Poems for My People and Me

By Monica Sekhmet Grant

Poems for My People and Me was taken from the iconic Nina Simone. In her song titled Mississippi Goddamn, she sings of how all she want is equality for "my sister, my brother, my people and me." The spirit of Nina Simone's cry to the world is infused throughout Peoms for My People and Me with verses of struggle and triumph dealing with race, sex, and poverty.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mira Digital Publishing
• Release date: Mar 4, 2020
• ISBN: 9781618131263

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PART 1:

WORLD OF

OPPRESSION

The Trickle Down Effect

My people think that we can make a quick buck,

Then live out our lives like somebody made-up

A black male has a better chance of going to jail,

Then getting drafted to the NBA or NFL,

Politicians don’t care; they’ll gentrify your ass

Moving to the next hood is where you’ll find your ass

Pictured on the front page it’s a shame some can’t read

How are we supposed to build with a GED?

The president doesn’t care he’ll lie to your ass,

Then allow your employer to fire your ass,

Back to square one, I can’t take this

Shoot your flare gun because we need help quick,

The teachers don’t care they will lie to your ass,

Then pass you right along and say goodbye to your ass

It is a cycle; how will we ever break it

Those that need the most help, don’t want nathan

But stimulation and penetration,

Watch ‘em stick out their hand out for a donation

What’s the equation to change this nation?

Social policies only add to the frustration.

These doctors don’t care; they will lie to your ass,

Stick a needle in your arm and say goodbye to your ass.

This Must Be Heaven

Beer tastes like water

Water tastes like piss

Trapped in this body

I’m in love with this filth…

This must be heaven!

H.E.L.L.

Children are acting out

As a means to be seen

I’ m not scared of the illuminati

I’m scared of ignorant human beings.

It is easy for the news to call me a terrorist

"If you see her on the street

Feel free to pull a Nancy Caragen"

I know some will think

That I’m in an ill state of mind,

But how can we smile

At the downfall of mankind,

My journey this far will write my next lines,

I once dreamed of riches

Now that path has been declined,

Unrealistic pipe dreams will leave you

in the sewer every time,

95 percent of this world is impoverished,

Mentally, physically, and financially retarded,

Since 1492, the black face has gotten hit the hardest,

Elders always talk about the past

Because this new world is a monster,

I don’t want a doctor touching my seed,

I won’t let a politician tell me what I need,

There are three things in life that will be,

You will live, die, and never know anything,

I think I am the woman to birth the next Tupac,

A leader of the people not looking for applause,

Television has more power than corporate laws,

This corporation is bankrupt, chapter 666,

Something you won’t be told tuning into C.B.S.,

There is a chip in my wallet, a wire in my phone

G.P.S. in my car, so you know when I’m home,

Hormones in the milk so our children look old,

Pregnant at 13, thrown outside in the cold,

Now this is my theory and maybe it will fail

But life on Earth aint nothing but Hell.

What Are You Willing to be used for?

Are you willing to climb the ladder?

Or let