I recently heard this poem and want to know who wrote it. If you know, please tell me. By the way, I missed a few stanzas that I forgot, and some of the words may be a little off.
I Wanna Hear a Poem
I wanna hear a poem about revolution
About fists raised high and hips twisting in a rumble
Like a rumba
I wanna follow in the footsteps of Che
And hear the truth about the day
The CIA killed Lumumba
I wanna hear a poem about struggle
So that when I open my mouth
I can step outside myself
I wanna hear no less than the cries of protest
From the factories where workers sweat
Making Air Jordans and Pro-Keds
Because
If you wanna take shots at people
Target Phil Knight and Bill Gates and
Contemplate
How they own the products and
They got the goods
How they act like they care
But they’re just robbin’ hoods
And, because every second matters
I wanna hear long poems and short poems
And poems about time and it’s limits
Because it took less than three minutes
To attack Abner Louima
Frame Assada Shakur
And destroy Hiroshima
To kill Eleanor Bumpers
And Anthony Baez
To gun down Malcolm
With bullets they bought from the feds.
I wanna hear a poem where ideas touch
Similies so deeply metaphors get jealous
Where the subject matters so much
Adjectives start holdin’ pro-noun rallies at City Hall
I wanna hear a poem that attacks the status quoe
That attracts the claps of the cats with the fattest flo
That causes the crowd to pass the hat
And pack my cap with a fat stack-o-dough
And makes the audience say “Ho!”
I WANNA SEE A POEM!
I WANNA FEEL A POEM!
I WANNA TASTE A POEM!
PASS ME YOUR SPOT ON THE MIKE IF YOU WASTE A POEM!
I WANNA HEAR A POEM!!!