2013
is over and a new year is upon us. Look. Let me straight to the point. Last
year, we stood in silence as white men were named favorite RnB and favorite Hip
Hop males at awards shows. Wait, The Grammys will be coming up later this month
so more of them will be given awards that usually go to Black artists. Black
artists, the reason your awards were and are being given to white folks is because
most of you have chosen to sing and rap about bullshit. You don’t put the work
into your artistry like brothaz and sistas did before you back in the day.
There are not too many RnB singing blacks today who work as hard as Gladys
Knight and Marvin Gaye did back in their day. The only relief seems to come
from the neo soul artists like Jill Scott, Chrisette Michelle, Ledisi, Eric
Benet and Maxwell. The RnB singers haven’t done jack! Wait, I can’t forget my
man, Avant. In 2014, you all need to step your game up. Rappers stop using
Nigger in your lyrics. Rap more about what’s going on politically and racially
in your community. This is what the new white rappers talk about, hence, why
they were given all of the hip hop awards for favorite hip hop artists in 2013.
The white rappers never use the word Nigger in their raps and they out rapped
all of you last year. Blacks rappers,
return to hip hop and regain your thrown as the originators of hip hop and real
MC-ing!
Next,
black females need to reclaim their femininity in 2014. All of this hardness is
not attractive. Enough with the mean faces in public. Enough with the foul
mouth language. Enough with the weaves. Enough with the hair hats. Enough with
the damn tattoos! Enough with the booty implants. Enough with the thickness,
fat-ness and obesity. LOSE WEIGHT God-dammit! I don’t want to hear that crap about
how you are fine and ok with your BIG self. That’s a damn lie! Start dieting
and exercising not now, but RIGHT NOW! Enough with having all of these damn children
with no husband! You were created by God as the very first image of womanhood
and beauty for the world to idolize. Now, most black females today look, talk,
and act like husky, thuggish men in drag! It’s time for a major organic make
over ladies. Enough with the supporting of reality shows where Black women are
acting a damn fool. Enough! It time for the Black woman return to her thrown as
the actual queen of the university. You can’t do this until you; yourself
recognize that there is a problem. Finally, return to reading the cultural
books again like sistaz used to do in large numbers back in the 1990s when the
poetry scene was hot.
Finally,
Men, it’s time to take back black! Men, (myself included) we need to stop the
lying, the cheating, and sleeping with whores and tramps if your goal is to
actually connect with a sista who is serious about being in a relation with
you. Pull your pants up DAMMIT! Stop sticking your penis inside a female
without a condom and then turn around and bitch and cry about the child support
system kicking your ass. Even though she may have given you permission to hit
it raw, if she is not your wife, DON’T do it dumbass! I always speak up for
Black men, but when many of us are doing stupid things and acting like
hooligans, it makes it hard for me to stand up for the humanity and existence
of Black men. The black man in his original state is the standard for masculinity
and manhood. Hence, why these white boys like Justin Beiber and Justin
Timberlake try to copy our look, our sound, and most certainly our African
swag! Of course, often imitated but never duplicated.
In
order for the Black community to take back our Blackness, we have to work
together. We have to start being honest with each other about our true feelings.
We have to start loving on each other again. We have to apologize to each and
make amends for any ugly behavior we have shown towards each other and start
fresh in this New Year. I want to propose that everyone who reads this article
begin having conversational “get togethers” with black men and black women in
the city where you live. I mean really get together complete with food, drink,
light music in a warm and safe environment where a conversation about what we
can do to take back our blackness in 2014. Don’t be afraid to tell the truth in
these conversations. We are talking out of love and concern. If anyone in the city
of Memphis and in Dallas/Fort Worth area would like to into invite me to one of
these get together conversations just me know. I would love to participate. I
am approaching 2014 with high hopes and high energy. While everyone is hosting
conversations, I will be working through my newly formed non-profit
organization, A Call For Healing, INC. to do more by way of mental health as it
relates to our young men and women. So, WE ALL have our assignments. Ok. Together
on the count of three….1,2,3 TAKE BACK BLACK!
