Mutabaruka - Dis Poem lyrics

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Dis poem<br />

Shall speak of the wretched sea<br />

That washed ships to these shores<br />

Of mothers cryin for their young<br />

Swallowed up by the sea<br />

Dis poem shall say nothin new<br />

Dis poem shall speak of time<br />

Time unlimited time undefined<br />

Dis poem shall call names<br />

Names like lumumba kenyatta nkrumah<br />

Hannibal akenaton malcolm garvey<br />

Haile selassie<br />

Dis poem is vexed about apartheid rascism fascism<br />

The klu klux klan riots in brixton atlanta<br />

Jim jones<br />

Dis poem is revoltin against 1st world 2nd world<br />

3rd world division man made decision<br />

Dis poem is like all the rest<br />

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Dis poem will not be amongst great literary works <br />

Will not be recited by poetry enthusiasts<br />

Will not be quoted by politicians nor men of religion<br />

Dis poem s knives bombs guns blood fire<br />

Blazin for freedom<br />

Yes dis poem is a drum<br />

Ashanti mau mau ibo yoruba nyahbingi warriors<br />

Uhuru uhuru<br />

Uhuru namibia<br />

Uhuru soweto<br />

Uhuru afrika<br />

Dis poem will not change things<br />

Dis poem need to be changed<br />

Dis poem is a rebirth of a peopl<br />

Arizin awaking understandin<br />

Dis poem speak is speakin have spoken<br />

Dis poem shall continue even when poets have stopped writin<br />

Dis poem shall survive u me it shall linger in history<br />

In your mind<br />

In time forever<br />

Dis poem is time only time will tell<br />

Dis poem is still not written<br />

Dis poem has no poet<br />

Dis poem is just a part of the story<br />

His-story her-story our-story the story still untold<br />

Dis poem is now ringin talkin irritatin<br />

Makin u want to stop it<br />

But dis poem will not stop<br />

Dis poem is long cannot be short<br />

Dis poem cannot be tamed cannot be blamed<br />

The story is still not told about dis poem<br />

Dis poem is old new<br />

Dis poem was copied from the bible your prayer book<br />

Playboy magazine the n.y. times readers digest<br />

The c.I.a. files the k.g.b. files<br />

Dis poem is no secret<br />

Dis poem shall be called boring stupid senseless<br />

Dis poem is watchin u tryin to make sense from dis poem<br />

Dis poem is messin up your brains<br />

Makin u want to stop listenin to dis poem<br />

But u shall not stop listenin to dis poem<br />

U need to know what will be said next in dis poem<br />

Dis poem shall disappoint u<br />

Because<br />

Dis poem is to be continued in your mind in your mind<br />

In your mind your mind