By Written by Dena Igusti and Marwa Adina.
If I wrap my words around “God,” will they be protected?
If I say god after every phrase, will they be preserved?
Like I god LOVE god YOU god
I god NEVER god LOVED god THIS god COUNTRY god
THIS god COUNTRY god NEVER god LOVED god ME god
After all,
Men who never looked like my father and his father and his father
Did the same thing
And took everything
White men said “God” with pale hands outstretched,
Followed religion to the “T”
But they said
Jesus is God
Jesus is White
God is White
White is God
So when
White men claimed we meant them
When we called for our savior
They said “God”
The man who was known for bleeding to give
Has the same skin as those with outstretched hands
That took
Said “God”
And the flushed pink of the conqueror’s palms
Were confused with the blood of the Holy man
Said God,
“Stop using my name in vain”
Yet we come from generations
Of holy wars and torn veins
In the name of God
Can we too use His name as a lifeline in our poems
To get back what we’ve lost
Or protect what we have left
They said God,
And broke up our holy lands
They said God
And we parted our own seas
They said God
And misused my people’s losses for sacrifice
We’re more like Jesus than they are God
M-Sacrificing our holy for your spirit
Its no wonder america expects God to bless it
Fourth of july isnt america’s independence day
Because they never broke free from their sins
Jesus was crucified for our sins
We were crucified for yours
Jesus woke after 3 days
It took us 3 generations
So when we rise up again,
chain ourselves to God to play devil’s advocate
Will you call us the Second Coming?
Or Will you call this
Armageddon