a beautiful radiance
behold your Spark
Forgive your grievances
unblock your heart
Forgive
Be happy
Drop your burden gladly
Let's all come together in LOVE
Do the world this favor
Forgive every neighbor
Let's all come together in LOVE
Not N
When we call each other nigger
("nigger"..."nigga"...what ever,
Folks say there's a difference between
"nig-ger" and "nig-ga"
But slaves been calling themselves "nigga"
ever since they learned to say "massa"
And if you think you're saying something different,
well...don't fool yourself
Any way, back to what I was saying)
When we call each other nigger
do you think that makes us bigger?
Huh? Is that what you think?
How you figure?
While ya'll playing
Do you realize What you're saying?
Self creation begins in a name
We become what we proclaim
So folks we speak insane
Why we claim our slave name?
But that's how we be trained
Still got chains around the brain
Our self-defeat so deep ingrained
We all laugh to hide the pain
And it's crazy how we fuss
Can't call it nothing else
The we cuss when they call us
the same name we call ourselves!
Oh but a white voice will make you remember
all the misery and pain
when "crackas" called us "nigga"
as we were raped and hanged
Tortured and dismembered
all the evil that was done!
So now we call us "nigga"
and say it's all in fun.
Now ain't that neurotic?
I mean, ain't that confusion?
Nigga lives be so chaotic
cause they living in delusion!
Now I know folks disagree with me
They say it's my mistake
And if a brother calls me his "nigga"
that's all love and not self-hate
But it is self-hatred
Can't you see the contradiction?
You might have made the N-word sacred
but you ain't changed the definition!!
And every time that a brother dies
because a black man pulled a trigger
You tell me the reason why
the last words always...Always!
"Nigger"
Hungry Men
The blue-eyed blonde-haired black girl's
Walking with
Cool cat's combing his S-curl
By busy bigshots in big cars
And hungry men in the food line
The neo-jimcrow politician's
Talking bout
Black crack in the crime zone
Detention and retention
Doesn't even mention
Hungry men in the food line
Hungry men in the food line baby
Hungy men in the food line
(Repeat)
Greedy preachers
Say-Jesus is the way
To more money
Big houses higher pay
Their congregations
Not a single prayer to pray
For Hungry men in the food line
We wanna help
Still nobody gives
The dime the time
To find a higher way to live
You or I could be them
Why can't we free them?
Hungry men in the food line
Hungry men in the food line baby
Hungy men in the food line
(Repeat)
Who will see the blind man's cup
if no one looks his way?
Who will give to help him sup?
Don't you hear him pray?
Who will help the homeless man
living in the street?
Few coins drop to begging hands
Who cares if he'll eat?
Who will feed the hungry?
Who will guide the fool?
Give love to the lonely?
Shelter from the cruel?
Who will stop to listen
to humble words they say?
And who will see the blind man's cup
If no one looks his way?
Hungry men in the food line baby
Hungy men in the food line
(Repeat)
Back from Crack
Been a while since I'd seen my friend
Just his shadow no light within
Lost his soul in a den of sin
Played with the devil and got pulled in
Our prayers seemed all in vain
His loss caused so much pain
His mama cried like rain...
But, I won't complain because he back again ;-)!
