q u i e t . d o w n

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q u i e t . d o w n

awake, awake and greet the new dawn
get out and get your groove on
arise, surprise and realize
the streams of consciousness that live you
the dreams of consciousness that love you

be who you are for that's all that you are
arise from the ashes; take your place in the stars

and i don't mean for you to take up astronomy
but you need to find out how to be what you wanna be
                   what you're gonna be

- and the earth longs to swallow me whole
   and the air longs to silence me
  and the earth longs to swallow me whole
   and the air longs to silence me -

now i breathe in the courage of consciousness
           or the lack thereof
now i can smell the spice of propaganda
           cut me some slack thereof
now i can taste the salt of armed struggle
           i got your back...thereof

- the basis of all revolutions is love -

delve into the deep freeze
cross over the deep seas
and potently, blatantly
teach me my histories
awake my mentalities
if you please?

because once you do
- the earth won't be able to swallow me whole
   and the air won't be able to silence me
  the earth cannot swallow me whole
   for i will not stand to be silenced -

appease a hunger for the past
change an inevitable future
for the future would be the past returned
but if the light is ours than we can
prevent the broken realities
and harsh inequalities
and seething fatalities
    
               first
       we must learn.
you can kill my class but you are too late 
because i know too much already
       and you can't kill me.

because freedom got a jumpshot
and i got the ball today
generational boundaries can't hold me down -oh no-
and i am on my way

- the earth - it may try to swallow me whole
   but i will not stand to be silenced
  the earth will never swallow me whole
   and i will never be silenced -

by rewarding persistance 
the sounds of resistance
become our deliverance
from discoveries made
at recovery status
but i have the chance
to learn from mistakes
that i didn't make 
which is why i won't - we won't 
         suffocate
this time

reverting back to Kerouac and black looks by bell hooks
before Mayflower, Stranger and Conquistador books reveal 
in a not-so-subtle manner that
bloodshed won't buy you heaven
but it might purchase your freedom

and the words devour me
and the words empower me
and the words deliver me
and the words discover me
yet i have no way to repay you
for all that you've done for me

the most i can offer is a promise that

- now the earth can never swallow me whole
   and the air will never silence me
  yes, the earth is too weak to swallow me whole
   for i will not stand to be silenced -

and no matter what you do,
     you won't get me to quiet down.