Mangy Mango™ [FromTheGroundUp Inc.]

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I wanna hear a poem
I wanna learn something I didn't know
I wanna say "YES" at the end because I'm sick of saying "so?"
I wanna hear a poem about who you are
and what you think and why you slam
not a poem about my poem – cause I know who I am.
I wanna hear
a love poem a sad poem an I hate my dad poem
a dream poem an I'm not what I seem poem
an I need poem an I also bleed poem
an I'm alone poem an I can't find my home poem
I just wanna hear a poem!
I wanna hear a poem about revolution,
about fists raised high and hips twisting in a rumble
like a rumba. I wanna follow the footsteps of Ché
and hear the truth about the day
the CIA killed Lumumba.I wanna hear a poem about struggle, so that
when I open my mouth I can step outside myself.
I wanna listen to no less than the sound of protest
in the factories where workers sweat and make Air Jordans and Pro Keds.
Because if you want to take shots at people target Phil Knight and Bill Gates
contemplate how they own the products and they got the goods
how they act like they care but they're just Robbin' Hoods.
And because every second matters
I wanna hear long poems
and short poems
about time and its limits
because it took less than three minutes
to attack Abner Louima
to frame Assata Shakur
and destroy Hiroshima
to kill Eleanor Bumpers
and Anthony Baez
to gun down Malcolm
with bullets they bought from the Feds.
I wanna hear a poem where ideas kiss similes so deeply that metaphors get jealous,
where the subject matters so much that adjectives start holding pro-noun rallies at city hall.
Because I wanna hear a poem That attacks the status quo
That attracts the claps Of the cats with the Phattest flows
That makes the crowd pass The hat and pack my Cap with a stack of dough
I wanna guess your favorite color
then craft rhyme schemes out of thin air.
I wanna hear a poem about why the statute of limitations for rape Is only FIVE FUCKING YEARS!!!!!
I wanna hear a poem
I wanna feel a poem
I wanna taste a poem
Give me your spot on the mic if you wanna waste a poem
-Steve Coleman