I said he's Back from Crack
Turn up the music
There won't be no early grave
You've got the strength
Get up and use it
Thank God another soul is saved
Twas so sad how he had changed
Cocaine on the brain drove him insane
But our love always remained
I'm so happy now that he's abstained
He stayed away so long
I admit my hope had quitI thought he was gone
Should known he could still be strong
Feels so good now to sing this song
Because he's back from crack
Turn up the music
There won't be no early grave
You've got the strength
Get up and use it
Thank God another soul is saved
I searched his eyes to see
My brother's soul smiling back at me
From his bondage now he is free
I admire his bravery
He'll never go back there again
He won't return to what he had been
Now I'll always have my friend
I hope you've learned that you too can win
I said he's Back from Crack
Turn up the music
There won't be no early grave
You've got the strength
Get up and use it
Thank God another soul is saved
Slaps for Kisses
She reminisces
about a love she's never had
And sometimes he wishes
He don't treat her so bad
But just like his mama
She makes him so mad
That he grabs a vodka
Just like her dad
Slaps for kisses
Whiskey for tea
Her laugther hisses
In mockery
They call it love
But I disagree
Slaps for kisses
and whiskey for tea
Her nasty words
like a knife in his heart
Her face still hurts
Where he hit so hard
But nobody leaving
Their sweet misery
Cause they're both believing
That's the way love should be
With slaps for kisses
And whiskey for tea
Her laugther hisses
In mockery
They call it love
But I disagree
Slaps for kisses
Whiskey for tea
The children watch and learn
As the circle turns again
That love is cruel and love is stearn
And love is full of pain
So years go by with battered pride
And swollen eyes that cannot hide
Slaps for kisses
And whiskey for tea
Slaps for kisses
And whiskey for tea
Slave Music
Slave music dims the spirit
Slave music blinds the soul
And every time we hear it
We be giving them more control
We've let them use our rhythm
Like a trojan horse
They climb into our minds
Til in time you do find us
Taking in the massas voice
Slave music fills our minds
With echos of the foolish word
So the choices we're choosing
To keep ourselves loosing's
The promise of the song we've heard
Slave music dims the spirit
Slave music blinds the soul
And every time we hear it
We be giving them more control
They confuse our thinking
By abusing our grove
We've let them fool us
Through music they rules us
So we think slave thinking is true
So keep hurting each other
Cause that's what slave music proclaims
"Control a mans groove,
your bidding he'll do"
And only have himself to blame
Slave music dims the spirit
Slave music blinds the soul
And every time we hear it
We be giving them more control
Ode to Marcus Garvey
When Marcus Garvey said
"One God! One Aim! One Destiny!"
He raised black people's voice
and procliamed our choice
'Build strength in Pan-African Unity'
His 'United Negro Improvement Association'
and the 'Black Star Line Steamship Corporation'
ten million Africans strong
joined hands across the Atlantic
Diaspora and African home
From America to Ghana
South Africa to Brazil
from Panama and Cuba
Marcus Garvey built
His spirit in my conscience
I hear his message still
"Up you mighty people
You can accomplish what you will!
Black pride in 'Black Cross Nurses Corps'
Black boarding homes and grocery stores
Black Star Line vessels sailed across the sea
And when the 'Frederick Douglas' sailed
Garvey to her captain yelled
"Raise high your flag of Red, Black, and Green
At 'Liberty Hall' when Garvey taught
The 'Sons and Daughters of Africa' sought
to learn of their history
"We've got to understand our past
to understand ourselves
and understand why we need
to conquer African destiny"
But Uncle Toms came dressed in black
to place themselve's at Garvey's back
and Europes colonial masters feared
the African spirit Garver reared
America in her racist prime
undermined Garvey's climb
So one day U.S. marshals came
The honerable Garvey jailed and chained
arrested him, and refused to set his bail
The court room farce a federal frame
when the prosecutors claimed
Marcus Garvey--Theft by U.S.mail
Jim Crow sat on the judges bench
A smirk across his face
At last he'd put that African "nigger" Garvey in his place
Garvey standing noble
looked in Jim Crow's face
"When I am dead, wrap the mantle
of the Red, Black, and Green around me
For in the next life
with the grace of God I shall rise
to lead millions of Africans to the heights of victory!"
Then Jim Crow cussed and read the verdict
in that racist case
"For preaching African unity
and defrauding U.S. mail
five years for Marcus Garvey
in Atlanta's federal jail"
Said Garvey
"I will uplift my people
until my final breath is gone!
Africa for Africans
abroad and at home!"
