Monday, July 20, 2009

REMEMBERING MY GRAND EARTH

PEACE FAM ,TODAY I'M REMEMBERING MY GRAND OLE EARTH ,CEE WE LAID HER PHYSICAL IN THE EARTH TODAY ,AND AS I SAT THERE AND WATCHED ON AS THE PREACHERS SAID THEIR CEE ON THE SUBJECT OF DEATH I WAS DOING THE KNOWLEDGE TO EVERYTHING AROUND ME ,AND I THOUGHT ABOUT HOW WE (GODS AND EARTHS )SAY THAT THE MOTHER IS THE FIRST TEACHER OF THE CHILD AND IT BECAME SO REAL TO ME AS I LOOKED AT MY OLE DAD AND HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND THEIR CHILDREN AND HOW WELL BEHAVED THEY ALL WERE ,CEE THIS IS THE JEWEL THAT SHE LEFT HERE ,SHE TAUGHT HOW TO KEEP A HOME IN HER EVERYDAY LIFE NO MATTER WHAT WAS GOING ON, HER SHELTER WAS ALWAYS CLEAN AND SMELLED GOOD ,NOW DON'T GET ME WRONG KEEPING A HOME HAS ALOT MORE TO IT THAN JUST KEEPING YOUR REST CLEAN B.U.T. IN TODAY'S WORLD JUST THAT ALONE WOULD RUN CIRCLES AROUND SOME OF THESE SO-CALLED WISDOM'S(FEMALES),SO WHEN I SAY SHE KEPT A HOME I ALSO MEANT SHE PROTECTED EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE FROM THE BULLSHIT THAT WAS GOING ON IN THE WORLD AROUND US .I REMEMBER MY SISTER SAID ONCE THAT WHEN EVER SHE SPENT THE NIGHT OVER HER REST THAT GRAND WOULD TUCK THEM IN REAL TIGHT AND LOCK THE DOOR SO THAT NO ONE COULD GET IN OR OUT OF THAT ROOM UNTIL SHE OPENED IT THE NEXT DAY ,AND IT WAS EVEN LIKE THAT FOR THE BOYS AS WELL SHE PROTECTED US AND KEPT US SAFE AS LONG AS WE WERE IN HER CARE WE WERE GOOD .I OFTEN SAY THAT OUR NATURE IS THAT OF I.S.L.A.M.(MEANING ORIGINAL PEOPLE)NOT THE RELIGION, BUT THE ESSENCE OF WHO AND WHAT WE ARE , CEE FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW ISLAM ONLY MEANS PEACE AND THAT IS THE NATURE OF THE BLACK MAN AND WOMAN ,MY GRANDMOTHER SHOWED THIS ATTRIBUTE IN SO MANY WAYS IT IS EVIDENT IN THE SEEDS THAT SHE SOWED AND THE FAMILY THAT SHE RAISED .CEE ALL I HAVE ARE GOOD MEMORIES OF HER ,HOW WELL SHE COOKED ,HOW SHE ACTED AT HOME AND ABROAD SHE WAS A LADY AND A MOTHER AT ALL TIMES (I.SELF.LADY.AND.MOTHER.)SHE MAY NOT HAVE AGREED WITH MY TEACHINGS NOW AS A MEMBER OR THE NATION OF GODS AND EARTHS (THE FIVE PERCENT NATION)B.U.T. SHE WAS EVERY BIT OF A EARTH IN THE SENSE OF THE THE 14TH DEGREE IN THE 1-14 .SO NOW ITS UP TO THE ONES WHO REMAIN TO STEP UP AND CARRY ON WHAT SHE TAUGHT,THAT'S THE REWARD SHE WOULD HAVE WANTED ,YOUNG GIRLS TO BE LADY'S AND BOYS TO BE MEN.CEE UNLIKE THE YOUNG GODS IN HARLEM BACK IN THE DAY THAT MAYBE DIDN'T HAVE FATHER FIGURES AROUND THEM ,AND SOME MAYBE DIDN'T HAVE A MOTHER FIGURE EITHER B.U.T. I DID IN A LOT OF WAYS I HAD THEM ALL AROUND ME ,SO IN A WAY IT WAS EASY FOR ME TO EXCEPT THE TEACHINGS ,AND MATHEMATICS ,CAUSE I RECOGNIZED IT AS SOMETHING GOOD FOR ME AND US AS A PEOPLE (GRAND MOMMA DIDN'T RAISE NO FOOLS).I GUESS THE SONG MOMMA BY BOYS TO MEN WOULD BE IN ORDER HERE, .SO HERE'S TO MY GRAND OLE EARTH AND THE LIFE SHE LIVED AND THE LEGACY SHE LEFT ,YOU WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN ...PEACE.M7

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  1. True. She was beauty and strength manifested through simplicity.

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