Mutabaruka said don't stay too long
in white man's land
Where can the black man go?
Native Son said our very presence
is a crime against the state
Where can the black man go?
Africa
Nigeria
black lives don't matter in black man's land
ask Nigerian pigs
South Africa after Mandela
who owns the black man's land
Zimbabwe after Mugabe
who owns the black man's land
Congo after Lumumba
who owns diamonds minerals gold
Where can the black man go
Brazil black lives don't matter
Another George Floyd in Brazil
Where can the black man go
Fly to the moon mars saturn venus
maybe the sun will bring us home
We E.T.
can't call home
Charles Brown sang Driftin' n Driftin'
migrants on a stormy sea
where can the black man go
Booker T said cast down buckets where you are
Garvey said Africa for the Africans
where can the black man go
Down South to Up South
Up South back Down South
Invisible Man
Keep the nigger runnin'
Will the well of Zem Zem save us
Like Hajir and Ishmael
can we go to the black stone
China Russia Cuba
Where can the black man go
Qur'an says if we flee in the name of Allah
we shall find many places of escape abundant resources
so let us go where the stars guide us
persecution is worse than slaughter (Al Qur'an)
where can the black man go?
fly inside himself and rest
in the peace of his mind
fly inside the souls of ancestors for strength to see another day
fly into the black hole of your divine intelligence and dwell in peace
let nothing disturb you
eternal truth is your agenda
let no illusions come your way
don't matter if we go or stay
life is but a moment soon gone
into the mist of night or early dawn.
--Marvin X
11/20/20