A Black Sista's Thang!

Over 300 years ago on the
Coast of the Mother Land
The greed of some black brothers
Sold their people into the white hand.

They cried don’t sell me...My Brother
For we are beautiful and jealously admired
Not something to be captured for profit or even acquired.

Yet they were sold into slavery
Because of their strength.
Both brothers and sisters
Beared whippings at length.

We have suffered together
Me and You black brother.

Your sisters beared children knowing
Some of them of were not yours.
They were forced even as children,
To be the master’s breeding whores.

We have suffered together,
Me and you black brother.

So take me off of your street
Where your words are bitter...without sweet.
Take me out of your preach
In a degrading rapper’s beat.
How can you rest while Time-Warner uses you
To churn a money machine on
Your mother's and sister's breast.

Why paint a disgusting portrait in the minds of men
Against the black daughters?
Why cause our character to be
Abused like in past slaughters?

Yes, rap about the pain of the inner cities
Where our children die young.
Rap about America’s disgusting oppression
Of the black daughter and son.

But don’t dishonour me, your sister...my brother
Don’t sell me, your sister...my brother.
For we are beautiful and jealously admired
Not something to be captured for profit or even acquired.

Joyce Rogers/Author/Artist/copyright 1998 (C) All rights reserved on Oct 1st 1998

Dedicated to all sistahs of high self esteem. In times past our sisters were considered sluts and *b*s by slave owners. Black women suffered much sexual and verbal abuse from their white slave masters. It is shameful that we are experiencing this sexual verbal abuse all over again from some of our black brothas in rap music and other arenas.

No longer must we be quiet on the subject of porn rap. Sistahs we have got to make a stand against this and get some understanding brothas to stand with us. Teach your sons that heroes are people who stand for justice in all aspects of life.
Why should our male children be taught a rhyme that interprets dishonor towards their sisters, then tell them that these rappers are their heroes? Why does the FCC allow this to go on? If this degradation was aimed soully at kids, being abused by these black brothas, would Time-Warner allow themselves to be a driving force behind it? I don't think so. Since this is basically a black on black thang, we can not expect to get a lot of support from the system which is allowing it grow. Girlfriends...this is a joining together of Time-Warner (and others like them) and the greed of some of our black brothas to make money at our expense. Since this is aimed soully at black women, no one is going to take a stand against if we ourselves stand quietly by and do nothing. We should not sit quietly while we're being disgraced before the face of America.
We should not take this from no man, no matter what color he is!!!
We are better than that!

This is not about freedom of speech. This is about responsibilty in our speech. When your freedom of speech is used to destroy the honor and integrity of your own women and abusing everything they stand for as human beings, is that not a bondage like that of communism?

Joyce Rogers

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