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A Black Christmas

from Gratitude by TONY B. CONSCIOUS

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A song dedicated to Christmas from a "Conscious" Black man's point of View.

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A BLAcK CHRISTMAS

I’m dreaming of a Black christmas when we truly take to heart
How we began to celebrate this holiday from the start
How they gave us time off on the plantation when we we were slaves
And made sure we became quote, unquote “saved” especially on this day

See, we weren’t singing no “Silent Night”
Cause instead of silent nights, we had violent fights
With slave masters who got drunk off rum, and would run
To rape our mothers and sistahs cause they had the right

So I dream of our people giving to each other every day in every way
Not just on this holiday that ain’t no holy day in the first place
For, even in the bible, it says Jesus wasn’t born on this day
So what are celebrating, anyway ?

Could it be we’re giving reference to S-U-N in the sky ?
And if it’s so, then YO, ask yourself why
See, our people have been fed a big fat lie

But, I’m dreaming of a BLAK christmas
Where we do not hang no wreath on our door, what for ?
Nor do we put up mistletoe
That’s not one of our traditions from long ago

Where we do not contribute to the destruction of Mother Earth’s forests
By cutting down and decorating our houses with trees
That are only utilized for 2 weeks,
because we are connected to nature, see
And don’t do things aimlessly

Where we do not donate to toys for tots
Or any other organizations that do not
Give our communities a second thought

But “when you believe in things you don’t understand, you suffer”

That’s why our financial situation always gets rougher
(especially after christmas)

But, I’m dreaming of a BLAK christmas
Where we quit giving all of these malls our hard earned cash
For stuff we really don’t need, that’s cheap and eventually ends up in the trash

We could support BLAK owned stores
Buy items that are culturally worth more
Where you actually get what you pay for
So that our children will be enlightened and won’t get ignored

Save most of the money and do what our ancestors did, which is plan
On how to make every black girl into a QUEEN
And every young brotha into a KING and a strong black man
We should not always be celebrating their customs and traditions
For most of them were forced upon us and not given,
Just like their religion

So, I’m dreaming of a BLAK christmas
Where we don’t overdose our bodies nor our children’s
with candy and sweets
That do nothing more for us than rot our teeth
Giving us cavities and clogging up our arteries

I dream of a christmas where we don’t intake all these foods
Like the hog and egg nog that makes us sick
And we teach our children about real heroes and sheroes
Not put them on the lap of some mythological, demonic character called SAINT NICK

Where we teach that which we lost to make them empowered
Not showered with images that psychologically devour
Their self-esteem in this final hour

I’m dreaming of a christmas where there are no bums on the street
With nothing to eat
Cause we know they are a part of you and me

We should be feeding them meals, not creating more bills
See, we don’t need to be singing deck the halls, nor jingle bells
But we should be celebrating the divine spirit in our shells

Cause things Eurocentric are not authentic
Representations of the sophistication
That is a trademark of the BLAK nation

So I guess the kind of christmas that I am fond of
Isn’t a christmas at all, it’s more like a KWANZAA
But “when you believe in things you don’t understand, then you suffer”
And that’s why life for us continues to get rougher...

So to all of my unconscious brothas and sistahs
PLEASE WAKE UP and let’s have a BLAK christmas !!!

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from Gratitude, released December 1, 2014
Music taken from D' Angelo's song "ALRIGHT"

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TONY B. CONSCIOUS Los Angeles, California

A renaissance man (Harlem Renaissance that is), TONY B. CONSCIOUS
is the personification of AFRICAN- AMERICAN culture.

He is (amongst other things) A B-BOY, BEATBOX,EMCEE, GRAFFITI/VISUAL ARTIST (known as “THE GHETTO VAN-GO”), Poet/ Spoken Word Artist, Vocalist, AUTHOR, ACTIVIST, VEGAN VEGETARIAN and PHILOSOPHER.

ALSO a member of THE UNIVERSAL ZULU NATION and THE TEMPLE OF HIP HOP. ... more

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