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If We Only Knew What We Could Do

from Transcending Toxic Times by The Last Poets

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IF WE ONLY KNEW WHAT WE COULD DO
WE’D STOP FUSSIN AND FIGHTIN AND FEELIN BLUE
IF WE ONLY KNEW THAT WE HAVE JUICE
CAUSE OF AN AFRICAN CONNECTION
THAT WE CAN’T CUT LOOSE
IF THE LIGHT WAS ON IN OUR MINDS
WE WOULDN’T DIS OURSELVES
SO MUCH ALL THE TIME
WE’D STOP AND REALIZE WITHOUT DISGUISE
WE GOT THE POWER TO CHANGE
WHAT’S BEFORE OUR EYES
WHERE THERE IS POVERTY AND MISERY
WE’D BRING HOPE JOY LOVE AND SECURITY
THERE WOULDN’T BE NO NEED TO LOCK YOUR DOORS AT NIGHT
NO ONE LIVES IN THE DARK
CAUSE EVERYONE SEES THE LIGHT
IF WE ONLY KNEW JUST HOW BAD WE ARE
WE’D MAKE THE SUN DISAPPEAR
CAUSE WE’RE THE BRIGHTEST STAR
IF YOU FEEL THE STRENGTH
HELP THOSE WHO ARE WEAK
THEN WE’LL BE STEPPIN IN THE RHYTHM THAT MALCOLM SPEAKS
SO YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE A CHICKEN
AND YOUR BUTT WAS MADE FOR KICKIN
YOU BEEN RUNNIN AROUND
WITH YOUR HEAD HANGIN DOWN
LOOKIN FOR CHICKEN FEED
IN THIS CITY OF GREED
OPEN UP YOUR EYES
DON’T YOU KNOW YOU CAN FLY
LIKE AN EAGLE TO THE SKY
MUCH HIGHER THAN HIGH
WHERE YOU DON’T NEED NO CRACK SMACK OR PADDY WACK
AND ALLTHE BONES FROM THAT DOG
YOU CAN GIVE THEM RIGHT BACK
IF WE ONLY KNEW WHAT WE COULD DO
WE’D STOP FUSSIN AND FIGHTIN AND FEELIN BLUE
JUST LIKE WE CUT OUR HAIR IN AN AFRICAN STYLE
WE SHOW A RICH ROYAL TREASURE EVERY TIME WE SMILE
NOW SOME TIME AGO WE JUST DIDN’T KNOW
THAT WE HAD THE POWER TO MAKE THE WHOLE THING GO
MOTIVATOR EDUCATOR WE’RE A POWER GENERATOR
WE NEED TO OWN THE JOINT
INSTEAD OF WORKING AS A WAITER
IF WE ONLY KNEW HOW STRONG OUR WILL
NO MATTER WHAT’S BEEN DONE
OUR SOUL CAN’T BE KILLED
LIKE THE SUN AND THE MOON
AND ALL THE STARS ABOVE
IT’S A NATURAL THING
FOR US TO SHARE OUR LOVE
WE’RE A HEALING FORCE
IN A WORLD OF PAIN
TRYING TO USE COMMON SENSE
WHERE LIFE IS INSANE
IF WE COULD RECOGNIZE JUST WHO WE BE
WE’D TAKE CONTROL OF OUR LIVES
AND LIVE WITH DIGNITY

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from Transcending Toxic Times, released May 10, 2019

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This Wind You Hear Is The Birth Of Memory. When The Moment Hatches In Time’s Womb, There Will Be No Art Talk. The Only Poem You Will Hear Will Be The Spear Point Pivoted Into The Punctured Marrow Of The Villain, And The Timeless Native Son Dancing Like Crazy To Retrieved Rhythms Of Desire Faded Into Memory. Therefore, We Are The Last Poets Of The World. ... more

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