I believe people are afraid to be alone with there own thoughts. They are scared to think outside of the box and become conscious. Because it brings them to reality and that reality might hurt. Ultimately resulting in pain. Pain can cause discomfort and a list of mental states. However one cannot be afraid to think or question their condition or even ones spirituality. Once people start to think and question everything, then true education is birth. Not spoon feed gruel from an oppressor. The King James Version of the bible was published in 1611. The first African slaves were brought to America in 1619. (The abolishment of slavery was not ratified in congress until December 6, 1865. So when you are celebrating the nations independence from Great Britain in 1776 just think African slaves were still enslaved.) Now slaves were not allowed to read. But they were taught a religion different from what they knew. They were taught horrified stories of punishment for bad behavior and the depths of hell in effort to keep control. All taught from a book they could not read. A foreign language. So forget they could not read. They could not even comprehend the words that were coming out of the "master's" mouth. So for generation after generation the African culture was scattered, hidden and perverted. Now if a slave was caught reading they were brutally beaten or killed. Yet they were consistently taught new ways and religion. Why would one group of people be treated so inhumane and disrespected for over 400 years? I started my journey by reading the bible book of Deuteronomy, chapter 28. And doing more and more consistent research. As an educator I have always taught my students to read, read and read more. "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children." Hosea 4:6 Always remember your Creator loves you and wants his children to know the truth of their heritage and of his love. Since you are the creator And you created me I can't help but to succeed Because I was created in the image of the one who created me. You showed off when you created me Designing me with beautiful creativity A beautiful mind you created me A capturing smile beyond pretty An expression of style to release Your beauty and creativity within me Thank you my creator for creating me #justme #LyricalGenius #JamikaB My people unite against bogus rules and strife Come together Learn to be polite You get more If we bond And unite Against jealousy And false rights Where's the justice When a child dies Does anyone even cry Or did we learn To go on With our lives When the innocent dies My tears get so heavy They froze like ice So heavy it can ignite I just wonder when Will we unite And fight back for what's right Our human bill of rights The 10 laws God left in sight My people let's UNITE! This shit is out of sight It's time to stand up and fight Stand on our might The strength of a diamond The pressure to make bright Hold that thang high Bond together and UNITE! Red for the fire, Brown for the skin, Black to the dirt where we rose again, #justme #LyricalGenius #JamikaB Copyright 2014 © Jamika Babbitt
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Flashback...I am simply obsessed with my own look here. I love the prints I used to mix. It completes the outfit. Paired with the perfect leather riding jacket and cute booties to seal the deal! #justme #LyricalGenius #JamikaB Many times we worry too much on how will we make it through tough situations. How will we ever afford a luxury vacation. Or even how will we get the money to pay our bills. When your attitude is right the facts don't count. Please believe you are blessed and have everything you need. Be grateful and watch The Lord show you what you want... Psalm 23 King James Version (KJV)23 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. Above Art from @ziggyzip on Instagram. Above art by @pinklomein_ on Instagram. Stay THRIFTY... Copyright 2014 © Jamika Babbitt Assata Shakur Assata Shakur letter from around 1998: Like most poor and oppressed people in the United States, I do not have a voice. Black people, poor people in the U.S. have no real freedom of speech, no real freedom of expression and very little freedom of the press. The black press and the progressive media has historically played an essential role in the struggle for social justice. We need to continue and to expand that tradition. We need to create media outlets that help to educate our people and our children, and not annihilate their minds. I am only one woman. I own no TV stations, or Radio Stations or Newspapers. But I feel that people need to be educated as to what is going on, and to understand the connection between the news media and the instruments of repression in Amerika. All I have is my voice, my spirit and the will to tell the truth. Kathleen Cleaver Interview with Kathleen Cleaver | The Two Nations of Black America-PBS INTERVIEWER: What was it that was appealing to you about the Black Panther Party? CLEAVER: I encountered the Black Panther Party when I was in SNCC. I had gotten involved with the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee at the same time that it articulated black power as its position. I was a student in New York, and I started working in the New York office. The Black Power Movement challenged all the preconceived notions of blacks not being able to determine their own destiny. It was essentially a very nationalistic self-determination position. And what appealed to me about the Black Panther Party was that it took that position of self-determination and articulated it in a local community structure, had a program, had a platform and an implementation through the statement of how blacks should exercise community control over education, housing, business, military service. INTERVIEWER: Why did the Panthers-SNCC coalition fall apart? CLEAVER: I think it was totally misunderstood on both sides, what was intended. When Stokely Carmichael was drafted by Huey Newton in May of 1967, as a member of the Black Panther Party, he was very proud of