Speak Freely
By Shakeil Price
Am I free to speak?
May I speak freely about mt constitutional right to freedom of speech?
Since being arrested
Miranda warned me of the consequences, of speaking.
Notified of my right to remain silent,
I’ve decided to exercise it.
Under a felony indictment, it isn’t wise to…
Speak freely if my words can be used against me,
In the court of law.
Knowledge is power, so I plead the Fifth.
Self incrimination is like self mutilation
And since, words in a statement, can get me incarcerated…
Freedom of speech doesn’t seem to exist.
In the past I;ve chosen to hold my tongue with all my might.
Knowing that if I speak truth to power I just might,
Lose my life like,
Malcolm, Martin, Fred Hampton, and Clarence the 13th
“And in the 13th Amendment if don’t; sat that we’re kings/
It say we’re legally slaves if we go to the bing/
They told Kap stand up you want play for a team/
And all his teammates ain’t saying a thing/”
That’s a quote from, “TRAUMA” by MEEK
Who shall inherit the Earth?
Brainwashed since birth, by our overseers who stole us from overseas
If we communicated in our native tongue we were brutally beat.
Those same oppressors severed our Great Mother tongue.
Still can’t speak our own language,
Cause we don’t know where we from.
No longer blind, deaf and dumb.
Whistleblowers exposed injustices and the bells of freedom have been rung.
I got knowledge of self so I am qualified to speak in a dignified manner
And usage of the N-word will offend my grammar.
My Grandma taught me to think before I speak.
Knowledge before Wisdom…
That’s what the poor righteous teach.
Remain silent, remain weak.
The tongue is mightier than the sword.
The truth shall set you free and my word is my bond.
Court Date Rescheduled
By Shakeil Price
How can one remain strong and don’t break
Like a tree limb in a storm when the winds are so great?
Unknown fate,
Court dates replaced and replaced by more court dates
My dome aches.
Earthquakes shake my core.
Inspections revealed that my foundation is secure.
Pure, love is my supporting beam.
Freedom avoiding me like he owes dough.
I hunt for freedom with arrows and bows,
Legal briefs and footnotes.
I am ten toes on freedom heels,
Sickened by my predicament but freedom heals
14 years lurking for this motherfucker freedom ain’t seen em’ still.
Sleeping pills?
No cipher, I’m woke!
Supreme Being so my senses heighten.
Torrential rainfall when the Gods’ crying. Sparks flying like a power outage.
Rerouting my energy internally cause my inner-G is fueled by a solar panel.
That’s how I stand strong through storms, while great walls fall and crumble.
I remain humble, in hostile environments.
Son of Venita!
Son of Poor Righteous Teachers, who walked lands in Egypt.
I endure cause the strength of my ancestry.
These white man’s plans can’t affect me,
Dearly depart or correct me.
Department of Corrections
Respect me, as a human being.
I am the I am! All eye seeing.
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