I am that nigga named America 

I am that nigga named 
I am that nigga
I am that

hustla, 
that pusha

I am that nigga 
that stands on ghetto blocks 
under street lamps

peddlin’ dime bags of patriotism
to dismembered veterans
while injecting star spangled banners
into the veins of communist sympathizers

I am that 
I am that nigga
I am that nigga named
I am that nigga named America

that pimp,
I am that nigga that got Ms. Liberty 
struttin’ her stuff in New York Harbor
wearin’ silk skirts, stilettos and cherry blossom lip balm,
turnin’ tricks for freedom.

Offerin’ five dollar blowjobs 
to immigrants with no green card

I am that nigga named America
I am that nigga named
I am that nigga
I am that
that Uncle Tom.

I am that nigga who infiltrated the Nation of Islam,
got Malcolm X’d
then turned around and instigated 
that whole east coast, west coast beef 
between Biggie and Tupac

I am that 
I am that nigga
I am that nigga named
I am that nigga named America

that philosopher

I am that nigga. 

That Rudyard Kipling, wolf in sheep’s clothing
disputing Fanon and Thoreau, 
spitting on the thinkings of Dubois and Douglas

Transcending continents, 
carrying the burden of civilization in my backpack 
with Holy Bibles tucked securely under my arm 
preaching Gospels to Swahili speaking, 
spear-chuckin’ savages 
claimin’ Zulu heritage

I am that nigga named America 
I am that nigga named
I am that nigga
I am that

corrupt government bureaucracy 
that squelched the screams of revolution. 

Domesticated that Black Panther named Mumia 
and pressed out Assata’s locks

I am that
I am that nigga 
I am that nigga named
I am that nigga named America

that false prophet
that labeled you unclean 

Legalized the purchase of your souls, 
bleached your Savior, raped your culture, 
Suspended Habeas corpus and instituted torture. 

Assassinated revolution 
Undermined your churches 
while marketing evolution

simply put-

I am that nigga named America.