While Garvey was in prison
some...negroes who had risen
to leadership within the U.N.I.A
self-seeking and unconcious
as negroes are today,
with Garvey in the dungeon
sold out the U.N.I.A
But Amy Garvey was unfettered
and when it seemed injustice won
tireless were her efforts
to have their wrong undone
From Harlem to Havana
to Wahington DC
there arose a mighty clamor
"Set Marcus Garvey free!"
So the president relented
and his sentence was aborted
But his truth was so resented
Garvey was aborted
Then Garvey sailed home to Jamaica
by British colonials feared
For as he entered the harbor
ten-thousand Africans cheered
The next day he started to rebuild
Not being one to look back
But these efforts he'd never see yeild
for too soon the British attacked
Police harassment, political schemes,
and legal farce were Britain's means
In June of 1940
the Honorable Marcus Garvey
returned to his Creator
But his spririt, wrapped in the mantle
of the Red, Black, and Green
remains alive in the African conscience
Elijah Muhammad, Kwame Nkrumah, Sekou Torurre
Patrice Lumumba, Malcolm X, Bob Marley, Kwame Toure,
Nelson Mandella, Henrik Clarke, Kofi Annan,
Oprah Winfrey and millions of Africans around the world!
Still, building strength in pan-African unity!
"Up you mighty people,
You can accomplish what you will!"
Legacy of the Moors
To Spain upon a time from Africa's shore
Sailed the fleet of Tarik the Moor
Muslim faith and mahogany skin
They came to fight and win
The buring light Ethiopia raised
To Egypt to Greece then Rome it blazed
Until the Roman Empire's end
When Europe's dark age began
Until 711 when there came to Spain
Tarik's army to relight her flame
For 700 years in spain
Africans reigned
Such facts get overlooked
They don't teach that in history books
So much that goes untold
Listen to this truth unfold
Such facts get overlooked
They don't teach that in history books
So much that goes untold
Listen to this truth unfold
The Spanish folk had been oppressed
Glad to learn how they'd been blessed
Their new lords of ebony face
Justice took tyranny's place
They knew the ways of Greeks and Jews
Arabia and Timbuktu
Poetic people, palaces, parks
Guided the water, lit up the dark
Raised mosques for Allah's praise
But hornored Jesus and Yahweh
In the darkness Spain was light
Othello's people shining bright
Such facts get overlooked
They don't teach that in history books
So much that goes untold
Listen to this truth unfold
Such facts get overlooked
They don't teach that in history books
So much that goes untold
Listen to this truth unfold
The other nations were all jealous
Hatred grow ever more zealous
Around the cross they gathered
United cause no longer scattered
In Rome a vow was made
The pope shouted "Holy Crusade!"
From Italy, Portugal, France
Marched on Spain sword and lance
Many Spaniards who'd been friends
Then became their foe within
And so they fought backs to the sea
Surrounded by their Enemies
Such facts get overlooked
They don't teach that in history books
So much that goes untold
Listen to this truth unfold
Such facts get overlooked
They don't teach that in history books
So much that goes untold
Listen to this truth unfold
For centuries the crusaders came
Ringed around the Moorish flame
Although their victories were few
They learned so much new
And so the burning light was spread
To Paris, Florence, and Madrid
When they learned to shout canon balls
The Moorish walls were doomed to fall
Now we forget how the Africans came
To a dark continent and relit her flame
Cause they don't teach you in school
Twas the Moors who led Columbus true
Such facts get overlooked
They don't teach that in history books
So much that goes untold
Listen to this truth unfold
The Sacred Comb
She takes the sacred comb
lays it on the fire
flame burning hot
smoke rising higher
A youngs trembling fingers
cling tightly to the chair
Her mother takes the burning comb
and rakes it though her her!
