You know who I am.....I am the reflective voice of James Baldwin.......

                  the out and front swagger the coolness of Langston Hughes......

      I....Am the BURNING REVOLUTION of Amiri Amorou Baraccccccc-
Ahhh!   
                               
      the liberating voice of Nikki Giovanni—the pumping fist of Angela Davis—

      Black folks screaming "FREEDOM"! Yeah, can you dig it? 

      I am the soothing voice of Maya Angelou—the swirling dancing words of

      Sonia Sanchez—I am the empowering spirit of Malcolm X—the driving
voice of

      Dr. Martin Luther King—

      This is my rhythm/my breath /my life/this is the song I sing—

      SWING HARLEM SWING

      I am the intellect/strength and courage of Fredrick Douglas

      and Harriet Tubman—the factual ideas of W.E.B. Dubois—you can
find them all here

      within me—in the songs of praise I bring—so dance hard/dance
strong/dance proud and

      dance long—   

 

      so go on Harlem— 

   
      SWING HARLEM SWING  

 

      The rise of tall buildings/Children playing outside on the side
walks/listening to the
   
      sounds of their elders voices speaking of the years before Harlem had
changed—

      "hush your mouth child when grown folks sang—go on child and dream
your dreams"

     
      SWING HARLEM SWING

 

     Soul choirs singin' on the corners at the stairwell of the subways—on
125th and
    
     Lennox—singing songs of salvation—while the New Israelites preach—

     "They try and push out and take away what is yours!"—Jazz music/cool
spoken word

     from the 449 poetic words from Mother/Father talking life divine/cars
moving fast/

     blaring past/playing old school hip hop tracks— 

 

     You know who I   M

     you know who I    B

     The spirit of Harlem—
     
     The soul of America-

     Hear me well what I sing—

     

     Go on Harlem —

     SWING HARLEM! SWING!