Afro American pride
say it loud spoke
for blackness
this was not a joke
Commercialism poke
of what our
soul train rhythm spoke
Shaft and get Christie Love styled
Walt Frazier style sly
and the family stone cold Chaka
Grace Jones pulled
and the Jackson’s 5 spins spoke
lookin’ though the window
Gwendolyn Brooks wrote
Barbara Jordan broke it down
Julius free styled
and Kunta and Kizzy
told Roots speak
somebody
©Jacqueline Shackelford’98