Before Madame CJ Walker
revealed the sacred comb
black beauty was an essence
of our ancestral home
But we were made ashamed
So though the daughter screams
she grimaces and bares the pain
to raise her self-esteem
And so the tradition is taught
unto a new generation
Proudly they are brought
into white beauty imitation
So long now we've forgotten
just how the curse began
Each girl receives the sacred comb
from her mama's hand
Slave Faith
I believe
as my father taught me
and his father taught him
and his father taught him
and his father taught him
and his father taught him
and his father was taught
by fire and iron
by whip and chain
by pain and death
I believe
what my father taught me
Poison Music
A-RUMA-TUM, A-RUMA-TUM-TUM
They music come, from devil drum
A-RUMA-TUM, A-RUMA-TUM-TUM
Beware their poison music
A-RUMA-TUM, A-RUMA-TUM-TUM
They music come, from devil drum
A-RUMA-TUM, A-RUMA-TUM-TUM
Beware of their poison music
Poison music
hypnotizing
Base beat pumping
pressure raising
Poison music
Conscience shrinking
They'll trick your mind so
You think you're thinking
Poison music
Stain your brain
Abused confused
So insane
When you hear the
Piper's play
Change the channel
Just walk away
A-RUMA-TUM, A-RUMA-TUM-TUM
They music come, from devil drum
A-RUMA-TUM, A-RUMA-TUM-TUM
Beware of their poison music
Poison music
Brothas cruising
Sing a song of
Sistah bruising
Poison music
Demon rhythm
Darrel's got a
devil in him
Poison music
Got Wally screwed up
Took daddy's gun went
and shot the school up
Poison music
Don't you choose it
Save your soul
before you loose it
A-RUMA-TUM, A-RUMA-TUM-TUM
They music come, from devil drum
A-RUMA-TUM, A-RUMA-TUM-TUM
Beware of their poison music
Poison music
Thought control
Rules your mind
Loose your soul
Poison music
Puppet masters
They pay the pipers
To bring your disaster
Poison music
don't get twisted
Must refuse them
Just resist it
Poison music
Make a choice
Turn away
the demon voice
A-RUMA-TUM, A-RUMA-TUM-TUM
They music come, from devil drum
A-RUMA-TUM, A-RUMA-TUM-TUM
Beware of their poison music
Love or War
Cold bone
Bare feet
Sleeping on concrete
Unemployed
Hungry
Marching at a slow beat
Suddenly
Battle cry!
On the edge
Fight or die!
Bow your heads
Close your eyes
Everybody pray to God...
Love or War?!
Brothers fall
Sisters die
Mothers weep
Fathers sigh
Look the demon in the eye...
Ain't no turning back
Love or War?!
Clouds of doom
fill the sky
Wells once deep
now run dry
Heirs of the falling rulers cry
"When will the madness stop?!"
Love or War?!
No food
No heat
Orphans in the cold streets
Battle weary soilders
scramble in a retreat
Suddenly
Bullets fly
Bombs explode
Battle cry!
Until we all have our freedom
we'll never have peace again!
Love or War?!
On my knees at Mamond's alter
Hear my plea Almighty Dollar
Base ambition
Avarice!
Greed!
God give me the strength I need
For the prophet/profit said
"In God we Trust"
That in Mamond's name
no thing's unjust
Have my lust fullfilled
If a hundred must die
See my children smile
Make a thousand more cry
No God before you
Might makes right
In Jusus' name the righteous fight
Imperial God please bless my sin
That the righteous ones shall never win!
And Justice, Wisdom, Peace, and Love
Are over-run by Greed above!
Until we all have our freedom
we'll never have peace again!
Love or War?!
Love or War?!
The Law
I tried to follow the law
but the law to swift
Ducking and dodging
until he turned back with
a club in his right hand
a gun in his left
I had to beat the law
to save myself
I tried to trust the law
but the law to smooth
Skinning and grinning
until he had me fooled
When I lowered my guard
then the law attacked
Keloid scars
all across my back
I tried to change the law
But the law to tough
I said I'd fight
and he called my bluff
I called for justice
and the law just laughed
And when I tried to move
He blocked my path
So I punched the law
And the law was shocked!
Been so long
since his head been rocked!
He called me a criminal
rioter, thug
Like an innocent man
unlawfully mugged
Then I laughed at the law
in his hypocrite's fit
With his racist Justice
and legal bullshit
And I cautioned the law
when his speech was done
"There will be Justice for all
or peace...For none!"
