BY   KING ANDRE' TEASDELL

BEFORE WE WERE BLACK...
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF THAT?
BEFORE ANY RACE HAD A FACE...
BEFORE THIS EARTH WAS SUCH A PECULIAR PLACE; 
THERE WAS NO SUCH DISTINCTION,
BECAUSE MAN WAS NOT THE MEASURE OF ANYTHING!!! 

IN SILENCE, WE ALL EXISTED, AS THE ELEMENTS ENLISTED
EACH BEING TO A POSITION UNKNOWN IN SPACE...
AND ALL OF THIS BEFORE OUR THOUGHTS BECAME MISPLACED!!!

OH YEAH, IT'S ABOUT OUR GOD,
OF WHICH NONE NEED BE PLACED ON GUARD,
BECAUSE WITHIN HIS REALM
WE ALL HAD PERFECTED LACE.

THERE WAS BALANCE,
THERE WAS PEACE,
OF WHICH WE ONLY NEED RELEASE;
IF WE ALL COULD JUST DISCARD WHAT WON'T RELATE...
​TO THE LOVE, THAT HE FIRST PURPOSED FOR THE HUMAN RACE!!!

THERE'S BEEN SO MANY MILES OF PAIN I'VE TRAVELED
​AND THE DUST IS STILL IN MY CLOTHES,
I OFTEN TRY TO BRUSH IT OFF, AND THAT'S WHEN IT GETS IN MY NOSE.
​MY EYES MAY WATER,
​MY BREATH MAY CHANGE,
​A TEAR MAY COME, BUT I'LL BE OKAY.

THE BLACK MAN AND HIS SPIRIT,
MUST NOW DRIVE A FORCE WITHIN IT,
TO A HEIGHT OF AN AWAKENED CONSCIOUSNESS.

FOR THE FLIGHT THAT WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH,
AND THE FIGHT IS ONLY A TOOL 
TO HEWN OUT OF IT TRUE MEN OF EXCELLENCE.

ALTHOUGH HE CAN'T YET SEE IT
IN A LAND THAT REEKS WITH BS,
WE STILL EXHIBIT A FRUSTRATION THAT IS A MESS.

BUT, UNTIL WE COME TO BE IT,
WE WILL SUFFER MORE THAT BS
BECAUSE THE WORD IS NOT AWAITING OUR FIRST STEP.