it. He went around showing his scroll. SNCC had a central committee that made decisions. Stokely Carmichael was becoming a very public and highly note notorious person, more so than anyone in SNCC had ever been. So there was a lot of conflict in SNCC about how decisions were being made. The Black Panther Party had a very small, tight central committee, and decisions were made by consensus. And the consensus in the Black Panther Party was that SNCC should be merged into the Black Panther Party. This was not discussed with SNCC. So when James Foreman was drafted as minister of foreign affairs and Rap Brown as minister of justice and Stokely Carmichael as prime minister, this was not something that had been ratified or discussed by the leadership structure of SNCC. And so the failure to understand the two organizational differences plus some intervention on the part of police agents that made sure it collapsed, led to the disintegration of it. Angela Davis Interview with Angela Davis | The Two Nations of Black America-PBS INTERVIEWER: Your mentor, Herbert Marcuse once back in '58, as I recall, said that one of the things that would happen as blacks made gains in the civil rights movement was that there would be the creation of a black bourgeoisie and that's certainly been one of the things that's happened as we look back from the vantage point of 1997. How do you see the role of the black bourgeoisie in the continuing struggle? DAVIS: Actually we've had a black bourgeoisie or the makings of a black bourgeoisie for many more decades.... if we look at one of our great leaders, W.E.B. Du Bois, he was associated with a very minuscule black bourgeoisie in the 19th century so this is not something that is substantively new although the numbers of black people who now count themselves among the black bourgeoisie certainly does make an enormous difference. In a sense the quest for the emancipation of black people in the US has always been a quest for economic liberation which means to a certain extent that the rise of black middle class would be inevitable. What I think is different today is the lack of political connection between the black middle class and the increasing numbers of black people who are more impoverished than ever before. Elaine Brown Interview with Angela Davis | The Two Nations of Black America-PBS INTERVIEWER: Your mentor, Herbert Marcuse once back in '58, as I recall, said that one of the things that would happen as blacks made gains in the civil rights movement was that there would be the creation of a black bourgeoisie and that's certainly been one of the things that's happened as we look back from the vantage point of 1997. How do you see the role of the black bourgeoisie in the continuing struggle? DAVIS: Actually we've had a black bourgeoisie or the makings of a black bourgeoisie for many more decades.... if we look at one of our great leaders, W.E.B. Du Bois, he was associated with a very minuscule black bourgeoisie in the 19th century so this is not something that is substantively new although the numbers of black people who now count themselves among the black bourgeoisie certainly does make an enormous difference. In a sense the quest for the emancipation of black people in the US has always been a quest for economic liberation which means to a certain extent that the rise of black middle class would be inevitable. What I think is different today is the lack of political connection between the black middle class and the increasing numbers of black people who are more impoverished than ever before. Stay THRIFTY... Don't want this thing, but can't let go Oh how I love Your warming grace So beautiful in many ways Oh let me count the ways they say I can spend in eternity Counting for days Oh Lord your saving grace In raptured of Your face In which I seek day after day In the praises of Your name In EL I will praise For You have given us this day All glory to Your name #justme #LyricalGenius #JamikaB Stay THRIFTY... Copyright 2014 © Jamika Babbitt Moments There was that moment in life where I could admit, I didn't trust I AM. I only saw the visual image of Christ as man. Growing up I developed trust issues. Those trust issues started with a man, continued with a man and lasted till I said I do. Then I relived the pain. Day by day my trust issues remained. But I continued to go to church, to hear a word from the LORD. But deep down inside I was torn. of my soul lied resentment, bitter, anger, jealousy, pain, confusion. All brought on the storm with heavy rains. I cried every day in remembrance of the early pain that lingered to my current day. I was at such disarray. Confused, hurt, mad and pissed. One day I told I Am I didn't trust HIM. For every man in my life beginning with my earthly father broke my trust. And lead me on a path of delusion to what trusting was. By the time I said I do my soul was battered but what was soon to come, made it shatter. He was the one I needed the most. The one I needed to depend on and hold. I never imagined, I would see the day I looked up to the heavens and begged I Am to kill me. I cried and cried my shattered soul cried. She wanted to die. I was furious with I AM. I cried out every night Why LORD oh why Oh LORD PLEASE! let me die. The smell of death was nigh. I told I AM I did not trust him this time. He was the ruling MAN in line. All I could see was the face they painted me. a man in time, unaware I silently despised. For the struggle to trust his kind. I AM heard my cry and although I tried he never let me die. Instead he shone his light. So I could open my eyes and see within me. The queen I must be the warrior in me. So I begin to read. In search of all great things. I AM THAT I AM said HIS Temple lies in me. I fell to my knees in true standing that I AM dwells in me. He created me for great things. A Temple for HIS dwellings. At that moment I stood to trust thee. For how can The Creator feed and shelter the fowls and the beast and forsake me. For I am, I AM's temple. He has to protect me. I am, I AM's creation. He