From A Logical Point Of View
by Nikki Giovanni
I mean it's only natural that if
water seeks its own level
The honkie would not bother with
Viet Nam
It's unworthy of him
Cause they are not ready
for the revolutionary
advanced technology
that america is trying
to put on them
and nothing is worse
than a
dream deferred
It's just those simple
agrarian people
trying to invoke
simple land
reform
and maybe bring
a new level
of consciousness
to their people
And here america is
trying
to teach them
how to
read and
write
and be
capitalists
when it's fairly obvious
to the naked
untrained
eye
that they aren't
ready
for meaningful
change
and the revolution
is only
in the honkies'
mind
I mean
if it was me
I wouldn't
try to enlighten
those
slant-eyed
bastards
who only want
to sing and
dance
and be happy
all the time
I would have had enough fooling
around with niggers
I mean really
if I had at my
disposal
a means to get
out of this world
I'd go
and let those un
grateful
coloreds
try to get
along
without
me
The True Import Of Present Dialogue, Black vs. Negro
(For Peppe, Who Will Ultimately Judge Our Efforts)
by Nikki Giovanni
Nigger
Can you kill
Can you kill
Can a nigger kill
Can a nigger kill a honkie
Can a nigger kill the Man
Can you kill nigger
Huh? nigger can you
kill
Do you know how to draw blood
Can you poison
Can you stab-a-Jew
Can you kill huh? nigger
Can you kill
Can you run a protestant down with your
'68 El Dorado
(that's all they're good for anyway)
Can you kill
Can you piss on a blond head
Can you cut it off
Can you kill
A nigger can die
We ain't got to prove we can die
We got to prove we can kill
They sent us to kill
Japan and Africa
We policed europe
Can you kill
Can you kill a white man
Can you kill the nigger
in you
Can you make your nigger mind
die
Can you kill your nigger mind
And free your black hands to
strangle
Can you kill
Can a nigger kill
Can you shoot straight and
Fire for good measure
Can you splatter their brains in the street
Can you kill them
Can you lure them to bed to kill them
We kill in Viet Nam
for them
We kill for UN & NATO & SEATO & US
And everywhere for all alphabet but
BLACK
Can we learn to kill WHITE for BLACK
Learn to kill niggers
Learn to be Black men
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