Angela and Fania Davis
I love strong black women
cause mama was strong black woman
with husband
without husband
single mom
nine children
no welfare black woman
no husband no cry
strong black woman
business woman for community
real estate woman
transcended red lining black woman
sold houses to blacks when white man denied loans
mom and dad sold blacks homes in 50s
dad lost his license gambling
violated his fiduciary relationship
moved to Oakland
reinvented himself as florist on 7th Street
Harlem of West
mom eventually left him
returned to Fresno as real estate broker
Marian M. Jackmon Realty
signs all over Fresno black community
Marian Murrill Jackmon Realty
single mom nine children
no husband
no man could share her vision'
especially her spirituality
bizness was front for her spirituality
disciple Mary Baker Eddy
Christian Science
Mary saved her sanity
from father's insanity
childhood memories of mama's
breakdown
child mind didn't know
nervous breakdown mental breakdown
how child mind know DSM Manual
Child knew mama
worked 24/7
never no vacation
joker:this
her bizness front for spirituality
disciple of Mary Baker Eddy
Christian Science mythology
Mary saved her sanity
from father's insanity no doubt
thoughts from old world
he fought in WWI
caught mama young girl twenty
he forty
another world man
conscious true
just know the truth
truth set you free
mama taught her nine children by two men
she departed from
moma woman of vision
told her star child Marvin X
you don't need no wife
you need maid secretary mistress
no wife
how mama know this
star child wondered
didn't know he was star child
siblings knew he mama's star child
kept it from him
mama knew he was special
siblings knew mama knew he special
siblings hated him
jealous envious
low information vibration
world hated him too
low information vibration world
Marvin X overwhelming to all
mama told him no wife
only maid secretary mistress
no wife for her star child
mama knew no woman could take her son
wish we knew how mama knew
but mama knew her star child better than he knew himself
no woman no man could stand his thirty hitter brain
only for a moment or two
raw uncut brain cells
no miller lite
fake news
monkey mind media bullshit
world of make believe
brain cells
mama knew her star child beyond low information vibration.
Duke said music was his mistress.
Marvin X said writing his mistress.
Sade said everyday is Xmas
Every night New Year's Eve
This is how Marvin X lives
every day and every night
Better AX somebody.
Julia Hare
strong black woman
man no matter
she had strong black man
no punk man
Nathan Hare pro boxer
knock a nigga to eternity
like Huey Newton
shotgun to pig shotgun
must be that Southern thang
beyond fear beyond death
crazy nigga style
crazy nigga DNA
Some don't know need to know
Nigga wasn't bad word
N word
bad word was black
call a nigga nigga no problem
call a nigga black
big problem
like talkin bout somebody mama
call nigga black
not on West Oakland 7th Street
where I grew up
call a nigga black
serious problem
Prescott Elementary
Lowell Jr. High
McClymond's problem
Black a fight
yo mama black fight
daddy black fight
call nigga nigga no fight
step on nigga shoes fight
all nigga shoes shined at Perry's fight.
better ax somebody
You from West Oakland nigga?
You know bout John Singer's nigga
Pearl's Cafe nigga
Slim Jenkins nigga
Lincoln Theatre nigga
Loraine's greasy spoon hamburger fries
Pearl's cafe
Ester's Orbit Room
The Barn
you don't know this shit, you ain't from west oakland, nigga
you play basketball at Defermery nigga?
Don't talk ta me nigga. You ain't no real Oakland nigga.
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