Iconoclast

My story is compelling - I’m a tell you the truth, mane
Was preyed on, now I’m at the top of the food chain
I prayed on, supplications helping me move things
Kujichagulia got me claiming a new name
I am now conqueror of the struggle
Overcomer of trouble;
Critics stated the case -
I offered rebuttal
Dropped the mic like a boulder
Froze ya - overexposure to cold shoulders
They warming up like hot plates
I catch fire - inspire Light,
Filling the dark space
I glow everywhere I roam
Never go it alone
Subhana wa ta’ala guiding my zone
I know, that’s a bit over ya head
(Pun intended)
Look up the phrase I said
I’m extending my days, giving praise to the One Most High
That’s why I keep my head to the sky’[We so fly]
I’m showing out - A Voice from the South without doubt;
Souls of Black Folk controls what comes out
Here I Stand - Manchild in the Promised Land
The New Jim Crow checking my plan;
After Two Thousand Seasons, The Alchemist
Learned with the Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Returned to my Beloved, Kindred - whole heart
Black Reconstruction when Things Fall Apart
I see Yurugu with The Bluest Eye
I’m Grounding with My Brothers and others to get by;
Their Eyes Were Watching God when I Seize the Time
Let me stop - it’s like you reading my mind - [Ok, fine!]
Just drop it; Cash money, put it in the pocket -
Herbie Hancock when I rock it
I shall proceed to master most topics
Knowledge take over, turn deficit to profit
My mind’s sublime - a masterpiece thesis
Cerebral; mentally moving - telekinesis
Now we can find all kinds of ideas
Self-determination terminating all fears
After all these years, release
Negative energies from enemies disturbing the peace
But before I let go like Beverly
I’m oh so cleverly redefining rhymes homiletically
What you expect from the son of a preacher-man?
Pulpit, minbar - double feature, man
Speak truth: my ministry is physics and chemistry
I flow from the heart for the arts and humanities
Pursuing a dream, this ain’t frivolous fantasy
I’m raising the bar for hoteppers and pharisees
Intentional strategies; hope with audacity
Don’t wanna see apathy in the ones coming after me
See what is happening? You need closed captioning
To digest the message that the Shaper is fashioning
To open eardrums and eyelids
Calling the people to assemble like Bilal did
Yeah, we open eardrums and eyelids
Call the people together like Bilal did