Buff 'Em Up

in the rough hard to have

hard to get enough in the rough

like kicked rocks locked in blocks

 

black diamonds in the rough 

 roughed up cuffed up sent up

for what  dark people my people

my equal

 

we don't need another

sequel deep inside

we hide our shine

like secrets inside a shrine

 

what's yours and whats mines

is what's inside those mines

post traumatic victims

of a crime, struggles and pains

 

from getting jacked 

sold for magic beans

"Heru Ra ha"

AIFΑΣΣ

 

strength is in numbers

some are too lazy to count to 3

sheep that sleep and slumber

 

a rough state of being

a rough state of mind

in rough times

in the mean time

 

in the rough in between shines

black dust in cole mines

nothing cuts glass

like a free mind

 

free mines

untie the hands

of the president so he can

sign on the dotted line

let my people go

 

Shadrach

Meshach

and

Abednego

 

give them back their residence

 

Jerimiah's on fire

Daniels got the lions

crayin in the den

 

let my people shine

replace their scars

with moons and stars

shine,shine,shine

 

pay for this crime

for laying my people down

like I laid down these lines

note to self

shine

 

spill the wine

only in the rough

for the meantime

sober up get some

clean time

 

black booted

black hooded

black rooted

 

laced up shoeshine

in a herd of black sheep

look my face up

 

before I'm face down

still trying to find the riight sound

 

to wake my people

shake my people

alarm my people

shine my people