Hashtag

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hashtag, insert name, social justice, social media, socialism

Between the No Knocks and Stand Your Ground Laws… 

people of color have become fair game;

but IT’S NOT A GAME!

hashtag Insert Name,

another Brother or Sister slain;

hashtag HIM, hashtag HER, it’s too many to name.

hashtag IT’S TOO MUCH! 

hashtag I CAN’T BREATHE!

hashtag HANDS UP! 

hashtag FIND OUR GIRLS!

hashtag SAY HER NAME!

hashtag BLACK BOYS DESERVE TO GROW UP TOO!

hashtag SAY HIS NAME!

The writings on the wall… 

hashtag BLACK LIVES MATTER!

Yet another Brother or Sister slain…

hashtag HIM, hashtag HER, hashtag Insert Name,

hashtag HIM, hashtag HER, it’s become mundane.
Between Jim Crow and COINTELPRO…

people of color have always been fair game;

yet IT’S NOT A GAME!

hashtag Insert Name,

hashtag REMEMBER HARRIET MOORE!

hashtag REMEMBER HARRY MOORE!

hashtag REMEMBER ADDIE MAE COLLINS!

hashtag REMEMBER CYNTHIA WESLEY!

hashtag REMEMBER CAROLE ROBERTSON!

hashtag REMEMBER CAROL DENISE MCNAIR!

hashtag REMEMBER EMMETT TILL!

hashtag…

another Mother, 

another Father, 

another Sister, 

another Brother slain;

hashtag HIM, hashtag HER, it’s too many to name.

They killed MARTIN,

They killed MEDGAR,

They killed MALCOLM,

hashtag HIM, hashtag HIM, hashtag THEM;

there goes the eyewitness news team, 

hashtag ANOTHER BLACK MALE SLAIN.

They killed FRED HAMPTON,

They killed ZAYD MALIK SHAKUR,

They killed CHRISTOPHER WALLACE,

They killed TUPAC SHAKUR,

hashtag HIM, hashtag HIM, hashtag THEM;

there goes another Black Voice slain,

hashtag HIM, hashtag HER, it’s become mundane.
Between Colonialism and The U.S. Correctional System…

people of color have always been fair game;

but IT’S NOT A GAME!

hashtag THE WAR ON DRUGS IS CHEMICAL WARFARE.

I guess all that is fair is foul and all that is foul is fair…

Why’d they impose The Rockefeller Drug Laws after they put the needle in our veins?

Why’d the Reagan Administration flood our neighborhoods with crack cocaine?

Why the land of the free wanna keep us in chains?

they shackled AFENI,

they shackled ASSATA,

they shackled ANGELA,

hashtag HER, hashtag HER, it’s too many to name.

hashtag FREE ANGELA, 

hashtag HANDS OFF ASSATA,

hashtag SAY HER NAME!

hashtag REMEMBER FREE HUEY,

hashtag REMEMBER H. RAP BROWN,

hashtag THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF THE MOVEMENT that are still locked in the slammer.

hashtag THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED, hashtag THIS AINT A MOVIE.

hashtag I AM ELAINE BROWN!

hashtag I AM FANIE LOU HAMER!

hashtag ALL THE POWER TO THE PEOPLE…

hashtag REMEMBER FREE THE SOLEDAD BROTHERS!

hashtag FREE MUMIA!

hashtag FREE MUTULU!

hashtag BRING OUR POLITICAL REFUGEES BACK!

hashtag STAY WOKE, we’re under attack.

hashtag THEY UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TRIED TO WIPE US OUT WITH HEROIN AND CRACK.

hashtag WHY ARE ALL THE PRISONS FILLED WITH BROWNS AND BLACKS?

Why’d the Clinton Administration privatize the prisons then impose the Clinton Crime Bill?

How’d we go from the North American Free Trade Agreement to Omnibus Crime Bill?

Why do they cut school budgets and mandate money for prisons to be built?

Why do they fail to prosecute the police when people of color are killed?

How long are we going to pretend we don’t see the genocide supervised by every U.S. President from Nixon to Clinton?

In the land of the free… police get off scot-free when they blatantly murder people that look like me;

meanwhile, my Freedom Fighters are still caged in prisons.

Pay Attention:

hashtag SUNDIATA STILL AINT FREE!

hashtag HERMAN BELL STILL AINT FREE!

hashtag VERONZA BOWERS STILL AINT FREE!

hashtag HIM, hashtag HER, another Brother or Sister in chains.

hashtag HIM, hashtag HER, hashtag Insert Name.

hashtag FREEDOM NEVER RINGS IF YOUR BLACK IN AMERICA!

My heart is heavy, they bombed the levees 

after they couldn’t drown us with heroin and crack in America.

