Acid Rains on My City, but I See Rainbows in the Puddles

by Shabazz-Perez

• ISBN13: 9780533145287
• ISBN10: 0533145287
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-01
• Publisher: Vantage Pr

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Part One: Invocation
The lyrics to this poem	3	(1)
As I walk the city streets of Chicago	4	(1)
Cool breeze on a summer day	5	(1)
Now, let's cut it out	6	(1)
I'm searching for an answer	7	(1)
Dear Mother, when asked if I knew somebody	8	(1)
Dear Son	9	(1)
They said you were ugly because of your face	10	(1)
The world is sewed up and some	11	(2)
Outstanding Woman	13	(11)
Wake up, Black man, open your eyes	15	(2)
I be real bad	17	(1)
I stay high because life gives me a natural high	18	(5)
Part Two
Acid rains on my city	23	(1)
Retaliation	24	(28)
I wanna grab me an opti	35	(1)
I trust none	36	(1)
I am at a disadvantage because of the color of my skin	37	(1)
Black is a color	38	(3)
Ain't no nigger gone sit in my seat	41	(2)
Heavenly Father, please, hear me tonight	43	(2)
When I wanted the dead presidents	45	(2)
My mind is all bottled	47	(4)
Part Three
Although, the headlines are full of crime	51	(1)
Shot Down in the Middle of Daylight	52	(14)
Running past Nature	63	(2)
I cried last night	65	(1)
No-man's land	65	(1)
Remembering Africa	66	(1)
Serve me breakfast, white man	66	(1)
Hey, nigga!	67	(1)
Beautiful women fell from the sky	67	(1)
Harlem	67	(1)
Black	68	(1)
Free	68	(1)
Her eyes are like black emeralds	68	(1)
Quiet Tears	69	(1)
Sunshine	69	(1)
Tears for Mandela	70	(1)
Hear	71	(1)
Harlem-jazzed Brooklyn	71	(1)
White Man Talking to a Blind Boy	72	(41)
Black is bold!	72	(2)
This beautiful black woman	74	(1)
I pulled you in	74	(1)
Searching and seeking for life	75	(2)
Africa, beautiful	77	(7)
Sights of Blackness	84	(1)
Smells of Africa	84	(6)
Visions of pure, natural beauty	90	(1)
Little Black boy with your dreams	91	(1)
We used to love each other	92	(1)
Behind the shadow	92	(4)
Slowly, we made our way to the couch	96	(1)
I wanted to buy you something	97	(1)
When I let you touch me in places	98	(3)
You were so dumb and naive	101	(2)
As you breathed hard upon my breast	103	(1)
You ask 'em for their number	104	(1)
I heard a time bomb, tic, tic	105	(1)
These thoughts in my mind	106	(2)
Sometimes, I think God just put us together	108	(1)
All I know is myself	109	(2)
A picture from me means a picture from you	111	(2)
Addendum Poem of Author	113	(1)
Open Letter to Osama bin Laden: Brave Sons and Daughters Suite	113