They Failed us.

                                                                 They Failed us.


                               Our older generations have failed us. They have failed us because they had been intentionally taught how to fail by oppressors. The Preachers have kept them back, and the Politicians have kept them down. They have not started any businesses. The have not helped us to connect with our Ancestors, which is our source for inspiration and strength; and our connection to the Creator. They have done nothing to put the next generation in a better financial position than they were in or are in. They worst thing of all is, They have taught their next generation to fail, just like they were taught. People are prospering because of African effort and African resources, We have the richest Continent, and yet we are the poorest race.
                               The system is guiding most Africans towards failure and poverty. Someone else has decided on a future for us, that is not to our benefit. We seem to embrace it fully, even though our grand parents had nothing to do with its creation. We are victims of their system, We are not co-creators. The jails are filled with African males, and they are building more jails. This is the future that they are preparing for Africans. They have given us brainwash education and false religion. They are not going to help us to recover from mental slavery. They have given us the roles that we are suppose to play in their house of financial vampires. They are just working inequity to achieve vanity. They want their cups to be full and running over. We have been hoodwinked and bamboozled by these money hungry, blood thirsty vampires. They have done a hell of a number on our grand parents. They have given them an upside down six, and told them that it was a nine. They have tried to pass this six down to the next generation, We have to be the generation to stop passing down this upside down six. We should be trying to get a real nine, instead of working with this upside down six.
                              Four hundred years of mental and physical slavery has devastated us, The physical slavery has stopped, but the mental slavery has continued. We are still victim of mental slavery. We follow the same social customs and rituals that our grand parents followed during slavery. We have not grown into a new mental paradigm. We are doing the same thing and getting the same result. We have to be the generation to accept a new mental paradigm for African people. We must strive to have a self sufficient and independent African Nation. Let us share the vision of Marcus Garvey. This is the vision that we should be passing down to our next generation. The greatest tool in the hands of the oppressor, is the mind of the oppressed.
by the Raggamuffin Souljah.