Master Teacher Marvin X at Oscar Grant/Frank Ogawa Plaza
photo Pendarvis Harshaw
I'm good, I'm cool
said the so-called Negro
Negus, King of Kings in another life
So-called Negro
no such thing as Negro
Negus, king of kings, lord of lords, god of gods
Negus
ain't nothin' good, ain't nothin' cool.
How you good in da hood
brother killing brother
father against son
daughter against mama
children hatin' it all
runnin' through ghetto hatin'
hatin' man hatin' girl girl hatin
hatin children
hatin
man/woman love/hate
woman/woman love/hate
I'm good, I'm cool
you fool
ain't nothing good up in here
nothin' cool
Martin Luther King, Jr. said,
"If we remain cool much longer
we'll end up in deep freeze!"
I'm good, I'm cool. you fool
player gettin' played
O.G., Marvin X, this how we work Dante:
he think he playin us but we playin him
Sheenikqua, you got Dante Monday
14 to 1 at Howard
Dante cool, good
player gettin' played
sista say Rasheedah get Dante Tuesday
Latisha Wendesday
Rahima Thursday
O.K., sista's Friday I got Dante
player gettin' played
he good, he cool
wake up fool
deaf dumb blind
wake up pseudo conscious Youtube scholars
beyond the pale of sanity
crisis of the negro intellectual
world of make believe
otherworldness
anywhere but here
crisis of the negro intellectual
anywhere but here
down here on the ground
funktown
oaktown
getdown
good, cool
good, fool
cool fool
cool fool
wake up fool
the little yellow bus is comin'
take ya ta school
fool
good, cool
genius in yellow bus
genius
wouldn't drink Kool Aid
red Kool Aid in canning jar
enough sugar ta kill a nigguh
don't go dirty south
sweet tea dirty south
dirty rice dirty south
sweet tea kill a nigguh
dirty rice too
pork dirty rice
Shop at Piggly Wiggly
Big hog fed woman
aggressive
told my daughter in Houston,
"I'm taking yo daddy
Bring him back in da mornin'.
Woman ain't ask me shit.
Dirty South!
I'm good, I'm cool
Appreciate you
Appreciate you
Appreciate you!
--Marvin X
Black August, 2017
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