Author: JC Hughes

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Black at Beijing

Written by C Hues

February 15, 2022

Black at Beijing
That’s a feeling that’ll sting
To be visible yet invisible
Representin’ the indivisible dream
If you succeed, it’s impossible
And when you fail, it’s a meme
But what nobody understands
Everyday for us is Black at Beijing

If you Black at Tokyo, they give you the red light
But ROC at Beijing, heyyy, it’s alright
Still, with a will of steel we fulfill the dream
We are the GOLD that we win for our team
We transcend and transform, with intelligent reaction
Break barriers for the youth like Erin Jackson
And we can see Robinson inspirin’ Marino 
Cuz Jackie is a classic, jus ask Tarantino

[  Citation: Olympics.com. “Julia Marino”. Olympic silver medalist and snowboarder, Julia Marino, says she is inspired by Jackie Robinson and that he is one of her heroes. ]
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The only one in the room

Written by C Hues

February 10, 2022

When you’re the only black kid in your history class, expect to teach the lesson
So you’re the only black kid in the store, security will follow you and tell a lie
When you’re the only black kid in your history class, the pain will never lessen
So you’re the only black kid in beauty school, and fix your hair with conk and lye

Since I am the only black man in the office, make sure to talk LOUDLY and PROJECT
She’s the only black woman at the concert, all the metal fans whisper and give her stares
Since I am the only black man in the office, is that why they’re mocking my project?
She’s the only black woman at the swim meet, so she quits and takes the stairs.
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Currency

Written by C Hues

February 9, 2022

		                Who should be on our currency?
				2Pac, Biggie, Nas, or Curren$y?
				One Franklin gone, another to supersede him
				Parks, Coretta Scott King, Ali
				
				Jimi Hendrix on the five, smashin’ a fender
				Pac still alive, no more pretenders
				Harriet bumps Hamilton, a new era starts
				Women get equal pay as the ten changes gender

				Jefferson tried to escape what happened w/ Hemings
				Jackie Robinson endured in and outta the innings
				But light will shine on history’s darker people
				42 on the 2 and the real hero’s winning

				Bass Reeves replaces Andrew Jackson
				Thurgood Marshall on the dollar gains traction
				“If only”, some say like it’s just a dream
				But nothing is gained through lack of action
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Anger

Written by C Hues

February 1, 2022

                                Rage rode Baldwin right to France
				Indignation made the Nation
				Fury forced Malcolm to take his stance
				Ire hit apartheid with sanction
				
				Anger cannot tell the tale
				Anger cannot break the ceiling
				All Anger does is fail
				Because Anger is just a feeling
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The Golden Age

Written by C Hues

January 28, 2022

                The box we watched was full of fakes
		Mobster and ad man, meth cook and beat cop
		The Golden Age bred silver tongued snakes
		Yet we tuned in and could not stop

		From Roger to Don
		From Chris to Tony
		From McNulty to Stringer
		They all were phony
	
		We saw them kill, torture and steal
		Just hoping they would come around
		We waited and waited and still
		Their souls stayed lost and never found

		From Roger to Don
		From Chris to Tony
		From McNulty to Stringer
		Souls lost and lonely