Black is White

Tonight we have a panel discussion featuring Ken and Kemuel discussing their views on Afro-centricity.
Afro Centricity is described as a world view which emphasizes the importance of African people, taken as a single group and often equated with "Black people", in culture, philosophy, and history.

Ken:

Misconceptions, Misconstrued thoughts all around us, So much so its hard to tell what's real from what's not?

Who can separate the important from the frivolous, when society promotes its way into an entertainment melting pot?

Kemuel:

One half would argue that the purpose of it all is to have fun, so we toil in the sun or in school

So that we'd have enough capital to attract attention to effect some kind of satisfaction

So its all run run, get that money, spend that money.. ahh.. ok, now I feel happy

And eventually life slows down into a walk and the money no longer soaks it all up

And then the individual is left to wrestle with their respective frustrations

The Other Half would say its just surviving society's vicious lacerations

While stealing whatever entertainment available to cushion our bitter reality

Because if we face it without some counter force life would be one great tragedy

But throughout this glorious life it has been hard to tell which Black emerges victorious

Some start up as the very worse cleverly climb up and out the hood

Struggle to buy a car, but then I can't find my negro, he is lost under the hood

Others make it past the transport, and succeed enough to secure a place to live

And with the support of the entire community end up with enough money to give

But in between this charity, and living the middle class life they end up slaves to maintenance

All must be done to maintain what we have, the little disparity between us and the poor. Our sustenance.

And the basketballer and rapper types to my knowledge end up worse off than all other Blacks

Because while the poor works through college to stay out of the slums and shacks

And get some vague grasp of their own reality, the rich vogue is not ours exactly

Ken:

Ah! Incognegroes keep grabbing at what was fed down to us

And our culture bleeds and our needs pale compared to putting rims on that bus

Some bitter stereotypes we conform to, spend-rifts at best as rich as MC Hammer

In truth we never paint the picture,nor do we really follow the scriputes

Our version of black is handed down to us not by our forefathers

But this television, Internet, Radio trap called Media

This bible we follow is the world's most interactive encyclopedia

And after hours of interaction we adhere to the ideals of someone else

Even the ideals of ourself.

After hours of interaction we adhere to the ideals of someone else

Even the ideals of ourself.

Kemuel:

For once I agree with Ken. Some one please pass me some crix biscuits and match sticks

I'ma light up the minds of the pessimistic, myopic idea generation media driven children

Ask yourself, what is Black, what is your idea of Black?

Confused, maybe our concept of the color or the image has been subdued

So much so its a difficult concept to grasp completely, this Afro-centricty

But for spite the world has us believe differently

But believe me when I say tonight that Our Black is actually very, very white!

The Postmortem:

My synopsis is that we only lose if we succumb and leave things as they are

And we believe in this outcome of what we see, and never look far

Or simply beyond what the eye can see, their exists so much between the lines

Remember we are at war with the informants, so from here, behind enemy lines

Lets look beyond the fried chicken, fly vixens and smell what's brewing in the kitchen

Wake up and be a non conformist, develop your own Ideas

Because once you do it, I can do it.. this inspires

We can get a million dollars from a philanthropists

But our life can always be controlled by a ventriloquist