Freedom Never Rings… even the Liberty Bell dabbled with crack; 

aint that America.

hashtag THE SCALES OF JUSTICE ARE UNBALANCED IN AMERICA!

Make America Great Again they exclaim;

yet Lady Liberty wears shackles and chains.

hashtag REMEMBER THE STATUE OF LIBERTY’S REDDISH BROWN COLOR,

hashtag REMEMBER HER SHACKLES,

hashtag REMEMBER HER CHAINS.

hashtag HIM, hashtag HER, 

hashtag ALL THE PEOPLE OF COLOR THAT HAVE SHACKLED AND CHAINED.

hashtag LESS PRISONS MORE SCHOOLS,

hashtag STAY WOKE, THE AMERICAN DREAM AINT COOL.

Woop-woop! There goes the sound of the police,

another Brother or Sister fondled by the beast…

another Brother or Sister detained,

another Mother restrained,

another Father restrained,

another Sister restrained,

another Brother restrained.

hashtag HIM, hashtag HER, Insert Name.

hashtag HIM, hashtag HER, it’s become mundane.
–@StevieStreets #hashtag #poem | Hashtag: #(insert name) parts I, II, and III

Naturally She’s Dope

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bantu knots, black girl magic, black girls rock, black love matters, ebony essence, kinky twists, melanated, natural and happy, natural hair journey, self-appreciation, self-love, twist out

I’m a fan of black girl hips and full lips…
I got a thing for that ol’ black girl magic, I must admit.

I’m a sucka for melanated exoticness and kinky twists.

Ain’t nothin’ like a beautiful sista…
afrobloomin’,
melanin poppin’,
sweet naturalista.

This is dedicated to the natural hair movement;
keep doing what you’re doin’…
Oh how I adore how black girls rock…
Yes! BLACK GIRLS ROCK!

God bless whoever coined the phrase “Black Girls Rock!”
Shout out to Beverly Bond
and all the black women that applaud black women;
I’m lovin’ the bond.
Yes! Black Girls Rock!

I like ’em black and educated,
highly melanated…
black love matters,
you could love it or hate it.
I need a pretty brown that’ll slay with cornrows or locs.
I’m looking for a love that’s not afraid to rock bantu knots.
I’ll probably tie the knot with a beautiful soul crowned with a twist out.

She’s the crown jewel and my muse;
when I meet her, she’ll be natural and happy…
eyebrows on fleek,
pearly white teeth with the twist out.

I got a thing for twists, puffs, and all that stuff; don’t get it twisted.
Let’s be specific;
I got a love jones for chocolate skin tones…
naturally she’s dope,
word to my shea butter soap.

I see heaven in her eyes ’cause the world is not enough.
But where is she?
I’m looking for the woman with the FREE ANGELA tee…

Her heart is golden yet she’s a diamond in the rough;
sweetest thang I’ve ever known yet her shoe game’s tough.

We need to break the Willie Lynch chip…
and she’s a symbol of hope.
We need to kill the Negropean…
and her iconic curls are a symbol of hope.
When I need to know black is beautiful, it’s team natural that keeps me afloat.

Her natural hair journey is an expedition of self-love and self-appreciation…
I had to take a moment to spread love and express my appreciation.
Brown skin…
I’m glad to see you lovin’ the skin you’re in;
’cause naturally you’re dope.

Yeah, I’m a fan of black girl hips and full lips…
’cause naturally she’s dope.

–@StevieStreets ebony essence | Naturally She’s Dope

Melanin Poppin’

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afro bloomin', black girl magic, black girls rock, black love matters, melanin poppin'

I like ’em afro bloomin’ with the melanin poppin’…
FREE ANGELA tee, HANDS OFF ASSATA button rockin’.

Never had a love like this but aint no stoppin’…
When I meet her, we’ll reverse the Willie Lynch doctrine;
the movement’s not an option.

I need a ten with Nefertiti’s allure;
she could be vegan or omnivore,
long as her heart is pure.

I need a Coretta Scott, to invest in my intellectual stock.
I need a Betty Dean, to safeguard my Deen.

I need to convene with a Nubian queen that won’t intervene;
when I meet her, she’ll understand my debt to society…
her wisdom will hold my interest, we’ll invest in society.

I’m looking for that ebony essence to jet by the side of me;
I need a Harriet Tubman with Lauryn Hill writing skills.
She could be fly as Ruby Dee,
long as she’s fierce as Ruby Bridges when it’s time to build.

–@StevieStreets #blacklovematters | Melanin Poppin’ revisited

#ITSTOOMUCH

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#itstoomuch, black lives matter, dear america, die nigger die nigger die nigger die, expletive the police, i too am america, insert name here, it's too many to name, police brutality

Athletes sit down and there’s a public outcry.
Politicians not standing up for justice should be the public outcry.

