blues ain't culture
they sounds of
oppression
against the white man's
game he's run on us all
these blue / yrs.
blues is struggle
strangulation
of our people
cuz we didn't off the
white man
soc / king it to us
but. now.
when I hear billie's soft
soul / ful / sighs
of "am i blue"
i say
no. sweet / billie.
no mo.
no mo
blue / trains running on this track
they all been de / railed.
am i blue?
swee / baby / blue
billie.
no. i'm blk/
& ready.
-- Sonia Sanchez