APRIL IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH
A Revolutionary Poet, a Revolutionary Playwright, a Revolutionary Essayist, and a Revolutionary Scholar. An affiliate of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, but never a member. Marvin X Co-founded The Black House along with Ed Bullins, Eldridge Cleaver, and other members, non-members of the Black Panther Party For Self-Defense.
The Black House was a Black Arts Cultural Center, which at one point served as The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense San Francisco Headquarters. Without further ado, I present Marvin X and his iconic poem. “Burn, Baby, Burn.”
MARVIN X
BURN BABY BURN
Tired.
Sick
an' tired
Tired of being
sick an' tired.
Lost.
Lost
in the wilderness
of white america
are the masses asses?
cool
said the master to the slave,
"No problem, don't rob an'
steal,
I'll be your drivin wheel."
Cool.
And
he wheeled us into 350 years
of black madness
to
hog guts, conked hair, covadis
bleaching cream and uncle thomas
to
Watts.
To the streets.
To the kill.
Boommm...2 honkeys
gone.
Motherfuck the police
Parker's sista too.
Black
people.
Tired.
sick an' tired.
tired of being
sick an'
tired.
Burn, baby burn...
Don't leave dem boss rags
C'mon,
child, don't mind da tags.
Git all dat motherfuckin pluck,
Git
dem guns too, we don't give a fuck!
Burn baby burn
Cook outta
sight
Fineburgs
whitefront
wineburgs
blackfront
burn,
baby, burn
in time
he
will learn.