Chillin
Chillin feeling the wine
Beneath the tree in summer time
Chillin feeling the wine
Beneath the tree ln the summer time
Honeybees on a melon rind
We Butterflies on honey vine
Chillin feeling the swirl
Head on the lap of my favorite girl
Guess I'll take a nap forget this world
For a secret place where me and her
we'll be chillin feeling the wine
Beneath the tree in the summer time
Chillin feeling the flow
Around and around and around we go
Anybody ask you you don?t know
We're at the top of the hill
Underneath the oak
Chillin feeling the wine
Beneath the tree in the summer time
Chillin feeling the breeze
Body relaxing mind at ease
Chillin feeling the thrill
Wine in my cup meat on the grill
Ain?t nothing like the way I feel
Underneath the tree up on top the hill
Chillin feeling the sun
Honey and me having so much fun
Chillin feeling the wine
Beneath the tree in summer time
Dream Erotic
Erotic, Sensual, Exotic
Erotic, Sensual, Exotic
I dream we make erotic love
Sensual exotic love
Lay naked in a garden
and taste forbidden fruit
I taste your juices on my lips
Pour your love and drink a sip
Honey breast and melon hips
I dream we make erotic love
So let me be your Adam
And you come be my Eve
Sweet virgin love in a garden
Beneath the apple tree
Erotic, Sensual, Exotic
Erotic, Sensual, Exotic
I fantasize our primal love
Raw, raunchy, lustful love
We be fucking wild and savage
Ravenous and ravaged
Our passions roar from deep inside
An animal we dare not hide
So let it go we'll share the ride
I fantasize our primal love
Primal love, the base of love
Let passion stand in the place of love
Sweat pour down from the face of love
Heart beat pound at the pace of love
Erotic, Sensual, Exotic
Erotic, Sensual, Exotic
I make believe our tender love
Gently we surrender love
And so sweet be the splendor love
When I imagine you
Our hearts unite their beat is slow
A rhythm only lover's know
Touch myself feel passion grow
And I make believe...
Tease myself in a tender dream
Please myself but hear I your scream
Squeeze myself til passion creams
I make believe our tender love
Erotic, Sensual, Exotic
Erotic, Sensual, Exotic
A mighty wind on a river of emotion
Spread your wings come sail with me
And we'll spin on passion ocean
Ride waves of ecstasy
Hold tightly to the feeling
the wind becomes a storm
Hearts throbbing bodies thrilling
Love cries a sweet alarm
When the hurricane surrenders
Glide with me on the breeze
On a sea of love so tender
We'll float in rhapsody
Dive with me into passion
We'll swim the depths of love
I'll take you to the bottom
Tell me, when we're deep enough
Until we feel the currents turning
And our ship is sailing home
After the sweetest journey
This love has ever known
So come with me, spread your wings
Let love take flight
And we'll calm this stormy sea
Sail with me tonight
Erotic, Sensual, Exotic
Erotic, Sensual, Exotic
Erotic love...exotic
Good Love
If I were rich
I could not afford
To buy my lover's gift to me
You're to much adored
For your love's my treasure
To valuable to price
Ain't no gold gone measure
Your gift to my life
If I were a beggar
Hungry for your love
No coins, no food or shelter
Just you'd be enough
Making my survival
On your tender kiss
Girl since your arrival
My life's been such bliss
And if I were a loser
Your love would help me win
If I were a quitter
For you I'd try again
If I were a lair
My heart tells the truth
That all I desire
Is a real good love with you
If I were brave
I'd tremble when you left
I'd be so afraid
To be back by myself
But I'd fight a lion
To make you understand
I wanna be your champion
I wanna be your man
If I were a coward
Afraid of all the world
I'd become your super love
If you'd be my girl
Up in the sky!
