Two quick pieces from my Facebook page:
I.
Let me see your papers
lemmie see the stamp
given your ancestors
as they passed through
Ellis Island
'cause
I don't think you're a citizen
Yo'
momma aint' have no passport
word is she was illegal
claimin' people as relatives
when it wasn't so
changed her name
so she could fit in
lemmie see your papers
'cause I'm not convinced
your pappy didn't
overstay his visa
knocked up
a citizen to get that green card
that would make you
an Anchor baby
like them
puritans
and calvinists
who
weighed anchors
off this shore
and trespassed
on north American soil
where
they received free health care
welfare in the form of
this is how you grow food
lemmie see your papers
like America is
Smith
Adams
Johnsons
And Madison
but
Uche
Tunde
and Kojo
been here as long as you
Mohammed
beat you to these shores
and showed Columbus the way
and besides
weren't y'all
the same fools
who just a few
wanted to
change the constitution
so the terminator
could run?
We know the deal
if you're white
you're alllllllright
browns can stick around
so long as you
show me your papers.
II.
Jim Crow
done seen new light
you'd
think trump had an alter to that ancestor
musta
poured mad libations
in order to become a vessel
for that spirit
can't blame it on the alcohol
channeling old English stand by's
like
citizenship papers
soon
Obama's gonna have ta
read portions of the constitution
you know
the part that says
nigga you can't vote here
or
put your name on a ballot
unless
ol' jim crow
set him down
and confirm he
be that
responsible negro
he
must think this be
back when
negroes went
rented out by masters
to apprentice
papers in hand
like
black boys in NYC
where fugitive slave codes
called stop and frisk
rule the land
like
donations and philanthropy
can buy ones way outta
jack assery
but
niggas still
gonna roll up in Atlantic City
but hopefully
now that Obamas shown the papers
he'll back bone up
and make 'em show us
the taxes.
(17 years of informed commentary)
