Juneteenth Poem
2021
Poet Marvin X reading at the University of Chicago
Sun Ra Afro-Futurism Conference, 2015
photo Burrell Sunrise
Poet Marvin X at sunset, Cliff Club, Ocean Beach, San Francisco
photo Adam Turner
Juneteenth Poem
Harlem, New York reception for Marvin X at the home of Rashida Ismaili
Nigga we free
been free a year my nigga
why massa didn't tell us
make us work 'nother year fa nothn' an' we free
dirty low down funky dog massa
Mean I picked cotton fa nuttin 'whole year
Jesus Christ
Let's get the fuck up outta here baby gul
We free nigga
Jubilee free
wtf no mo' cotton
can't see ta can't see
we free
come her' wife
get dem chillen's
we up outta here gul
hurry up gul
no mo massa gul
let's go
no mo directly
now bitch hurry up
get dem kids and let's walk ta freedom
don't matter how far
let's walk gul
get dem kids
no mo plantation
no mo shuffles scratchin' ma head when don't ich
no mo smiling when wonna frown
C'mon gul
what's takin ya so long
get our babies bitch an' let's go
Don't tell me you wanna stay
We goin' ta freedom gul
Don't be like Sarah turn inta salt
better hurry up gul
don't make me tap da ass like Harriet Tubman
put her gun upside dem nigga's heads
scared to be free niggas
Naw, com' on gul
Freedom come
bottom rail top freedom
bottom rail top freedom
We free gul
better ax somebody we say in Texas
better ax somebody
we go dance tonight gul
let's go baby gul
don't make me haveta shoot dat white man gul
he wanna keep ya gul, huh
and ya wanna stay gul, huh
wtf
I will shoot dat matherfucka between his eyes
better bring yo black ass here wit da quickness gull
don't make me shoot massa bitch
been raping you, me and da kids bitch
fuck massa
I will kill his ass quick
better come on
I got Harriet Tubman spirit
You mine woman an' ya gonna be free wit me
get ya eyes off da massa
last time gul
let's go we free
been free a year
devil didn't tell us
filthy beast
lying snake in the grass
wanted free labor fa eva
no no devil
God of Justice come
deliver me Jesus wife babies
forever free
forever free
forever
free
demand reparations later
land land land land
government mules too
where my 40 acres white bitch massa mathafaka
lying devil
Indians said you got forked tongue
lie lie lie lie lie
tell the truth and die
lie lie lie
tell the truth and die
So evil
Sun Ra say, "So evil devil don't want you in hell."
How evil is beyond evil
beyond money evil
beyond love evil
beyond sex evil
pure evil for evil
dna evil
nano evil
amazon.com evil
facebook evil
twitter evil
instagram evil
big book constitutional evil
no recovery possible
short term long term evil
kill mama evil
kill babies evil
kill God evil
can't kill devil evil
communist devils kill god evil
don't tell nobody
tell'm we good guy in white hats
we lovers
we green we vegan
we turn oil into medicine
we petrochemical pharmaceutical
never heal a nigga keep comin' back fa evacal
we spiritual
evil most of all
go to space one way ticket
don't let space ship come back
send dat rich motherfucka to eternity
mars jupiter saturn beyond
you learned nothing here
destroyed what hands touched
you too much
dead man walking
no heart soul feelings ice man cold
sun no friend
ice man cold
Nada mas
Basta ya
Basta ya
Vaya con dios amigo
Juneteenth
reparationsteenth
no money no honeyteenth
no dollars
bit coins only
no dollar tricks
paper tricks
no gold backing
bit coin only
we sing
Happy Juneteenth
Happy Reparations Day
Pray nigga pray
Jesus come ya way
Allah Buddha somebody can hep ya
Jah Jehovah somebody hep ya
Ya need hep nigga
drowning in da sea of love.
--Marvin X
6/17/21
