Poetry - Common, Marcus King, Isaiah Sharkey

I seen the light, yeah

D-d-d-die about me

Oh gee, it can’t be defined by me

When I set it in motion

Never question the motive

Mhm, mhm

Whether facing the East or facing the beast

I’ma keep fighting 'til the world say, «Peace»

Hollywood guilt put a nigga in grease

I’m God-bodied but devil’s in the deets

But still I listen when Mohammad speaks

And get a good work when PT preach

My mama used to teach so it’s lessons to learn

Before I step and repat, I step and I earn

I met a girl’s daddy, h was kept in a urn

The world as we knew it, it was destined to burn

My success is a verb, it’s a blessing to serve

My presence is heard, I’m investing in words

Like Nikki Giovanni or Amiri Baraka

Jessica Care Moore, Morgan Parker

Audre Lorde, Toni Morrison

Poetry in motion, we moving forward today