Universe

Universe (Amiri Baraka Inspired)

(we travel the space ways from planet to planet)

Because

We travel the space way from planet to planet

Next stop, Mars

Because Earth is ghetto as hell

And if I'm going to war, why not chill with Aries the fire sign

And what would I take with me

A Nikki Giovanni book, a jazz record and a blunt

Because

We travel the space ways from planet to planet

Next stop Saturn

Let's go ice skating until we are dizzy from the milky-way fumes

Let's speak in space languages such as silence, because English isn't welcomed due to what it did to black people

If you listen closely, the universe will tell you everything you need to know

Because

We travel the space ways from planet to planet

Next stop Jupiter

Colors matter in this one

It holds a significance, a power structure

A mass of anticipation

What or who is here with such energy

Because

We travel the space ways from planet to planet

Next stop Neptune

Blue oh blue you

Blues, Jazz, classical, you

Teach me how to speak music

Blue oh blue you

Country music and Hiphop

Hip, hop, don't stop blue

Because

We travel the space ways from planet to planet

Next stop pluto

And I don't mean the dog on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

I mean that child of the final frontier

Can you feel the spirit of startrek

Oh pluto, I scream your name

Because

We travel the space ways from planet to planet

Next stop Mercury

Isn't that in fish

Can you smell it, taste it

Do you have Louisiana hot sauce to coat it with a side of potato salad

Black mama, get the grease ready

For frying

Where is the black iron skillet

We are gonna have a fish fry

And you are invited

Because

We travel the space ways from planet to planet

Next stop Uranus

Need I say more

It's gonna be your a$$ if you F with me

Talk to me any kind of way, we don't do disrespect here

We do king and Queen ish here

A diamond in the rough

So if I were you, I wouldn't try to act so tough

Because

We travel the space ways from planet to planet

Next stop Venus

Where women are made of

Our coarse hair

Our thick legs, thick lips,

Thick accents, full hips

Breasts that can feed eveyone

Because

We travel the space ways from planet to planet

Next stop Earth

The moon is too cold and the sun is too hot

So here we are

Back to the human race

Where human isn't as human as it may seem

The stars told me a story with all of zodiacs and sent me back here

My job is to spread the word but earth isn't ready for the truth of whom we are

That's why our history, our language, our mental state are shattered into millions of pieces.

Those pieces are the stars

But you're not ready for that conversation

Or are you

Because

We travel the spaces ways from planet to planet....

(c) jenavia Powell 2025 Dashiki Mentality