Unarmed men and women fall victim to those sworn to uphold the law…
civil servants & critics sit on the sidelines.
Athletes take a knee in solidarity to draw attention to the public executions that we all saw…
they’re criticized for sitting on the sidelines.

It’s amazing how the same people that were defending the confederate flag are now concerned with patriotism.
It’s amazing how the same league that didn’t bring athletes out for the national anthem is now concerned with patriotism.

I’m not surprised when justice is not found…
the scales of justice don’t hold no weight, if your skin is black or brown.

This is the same country that planned picnics to go see my people die…
So no; I’m not surprised when I hear echoes of DIE NIGGER! DIE NIGGER! DIE NIGGER! DIE!

They want me to believe that I too am America… but I don’t see why.
No! I don’t see how… I don’t see how they expect me to believe the world’s a better place.
We have Black and Brown people incarcerated at epidemic rates.
We have Black men and women being killed by the police at epidemic rates.

White men that molest children get less time than Black and Brown men that sell drugs in the United States.
White men that rape women get less time than Black and Brown men that fight dogs in the United States.

White men can commit a murder on videotape and never do a day in jail in the United States.
A Black man can get killed with his hands up on videotape…
and before his body is laid to rest, the media will put his character on trial in the United States.

I don’t see how they want me to believe that the times have changed in the United States.
It’s 2016 but it feels like 1958 in America.
I don’t see how we have a bigot as a potential presidential candidate in America.

They’ve been cutting school budgets and privatizing prisons…
but the media won’t relay that to the citizens of America.
The governer is trying take over the schools…
but they’re more concerned with teacher bae in America.

Athletes sit down to stand up for justice and there’s public outcry in America.
Police are killing Black men and women like it’s open season…
yet your eyes are dry America.
We hashtag BLACK LIVES MATTER and they say all lives matter…
aint that America.

Dear America, we hear you…
sweet land of liberty – right?
Equal rights and justice for all…
all but the Blacks and Browns – right?

It’s all about the green…
green eyes and greenbacks – right?
I hope you remember your statue of liberty is brown…
oxidation made it green – right?

Dear America,
the police killings are becoming much too much.
Dear America,
the disparities of justice are much too much.
IT’S TOO MUCH!
IT’S TOO MUCH!
IT’S TOO MUCH!

–@StevieStreets #insertnamehere, #itstoomanytoname #poem | #ITSTOOMUCH

The War On Drugs revisited

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opportunity school districts, reaganomics, rockefeller drug laws, schools not prisons, sociology, the war on drugs, white collar crime

#rockefellerdruglaws

#thewarondrugs [eh hmm #thewaronthepoor]

#sociology

#whitecollarcrime [#privatizedprisons, #capitalists on #capitolhill, #mandatoryminimum & #threestrikelaws, #commodifiedconvictions, the #GEOgroup & the #correctionscorporationofamerica, and #reaganomics]

#unequaleducation [#elementaryandsecondaryeducationact, #nochildleftbehindact, #HB133 – #OSD: #opportunityschooldistricts , #ADD & #ADHD #misdiagnosis]

WAKE UP & WISE UP:
#noHB133 #noOSD;
it’s another legal opportunity to destroy the community,
the capitalists are reinventing legislation to allow them to capitalize off of the community.

THE WAR ON DRUGS has allowed the corporations to push pharmaceuticals from cubicles.

They have been peddling Ritalin to children,
lobbying the doctors to doctor you up with prescriptions.

They misdiagnose and overwrite prescriptions
cause their money multiplies when they prescribe your addictions.

They have been cutting school budgets and building prisons
cause they make money off of the inmates in prison.

When your lack of education becomes a crippling affliction,
the good folks behind the war on drugs will be there to sell you methadone and methamphetamines to soothe your addiction.

The war on drugs has increased the incarceration rates,
Blacks & Latinos have been incarcerated at epidemic rates.

The war on drugs has allowed the prescription pill mills to grow at alarming rates,
the FDA approves oxycontin for children in the United States.

Meanwhile rapists and killers have done less time than drug dealers in the United States…
and World Wars have had less casualties than the drug war of the United States.

World Wars have had less casualties than the drug war of the United States.
World Wars have had less casualties than the drug war of the United States.

–@StevieStreets #blacklivesmatter | The War On Drugs revisited

I Can No Longer Stay Silent

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correctional corporation of america, institute for community police relations, lobbyists, naacp legal defense fund, prison labor

I can no longer stay silent. -Michael Jordan

#codeofthestreets:
Shut da f#@/ up, MJ!

