Urban Music
by Sekou Sundiata
...I wanna tell you how much we wanted to make revolution
But in our yearning we learned, suffering ain’t noble and to struggle is a blessing
that brings more life on the side of life itself
That wide are the rivers we know, deep is the water ,
hip-hop and beyond hip-hop and before
I mean I could run out of breathe before I could divest the rest that I don’t know
Maybe, I can break it down to you like this
We dreamed you Black, in your badness
Made you up out of poems, and lies and words to live by
And we ourselves was dreamed, most likely by some slaves
Whenever they got a little space to climb into their heads and be free
So when they closed their eyes, what did they see?
They saw you…they saw me...
