an example of what one could take any of the themes from EVOLUTION Open Mic & run with them, from Gary Campbell MEDIA IN METER, NOPE! WHAT THE POETS SAY! When we worked together on the high school paper and tried out for the basketball we were classmates But now if I gotta make six clicks with my mouse and use my credit card to reunite with you in the privacy of my house oh well, then we were classmates, never more will be Media in Meter Some means of mass communication that is measured almost equal to 100? I remember meeting my first girl, Tish We rode on the bus together and she was cute and smiled at me and just gave me that body language, fellas, ladies you know how that be But when I gotta do some clicks on the commuter give you my phone number and wait for a number on my phone to be verified Ain’t that part of that NSA genocide? Media in Meter Social media on steroids is it to benefit me? Or does it distract me? And then there is Ask. fm that allows you questions Questions? I got questions, but what about racism, Ask.fm you got suggestions Here is one: When will the crackers let Black folk take over again.. We will eventually, cause we got melanin Media in Meter A technological advance But, I not really feeling enhanced And then there is Facebook A place where, your like button I’ll click but I’ll walk by you in person if you are a little to thick I share something on you timeline Then meet you, and act disrespectful with no moral guidelines Then talk about you on a post Then I see you, and oh, I’m a phoney ass cause while I am with my friends you the most Media in Meter Is some design I say to keep us distracted, keep us at play But don’t get it twisted No social media no technological advancement can do what we do say what we say Cause we tapping right into Indigenous African belief systems as only artists can, may or sway our consciousness, heal our souls Media in Meter may have it’s day but, best believe it Media in Meter can’t touch what us the poets say
Posted on: Sun, 02 Nov 2014 19:56:48 +0000
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