FROM BARACK TO OJ

The Useful Negro: Volume IV (OJ Simpson)

OJ show got the Emmy sweep
Likely made the real Juice weep
Still exploiting his butt
Hard lesson about trust
Be careful of the friends that you keep

But now OJ is a Useful Negro
Used to be a football hero
Ran through airports
Hung out in resorts
Now his credibility is zero

Orenthal J. earned Black spite
He chose to side with Whites 
Didn't need us
Threw us under the bus
But came back after that fateful night

Wife Marguerite was Ride Or Die
OJ cheated, she gave him a bye
His life turned to crap
She still had his back
Had every reason to just let him fry

Our Useful Negro filled stadium seats
Hawked products. Nothing out of reach
Good looking - had swag
Squeezed him like a dishrag
Sucked him dry, not unlike a leech

Back to our Useful Negro, OJ
Whites deter...

What's The Next Play, Kap?

#NFL ballers chose 2 take a knee
The sentiment looks good to me
But what comes next?
Hood is still wrecked
Let's sew job and academic seeds

Public protests draw attention
Shocks idle minds out of detention
Without a plan
All is damned
Followers become too small to mention

I hear Kap donated one million
Hope other follow. Coffers need fillin'
Gotta keep our youth busy
Schools and jobs needed, really!
Econ development to stop the killing

Not all like to hear Ray Lewis' words
His off-field actions laid a big turd
Does lotta charity work
Not such a jerk
The haters may not have heard

Kap could follow Ray's lead
Jalen Rose has filled Detroit needs
Plenty of examples
Don't need to keep rambling
Time to start pulling the weeds

NBC Drowns Simone Manuel's Big Moment

Simone Manuel made barrier crack
NBC put knife in her back
Didn't cover medal stand
Told us Talk To The Hand
This is just a big Phelps stack

BlackGirlMagic came out of nowhere
Gave old stereotypes a big stare
They gave her no shot
But she hit the jackpot
Yet the networks did not even care

Another Stanford alum of note
Was called a thug and a joke
Simone came through
Didn’t get her due
One more Black scholar handed their coat

This may be a teachable moment
Media was Simone’s opponent
Careful who you trust
Bones may be ground to dust
Only cash makes them your proponent

Was it something Simone said?
Had no hijab on her head
She gave inspiration
NBC exploits a poor nation
Hope they sleep well in their beds

Olympic darlings are pre-selected

All others get rejected

FROM BARACK TO OJ

Barack Obama

Angelic face

Immaculate taste

Couldn't be outpaced

But wasn't a GOP ace

Repeal and Replace

Resurface and Re-face

Make him a public disgrace

So no one like him would book his place

Book it

Cory Booker

Booking a slot for 2020

Will need a ton of money

The path won’t be bright and sunny

After Obama, they won't think it's funny

Because bees love to make honey

Queen Bee

Beyonce’

Epic performance at the Super Bowl

Left some of the people quite cold

Broke too far out of her mold

Plenty of World Tour tickets sold

BeeHive will strike you down cold

Because she’s not one you can scold

Just Because

Bill Cosby

Broke barriers down on TV

Respected his word sea to sea

Bu...

Girl, I Guess I'm With Her

Girl, I guess I’m with her

Tho’ I’d love to have someone else

Early on I was feeling the Bern

But that’s not how enough people felt

Girl, I suppose I’m with her

Don’t want Trump to pick Supreme Court

No telling who he would come up with

Another Scalia may be in his port

Girl, I guess I’ll bear with her

At a critical time she was silent on Trayvon

Didn’t want to offend swing voters

Knew she had a firewall to lean on

Girl, I guess I’ll stay with her

Not sure that the love is returned

She called black youth “Super Predators”

You would think we would have learned

Girl, I guess I’ll vote for her

My conscience tells me I should not

Been better to groom our own person

White House Slaves Were Well Fed

Bill O'Reilly made an insensitive claim

Slaves who built the White House were well fed

I'm sure they had great union protection

Do what massa tells you to do or be dead

Bill tried to walk back his dumb-ass comments

I doubt the slaves ever lived above squalor

He needed to just shut the *** up

It’s not like they were paid a dollar

He’s just another slavery whitesplainer

Wants the last word on that awful practice

Dude should’ve kept that to himself

His words were as prickly as cactus

Bonehead Bill claims he was just stating facts

History claims his story's true to life

But why even say such a thing?

He's an agitator looking for a fight

O’Reilly was never friends with Obama

Relationship with them never been great

He'd just like to remain rel...

MOTHERS OF THE MOVEMENT

#MothersOfTheMovement on stage
Had the look of tigers caged
Shared pain publicly
In full view of #DNC
Don’t have option to disengage

#MothersOfTheMovement on stage
Swallowed barely concealed rage
All lost a child
But bravely smiled
Used this 2 turn emotional page

#MothersOfTheMovement on stage
Could’ve vanished, but chose to stay
Don’t want credit
Or a sympathy edit
To join this club, a heavy price paid

#MothersOfTheMovement on stage
Some mighty deep waters to wade
Put the guns down
Keep kids above ground
Not the time to play Political games 

#MothersoftheMovement on stage
Worth of this image hard to gauge
Some see vindication
Others see exploitation
Value of this meeting revealed with age

No Justice for Freddie Gray

Baltimore charges were dropped
Freddie Gray justice was stopped
No help from police
Wheels were greased
Corruption existed from bottom to top

Cops took Gray for a “rough ride”
The trip ended in homicide
Here’s the cops line
He broke his own spine
Clearly someone has just lied

Baltimore case was a big mess
Prosecuting cops is a tough test
Cross the Blue Line
They’ll have your behind
May get a bullet in your chest

Mosby went against the grain
Results predictable and plain
Judge in cahoots
With men in blue suits
System left her out in the rain

Marilyn is pursuing reforms
The process needs new norms
Every police case
Should be heard in federal space
Helps avoid a big local storm

Mosby needs a lot of support
She took a real beating in court
Nothing will change
T...