You should’ve kept your silence… your donations align with your support of the Correctional Corporation of America. Corporate stockholders lobby for longer sentences, reduce school budgets, rezone voting districts, broadcast misrepresentations of Blacks and Hispanics, and foster incentives to lock people up, in efforts to expand their workforce (make money off of prisoners). You would’ve done better donating to the 2 million inmates that are coerced to work for 25 cents an hour. Better yet; you would’ve done better donating to the legal teams that are fighting for the victims of police brutality, if you were truly concerned about “African-Americans.”

Thanks for chiming in MJ! But no thanks, brother. We got Kobe, Carmelo, and LeBron unapologetically speaking what needs to be said, when it needs to be said.

–@StevieStreets #blacklivesmatter | I Can No Longer Stay Silent

Interpolations of The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

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black lives matter, expletive the police, good cop - bad cop, good cops don't cop out, hands off of our people, police brutality, the revolution will not be televised

Well, I don’t know if the riots is wrong
But whitey’s been kickin’ my ass for too long.

-Gil Scott-Heron #blacklivesmatter | Small Talk at 125th & Lenox

#codeofthestreets:
“The revolution will not be televised.
There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down brothers in instant replay.”

Brother Gil tried to sound the alarm;
it’s been decades,
since he dropped words for the wise.
I wonder…
Why does his words resonate so well today?

Lady Justice!
OPEN YOUR EYES!
I wonder…
Why do we have to combat the social injustices of the 50s and the 60s in present day?
Dear #goodcop, #badcop… It’s 2016!
Why are the freedom cries of my grandparents and great-grandparents still relevant, today?

Sometimes,
I wonder…
Why the police don’t police the police?!
I wonder…
What’s it gonna take for the good cops to stop copping out?

I wonder…
How do they consider themselves good cops,
when they’re afraid to stand up
and call the bad cops out?

Truth be told…
We won’t see the so called “good cops” speaking out;
until the police brutality hits home,
they will continue to cop out.

Truth be told…
There will be no slow motion or still life of your sons and daughters getting executed by the few bad police;
when your fellow officers kill your loved ones,
it will be live – it will be live – it will be live.
When the blind eyes you keep turning
finally see that your Black Life Doesn’t Matter either,
it will be live – it will be live – it will be live.
When the revolution gets rolling,
you will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out.

–@StevieStreets #handsoffofourpeople | Interpolations of The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: a no more copping out poem

I am Huey P

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all the power to the people, black panther party for self-defense, I am Huey P

“I need someone to protect me from all the measures they use to protect me.” -#Banksy

#codeofthestreets:
“Concerning nonviolence, it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.” -Malcolm X

HANDS OFF OF OUR PEOPLE:
I AM HUEY P
Black Panther Party for Self-Defense…
ALL THE POWER TO THE PEOPLE

–@StevieStreets #iamhueyp | I AM HUEY P

WAKE UP AND SMELL THE ROSES

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an eye for an eye, black lives matter, expletive the police, fair game, if they kill me riot, open season, surviving the game

for the freedom fighters: If a picture is worth a thousand words, @shanequagay said it best with #TheFAIRGAMEProject | #blackbodiesmatter

#codeofthestreets:
Our grandmothers witnessed strange fruit, hanging from a rope,
survived the 50s and the 60s
only to bear witness to the seeds of their seeds being buried behind bars
or strong armed by the long arm of the law.
When you’re Black in America,
“Freedom” is nothing more than a hunger pain
and the justice system…
it’s just a system that says
“A Black Life is Fair Game.”
We hashtag Black Lives Matter
but the Prosecutors hash out “It’s Open Season!”
I wonder why those sworn to protect and serve wanna stop my breathing…
For what it’s worth;
we’ve been Surviving The Game for damn near 960 seasons.
We’ve been catching the same hell
for well over 87,000 days in America…
Have you ever examined the foothold they have on African descendants in America?
It’s a crying shame!
No More Freedom Marches,
No More Cries for Change.
IF THEY KILL ME RIOT;
take an eye for an eye
and an arm for an arm.

We don’t hate the Police
but F#@/ the Police;
as far as I could see,
the Government’s track record
is like needle marks in a dope fiends arm.
But don’t be alarmed
when you’re approached by the Police;
if you treat the disrespectful officers that want to murder you with more respect,
they may not bring forth physical harm.

–@StevieStreets #iftheykillmeriot | WAKE UP AND SMELL THE ROSES: an excerpt from Freedom vol ii

photo credit: http://www.instagram.com/shanequagay

I am Fred Hampton

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all the power to the people, I am a revolutionary, I am Fred Hampton

“I am a revolutionary.” -Fred Hampton | #iamarevolutionary #codeofthestreets: #iamfredhampton