Standing on the shoulders of warriors, gangsters, killers

I'm standing on the shoulders of warriors, gangsters, killers
Can't be no punk bitch ass nigguh
weak ass nigguh
prison nigguhs taught me
nigguhs you never heard of
Alonzo Harris Batin
Guru of Black Arts West Theatre
Fillmore Street San Francisco 1966
Batin raised us from the dead
Hillary X
Duncan X
Ethna X
Marvin X
from deaf dumb blind level of life
feed us bean soup
whole wheat bread
butter honey spread
Whitting fish
bean, carrot pies
Islam all night long
marijuana too
science all night long
history of sun moon stars
history of yakub
history of aboriginal Asiatic black man woman
Al Batin
nigguh ain't been to prison
can't tell Al Batin shit
not a motherfuckin thang
you ain't been ta prison nigguh
get yo punk ass up outter here
Al Batin
socalled hypocrite Muslim
NOI couldn't pimp Batin
kill for Elijah Muhammad
ain't goin round corner with
punk bitch ass nigguhs
steeped in prison Islam
solid wouldn't bend
solid
Al Batin
Hidden One
Paper hanger
counterfeit money
counterfeit ID
income tax fraud
Al Batin
stone criminal Muslim
comrade of Eldridge Cleaver
Me and Batin moved Eldridge
 
from white woman's  house to Black House
Earl Anthony
yeah Earl the Squirrel
wrote play bout Eldridge and Batin
Woody King produced Off Broadway
Love you Alonzo Batin
put spine in my back
told Batin I confessed to fornication in Chicago
Hurriyah confessed too
before Supreme Captain Raymond Sherriff
Captain Elijah Muhammad, Jr.
National Secretary John Ali
when I came home to San Francico
Batin say why you confess to dogs
they dirtier than you will ever be
Batin put me to shame
upped my game
never the same
Al Batin
Hidden One. Appreciate you
Know you in Gangsta's paradise!
--Marvin X/El Muhajir
11/.2/17