If Culture Was A Railroad, I Can

I Hope I Die Warmed By The Life That I Tried To Live

We Need To Make Sure Our Children Travel To See Things. Not Necessarily Long Distances But At Least Out Of The Neighborhood. On A Train. A Boat. An Airplane.

We [black People] Have Always Used Our Creativity To Battle And We're Not The Only Ones. Black Americans Are Certainly Leaders In That Simply Because We Were Denied Education And Dealt With Enforced Illiteracy. But People Seem To Always Forget That Literacy Is Not The Only Way Of Learning Things Or Conveying Knowledge.

Daddy Says The World Is A Drum Tight And Hard And I Told Him I'm Gonna Beat Out My Own Rhythm.

Language Instruction Should Start In The First Grade. Writing, Also.