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Now that everyone is talkin’ ‘bout the black panther movie…
Can we talk about the Black Panther Party for Self Defense?
Can I get a Power to the People Forever?
Can you grip your fingers together
And raise a clenched-fist, one time, for Bobby and Huey?
Can we free our Political Prisoners
And arm our brothers & sisters with legal defense?
Now that everyone is talkin’ ‘bout the black panther movie…
May I advise, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised?
Can I get a HANDS OFF ASSATA FOREVER?
Would it be ill-advised to surmise Black Revolutionaries beyond a movie?
When we gon’ realize Black Buying Power beyond the opening week of a movie?
Can we get all the brothers & sisters in the streets struggling to come together?
Can we build our own homes,
Give our brothers & sisters a loan,
And open our own grocery stores?
Can you call upon the ancestors
And answer the call to support those that look like you and yours?
Can we teach unity,
Build our own communities,
And mandate Black Dollars Matter Forever?
Now that everyone is talkin’ ‘bout the black panther movie…
When we gon’ realize the world ain’t nothing but a B Movie?
And someone’s always comin’ to save the day in the B Movie.
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised…
No one is coming to save the day,
It’s not a movie!
My Freedom Fighters Ain’t Free,
The leaders of the Free World don’t move me.
When I talk about The Panthers, I ain’t talkin’ ‘bout the movie.
Yet I can draw parallels between The Movement and the movie.
Melanin is supercharged with sun energy,
Antagonists try to claw the Mali vibes from our cranium.
Sorta like Klaue when it comes to vibranium,
They aim to antagonize and drain our energy.
Let’s talk about synergy…
our kinetics are Kemetic,
The Panthers mobilized a united front in every major city.
In the spirit of FREE ANGELA;
Can we SET OUR PEOPLE FREE,
In every major city?
Now that everyone is talkin’ ‘bout the black panther movie…
Can we FREE THE PANTHERS that fought for our way of life in the sixties?
If it’s WAKANDA FOREVER,
Can we bring our Political Refugees home?
Can we talk about how many Panthers died at the hands of the FBI in the sixties?
May I ask why my brothers & sisters were incarcerated when they opposed hatred?
Why we still got brothers & sisters detained for joining the fight equal rights in sixties?
How did you forget about YOU and YOURS?
How we gon’ smash box office records,
Yet fail to break open prison doors?
If it’s WAKANDA FOREVER,
Can I get an I WON’T BE FREE UNTIL ALL BLACK PEOPLE FREE?
Can we scale the walls of justice and SET OUR PEOPLE FREE?
May I ask how many of our Panthers are still caged in penitentiaries?
Can you explain to me: Why our Freedom Fighters Ain’t Free?
Tell me: How can we smash box office records,
Yet fail to break open those prison doors?
When did you forget about YOU and YOURS?
If what’s good for the goose is good for the gander,
When you gonna see past the propaganda?
If we can contribute to smashing box office records,
Can we start a collective to build Black owned Banks and Grocery Stores?
If you can contribute to smashing box office records,
Why you can’t contribute to building better schools for YOU and YOURS?
If REPRESENTATION MATTERS,
When you gonna back Black Filmmakers and stop begging Hollywood for better images of YOU and YOURS?
Now that everyone is talkin’ ‘bout the black panther movie…
When we gonna talk about the Black Panther Party for Self Defense?
When we gon’ smash those prison doors or get our Freedom Fighters some legal defense?
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