It's not a bird or plane
Just me flying by
High on love again
And if I were a loser
Your love would help me win
If I were a quitter
For you I'd try again
If I were a lair
My heart tells the truth
That all I desire
Is a real good love with you
If I were wise
In politics and history
The joy of life
Still will be a mystery
Each day I'd wonder
Why I love you so
I sit and I'd ponder
If I felt small
No dignity or pride
I'd be walking tall
With your love by my side
I would feel equal
To presidents and kings
Feel sorry for people
Who hadn't heard love sing
And if I were a loser
Your love would help me win
If I were a quitter
For you I'd try again
If I were a lair
My heart tells the truth
That all I desire
Is a real good love with you
Dream a Dream
I dream a dream of you and I
A life of love, A love of life
And all the joy our love will bring
When you're my Queen and I'm your King
Roses every Valentine's
Jingle Bells at Christmas time
Celebrating New Year's Eve
That I love you and you love me
Looking out on foreign streets
Dancing to calypso beats
Making love upon the sea
I dream a dream of you and me
I dream a dream of you and I
A life of love, A love of life
Dream a dream of me and you
And hope to see my dream come true
Some say it's all in my mind
Tomorrow's sorrows come in time
They say love will never last
Love will come and love will pass
Time will tell we'll fuss and fight
Brightest day turn darkest night
Dreams don't last for very long
I'll awake and you'll be gone
But what they say don't bother me
For I've forseen our destiny
And I know it's no fantasy
That our love was meant to be
I dream a dream of you and I
A life of love, A love of life
Dream a dream of me and you
And hope to see my dream come true
Every night I close my eyes
Dreams of you and I arise
And every morning I awake
Pray our love will not forsake
Today it seems so long ago
I dreamed one day to be your beau
Now I have you in my life
I dream a dream you'll be my wife
I dream an angel in my arms
Beams with all her mama's charm
She kissed my cheek and said to me
"My daddy's dream was meant to be"
I dream a dream of you and I
A life of love, A love of life
Dream a dream of me and you
And hope to see my dream come true
Wine Dine
Just you and me babe
Nobody else
Having a party
All by ourselves
I'll make a toast to you girl
We'll drink to us
Wine Dine have a real good time
Celebrate our love
Gonna be swanky
Black tie affair
Vip only
You, me the only guest there
We'll start around midnight
Party way past three
Wine Dine have a real good time
Celebrating you and me
Wine Dine have a real good time
Wine Dine have a real good time
Have an icy cocktail
Have a spicy treat
Fresh flowers to smell
Candy-coated sugar treats
We'll play some funky music
Dancing merrily
Wine Dine have a real good time
Celebrating you and me
We're gonna romance
In the fire's glow
We're gonna slow dance
Soul sista in stereo
She sing our love song
While I hold you tight
Wine Dine have real good time
Gonna be a party tonight
Wine Dine have a real good time
Wine Dine have a real good time
Seem such a short while
Still it feels like years
And baby I'm so proud
To have you here
I hope you got yourself a new dress
I'm gonna wear my blue suit
Wine Dine have a real good time
Celebrating me and you
When the party's over
Then we'll lay to rest
Lay your head on my shoulder
Lay your cheek upon my chest
I'll say again "I love you"
And I know you love me
Wine Dine have a real good time
Party on in our dreams
Wine Dine have a real good time
In the Name of Love
Never thought I'd ever feel
The pain of love
I never thought that love would ever
Hurt this way again
Never thought you make
Another game of love
Cause when you play with love
Nobody wins
Never thought you'd ever
Walk away again
And say we'll still be friends
I never thought I'd pray
Thru my tear-filled eyes
Heaven knows I've tried
Now I'm wondering why
In the name of love
I lost my pride
Now the shame of love
Makes me hide
The pain of love's
Like a knife inside
And the strain of love
Makes me cry...
Standing in the mirror
Wonder what went wrong
I thought I made love strong
After everything
that you put me through
All I done for you
Searching in the mirror
For the answeer why
This was our third goodbye
So familiar
My red eyes only cry
Feels like I wanna die
And in the name of love
I lost my pride
Now the shame of love
Makes me hide
The pain of love's
Like a knife inside
And the strain of love
Makes me cry...