has to guide me. For I am, I AM's child. He has to provide for me. Now there's a new moment in life where I will commit to trust I AM because I AM THAT I AM chose me! Copyright 2014 © Jamika Babbitt Purple haze, all in my brain #JimiHendrix #PurpleHaze You worked hard u became a god over these things The King has made you king And ruler over many So don't take the passenger seat Roar up like a lion And take heed The kingdom is yours he gave it to ye #justme #LyricalGenius #JamikaB Above Art from @omgq_the_walkingmovie on Instagram. People wonder what is she looking at How can I stare into nothing like a sunset But I see the beauty in everything Even a mess... #justme #LyricalGenius #JamikaB The Strangest Secret by Earl Nightingale- You become what you think about most of the time. Proverbs 23:7 (KJV) "Cherish your visions. Cherish your ideals. Cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow all delightful conditions, all heavenly environment, of these, if you but remain true to them your world will at last be built." - James Allen Above Art by @pinklomein_ on Instagram. Since you are the Creator And you created me I can't help but to succeed Because I was created in the image of the one who created me. You showed off when you created me Designing me with beautiful creativity A beautiful mind you created me A capturing smile beyond pretty An expression of style to release Your beauty and creativity within me Thank you my Creator for creating me #justme #LyricalGenius #JamikaB Stay THRIFTY... Copyright 2014 © Jamika Babbitt Beautiful art by @fvbrix on Instagram. This piece inspires me to think and to write and read about King David and his unicorn #psalms92 You chose her 'cause she's sweet as pie Take what you give, even your life But baby, are happy without me? She scrubs your back, washes your clothes Gives you everything that you ask for But don't you ever want more? #MyLove by #JillScott American Idiot There once was an American idiot that did UNDERSTAND The principles and knowledge at her hands She overcame all the obstacles That tried to interrupt the visions in her mind to bring her great luck Never realizing she would become stuck Caught in a system known to be corrupt Believing a dream that was never meant for her Knocked down to tears as the dream deferred The American idiot that did UNDERSTAND The fouls of the wicked and their plan Governed by a system written from the master hand All awhile her ancestors worked the master land Fooled by the media to become the American dream Working like a slave in hopes to never see poverty And when that dream started to become distant That's when her eyes opened to realize what was missin The Queen in her was slippin Where was her positive image? But she UNDERSTOOD it Just where they put it Out of her mind and reach The American dream for the American idiot that STOOD UNDER in defeat She had to close her eyes so she could finally see... Peace #JustMe #LyricalGenius #JamikaB Stay THRIFTY... Copyright 2014 © Jamika Babbitt I do not ask for much, but to be left alone with a hookah and left in peace. I am a High Maintenance woman with priorities. Right now I understand I cannot live lavishly, so I take my high maintenance ways and act accordingly. See when you educate yourself people began to get scared. They think you will learn some secret and leave. But there is no secret except the fact we is FREE! My soul was bought with a price so I am priceless. But sometimes I feel like I have to act a certain way just to be free these days. They locked me up in a mental hospital and all I wanted to do was teach. I am not ashamed of what you may call a tragedy. You see I am a pillar of my community and I teach the truth to whomever comes to me. But some people did not like or even understand my style or poise so they tried to flip the script on me by saying no honey you are crazy. Niggaz will never be free. You are crazy. But I kept saying No It Was Written in our destiny. So they fired me. Not the first time they tried to shut me up and might not be the last. But I have been last for a long time and My God said the last shall be first. Same difference but the same will be last. I have someone to rule not him or you, but me. I said stop bothering me, I kept saying. They refused, so I continued to praise not pray but give thanks because it was written of these days. Before I knew I was free I smelt death upon me. I had done everything I needed to succeed but still it came to be for me to feel desolate and deceased. But I now have the knowledge of what is best for me. So I will continue to teach and more through my writings even if they will not hire me. Had a preschool tell me I was over qualified. Told me they liked to get them ready first before they came to someone like me. But I asked them would it not be best, if they were taught by someone like me. To ease the transition that may not need to be. Because are we not all teachers when we teach, the right things. I don't know maybe it is just me. Story of my life so I will let it be. Peace... Copyright 2014 © Jamika Babbitt The young lions lack and suffer hunger; 11 Come, you children, listen to me; Who is the man who desires life, 4 I sought the LORD, and He heard me, They looked to Him and were radiant, This poor man cried out, and the LORD heard him, 34 I will bless the LORD at all times; My soul shall make its boast in the LORD; Oh, magnify the LORD with me, The angel of the LORD encamps all around those who fear Him, 8 Oh, taste and see that theLORD is good; Oh, fear the LORD, you His saints! 13 Keep your tongue from evil, Depart from evil and do good; 15 The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, 16 The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, 17 The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears, The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, He guards all his bones; Evil shall slay the wicked, 22 The LORD redeems the soul of His servants, Copyright 2014 © Jamika Babbitt |
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