bogarting a name: omowale
a freestyle inspired by Malcolm, Uncle, Jimmy, Knowing God & my mother .
They put Moses in jail! They put Daniel in Jail! why, you haven’t got a Man of God in the bible who wasn’t put in jail when they started speaking up against exploitation and oppression.
Malcolm X, May 5th, 1962. Who Taught You To Hate Yourself.
My mother cried God gave me my babies back! to a freedom party, where only one baby was present. and him? his father says that he understands needing multiple personalities. he was a star athlete. he said love is a thing that looks, but he didn’t say it like that. only i do, because i know he looked, and i’ve had to learn to look for love in ways i shouldn’t have had to: Look. God gave me my babies back!
That’s what Malcolm was told when he was at Ibadan university. They named him “Omowale”.
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