Don't come back again
Cause I won't let you in
Just go back where you been
That was my last mistake
I done took all I'm gone take
Of your heart ache
I'm so tired of your shit
I'm glad that we quit
And this time
I won't change my mind
I ought to call just to let you know
That I'm letting it go
And I don't love you no mo
In the name of love
I lost my pride
Now the shame of love
Makes me hide
The pain of love's
Like a knife inside
And the strain of love
Makes me cry...
Femme Fatale
Love's a spider's web
Black Widow's silk
She's a femme fatale
With angel lips
Love's a poison taste
Sweet like champagne
She's a dream I chase
Dangerous game
And I try to understand
But I get confused
Seems every time I win
I always loose
Is my destiny
Her sweet abuse
Feels so good to me
But leaves me bruised
Love's a witches brew
Enchanted spell
I give my all I do
But still I fail
I try to leave I try
s'Always the same
Just like a candle-fly
Caught in her flame
And I try to understand
But I get confused
Seems every time I win
I always loose
Is my destiny
Her sweet abuse
Feels so good to me
But leaves me bruised
Love's a sirens song
My diva's voice
She keeps calling me to come
But I got no choice
ove's an ocean deep
Her current swift
She promise to rescue me
Left me adrift
Love's a fairytale
I was her prince
Then she cast a spell
Been a frog ever since
I try to get away
Ain't no escape
Cause I turn around and stay
Love my heart-ache
And I try to understand
But I get confused
Seems every time I win
I always loose
Is my destiny
Her sweet abuse
Feels so good to me
But leaves me bruised
New Day
The night is gone
The light has come
So open your eyes my love
I know where your sorrow's from
And we're going far away
Your not alone
I'm here with you
So open your hand my love
And follow me
I'll lead you to
The light of a brighter day
No angry tone
No need to fear
So open your ears my love
My words of love is all you'll hear
So hear what I have to say
Your sorrow's moan
Has held your voice
So open your lips my love
Come sing with me and we'll rejoice
Sing happily and be gay
Now life atones
For all your pain
So open your heart my love
A life of joy is what you'll gain
And love is where we will stay
Butterfly
I feel like a butterfly
Care free on the winds of life
With my honeybee by my side
Take a glide through the country side
See the garden, feel the breeze
Warm heart and my mind at ease
Candy sugar sweet honey bee
Spread your wings and fly away with me
Happy lucky, lucky happy guy
Since my baby flew into my life
Think I'm gonna wanna for my wife
We be together flying side by side
And I feel like a butterfly
Care free on the winds of life
I feel like a butterfly
Care free on the winds of life
With my honeybee on my right
Take a flight on a moonlit night
Spend the night in a willow tree
Tasting honey with bumblebee
Spread my wings pull her close to me
My love bug's hugging feel so sweet
Light up at the break of dawn
Flying high with the rising sun
She my honeybee the only one
I got stung and It's so much fun
And I feel like a butterfly
Care free on the winds of life
I feel like a butterfly
Care free on the winds of life
With my honeybee next to me
Follow me to cherry tree
Lay back in the blossoms bloom
Relax it's a jazzy June
Music in the park at noon
The rocking robin sang a sassy tune
Sunshine and my baby's smile
Float on another rainbow mile
Singing love songs all the while
Tell everyone I'm a happy child
And I feel like a butterfly
Care free on the winds of life
Funky Love
Funky loving is a making me crazy
All I want to do
Funky loving is a makeing me lazy
Is lie down with you
Funky loving is a making me hot
Funky lover give me all you got
Funky loving is so inviting
When you pull me in
Funky loving gets so exciting
Rub me down again
Funky loving is a keeping real
No pretend about how we feel
Gonna keep it hot til the fire's cold
Ride our funky rhythm til the beat is old
They say fast love never last
