Zahir Kijani Poems

I’m standin with the cult of personality in living colour
Next to my man I got Huey’s back I wish I could save my brother
Keep adding the riddles and leavin dudes in suspense
Stand tearin up ya brain without makin any sense
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It’s the return of the Jedi
The empire strikes but I bet I
Thwart all of his plans
And make demands
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Part of me wants to hold you the other wants to break away
Part of me feels that you love me the other knows it's for play

Part of me wants to stay in school the other wants to dropp out
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Tears
Where have you gone?
The only way for me to release the shadows.
The only way to speak my mind
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Fingerprints, your fingerprints and mine are different
My fingerprints are not the same as yours
Your fingerprints are different from mine
So that makes our finerprints unique
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Why do I feel this? Why am I so hurt by this?
None of this makes any sense.
I was so desperate for her, I love her too much
I honestly don't have a good defense.
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This is a letter from me to you
To let you know that truly I do
But the words I say cannot be used freely
So this letter is telling you that I do really
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Hello my name is Hate and I was born in the beginning
I'm in a competition with Love but I seem to be winning
It's an autobiography so I guess I'll tell about some of my succession
Well, I was the reason the world went through the Great depression
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Hello my name is Corey and there's something I'd like to share
We've come a long way since fighting so rights would be fair
We had many helpers such as, Martin Luther King
Who helped many of my black people let freedom ring
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