we want a black owned
black populated
black you and me world
but the blac mortar brick and stone businesses 
don't benefit from the green that the blacks who bleed red need
...who bleed red/sweat and tears to build 
from the black ground in your black owned
black populated
black you and me world

we want to funnel dollars into our communities
be entreprenuers
to say we own things
and we do...
we own spinning rims
and airforce ones
and platinum and white gold
and everything but our own destinies
what we don't own are the homes we live in
the educations we pursue
the path that forks in two and leads us to two seperate outcomes
the sold and the buyer 
and neither is necessary the best option

we want a black owned
black populated
black you and me world
yet we still talk about good hair
and too dark skin
those pretty eyes that change with mood
...why don't we change with the world
forget our antiquated notions of paper bag tests 
and be just what we are...
BLACK!

we want a black owned
black populated 
black you and me world
built from the black ground up
just high enough so we can bypass it 
for liquor stores and chicken joints
walk by with a quick "power to the people" 
and rot our guts with firewater
we want to dance all night to melodies of misogyny 
and repetition that leads to condition...
conditioning the condition we seem to be so happy in

we want to buy black
we want to live black
but we live green
we live dead presidents
and scarface movies
because he came from nothing to be something
and killed a few people 
and sold a few drugs along the way

we want to say our culture is and has been stolen
but we hand it gift wrapped to VH1
MTV
BET
yes BET can steal our culture too
and reduce it to gyrating women 
angry men scowling in the camera
and shucking and jiving
and promoting lifestyles few of us 
will ever attain even if we want to

we want a black owned 
black populated
black you and me world
we want what we don't have
can't have without more than wanting
more than speaking the words into the atmosphere 
and hoping they will materialize into our wishes
we want more than our actions can produce
more than a small percentage can handle alone

we want a black owned 
black popluated 
black you and me world
but we refuse to open our black eyes and let them heal...