So get it good until it comes to past
Love so fresh Love so sweet
No time to be discreet
So ripe and so risque'
So get it good until it goes away
Funky loving is a making me grooving
You're my favorite song
Funky loving is a keeping me proving
Love you all night long
Funky loving is a making me sweat
Keeping hard, making it wet
Funky loving is so delicious
You're my favorite fruit
Funky loving is so ambitious
Wanting all of you
Funky loving is a making me hungry
Wanting you only
Gonna keep it hot til the fire's cold
Ride our funky rhythm til the beat is old
They say fast love never last
So get it good until it comes to past
Love so fresh Love so sweet
No time to be discreet
So ripe and so risque'
So get it good until it goes away
Funky loving is a making me dancing
Do the pony ride
Funky lovers make lush romancing
Kiss me one more time
Funky loving is hot and steamy
Oh so dreamy
Funky loving is a making me daring
Not afraid to loose
Funky loving is a chance we're sharing
Come the time to choose
Realy like your funky style
You'll leave me smiling
Gonna keep it hot til the fire's cold
Ride our funky rhythm til the beat is old
They say fast love never last
So get it good until it comes to past
Love so fresh Love so sweet
No time to be discreet
So ripe and so risque'
So get it good until it goes away
Circles
Our love is like
A ferris-wheel
Takes me so high
It's such a thrill
Our love is like
a carousel
a painted pony
With silver bells
I'm spinning circles
Merry-go-round
Walking on rainbows
Above the ground
I'm spinning circles
Come see me spin
My heart's a windmill
And your love's my wind
A spiral staircase
Winds to the sky
Stairway to heaven
For you and I
A pirouette
a dancer's twirl
My ballerina
Beautiful girl
And I'm spinning circles
Merry-go-round
Walking on rainbows
Above the ground
I'm spinning circles
Come see me spin
My heart's a windmill
And your love's my wind
Our love is like
Orbiting moons
You circle me
And I circle you
Our love is like
A rolling wheel
With you my life
Is all down hill
And I'm spinning circles
Merry-go-round
Walking on rainbows
Above the ground
I'm spinning circles
Come see me spin
My heart's a windmill
And your love's my wind
Let Me
Let me feel you
I can heal you
Gonna reveal you
Free the real you
You've been researving
For a man desearving
Honey I'm serving
A love unswearving
Let me
Let me love you
All I wanna do
Is kiss and hug you
Kick off my shoes
Make love to you
Repeat
Let me please you
Lie at ease you
Gonna release you
And bring you peace too
I know you're wanting
Desire taunting
When you see me flaunting
My love undaunting
Let me
Let me love you
All I wanna do
Is kiss and hug you
Kick off my shoes
Make love to you
Repeat
Let me touch you
I want so much to
I'll never hurt you
I won't desert you
We've been waiting
Cultivating
Anticipating
Our soul mating
Let me
Let me love you
All I wanna do
Is kiss and hug you
Kick off my shoes
Make love to you
Repeat
Let me know you
I will show you
I adore you
Been living for you
I've been aching
For the give and taking
All others forsaking
Hear the vow I'm making
Let me
Let me love you
All I wanna do
Is kiss and hug you
Kick off my shoes
Make love to you
Darling
Darling, your loving
Makes me want to sing
Sing and dance and clap my hands
Sing and dance and clap my hands
Sing and dance and clap my hands
You make my whole world smile
Fa La La
Fa La La
La La La La La
Sing and dance and clap my hands
Darling
You bring
Sunshine like the spring
Dance with me and you will see
Dance with me and you will see
Dance with me and you will see
Fa La La
Fa La La
La La La La La
Sing and dance and clap my hands
Dance with me and you will see
Darling
Pull my string
Make my heart bell ring
Can you tell You ring my bell
Can you tell You ring my bell
Can you tell You ring my bell
Fa La La
Fa La La
La La La La La
Sing and dance and clap my hands
Dance with me and you will see
Can you tell you ring my bell
