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A Bowl of Gritsby Michael Lee BranhamThe Bowl is dedicated to all the barefoot construction workers in African, Asia, andthroughout the "Civilized" world.

What would you do for a bowl of grits?

well I'd dig a ditch for that bowl grits!and sista what would you do for a bowl of grits

me? I wash your clothes for that bowls of grits, and I mop your floor too!Hey Brother, let me ask you something, what would you do. "I beat yo fuckin' ass if

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Duty of the TentFor their office was to wait

and wait upon the SonsFor the service of the house

and the house upon the Lord.For the show of bread also,

and fine flour for the mealwhether of unleavened wafers,

or that which is baked in the pan.In the courts and in the rooms,

and in the purification of holy things,by the Warriors of the service,

For the Lord, upon the House.

And likewise in the evening,on the new moons, and set upon the Feasts

in the number according,to the ordinance concerning them.

For all kinds of measure,

and to stand every morningTo give thanks and to praise.

That they should keepthe duty of the meeting,

and the duty of the Tent,be the duty of the Sons

For the service of the House.


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Magic WandI be the Wanderer, cause I'm the Wanderer, I go around, round, round...

There may not beNo place for me

But I sho' to be everywhere there ain'tWhen it rains in Africa

When it rains in africa, africa come aliveI smell the violet of the trees

Violet, that triples in sizetrees that fly

a Zulu can not tell u, but I will tryman learned to build from the ants

Ants! the Architect

and we get our rhythm from singing birdsbirds that fly; we got our rhythm from the birds

I close my eyes to see the lightclose my eyes, so I can see the lights


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The Zydeco BullThe most outrageous melodrama ever conceived.

In the 1890s a black rodeo novice (Zach) struggles against bigotry in Louisiana andeastern Texas to win recognition as a bull-rider and rodeo celebrity.

He reluctantly travels with a circus to Mexico to earn money where he meets his loveinterest (Monzia) with whom he wishes to return back to the U.S. But, before

marrying him, Monzia insists they consult a local fortune teller (Malika), who advisesher severely not to leave Mexico and Zach becomes enraged.

Later, Malika offers Zach a talisman which would give him full command over thebulls on the condition he leave Mexico without his promised love. He accepts the deal

but steals away with Monzia regardless and promises her a beautiful life in America.Zach makes good on his promise until the talisman is lost in a brawl over Monzias

honor and his career is put in jeopardy. Furthermore, the finder of the talisman (Red

Dog) is unaware of its power over the bulls or the violent rage to which the bullssuccumb when denied its special scent.

The afflicted bulls are transformed into raging monsters that can not be defeated byordinary means.

When the truth of Zachs rodeo success is discovered by his nemesis he and Red Dog

fight for possession of the talisman as the bulls bring havoc across the states.The story climax occurs when Red Dog learns that the talisman powers work for Zach

only and decides to destroy it by washing it in alcohol. The Bulls turn on Zach andthen on themselves and neither of whom survive.

The story is about the lust for power and glory against a struggle for humanity and


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Old SoulsPeople who look different, than they do in a photo

that's because they do, they've been here beforeWandering with the magic wand, a wanderful Durban

wander my man.Twinkle, twinkle, poison egg

Balu bird, how was your day? "Committed, you've been committed, yah say!"the people who look different, they been here before

they Old Souls' yah knowsome people look the same

as they do in phototheir souls are still young

they've got someways to go

twinkle, twinkle, magic wand


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On the Creation of FrankenNigga (aka FKNG)

FKNG was created by The Mule"; an old, stubborn, lazy mule that in a clever sort ofway created a monster, the monster that lives in all those overshadowed, by the

masters of time.The Mule is seeking revenge for being cheated out of his invention of the "automatic

cotton-picking machine". The idea was stolen from the Mule while he was a youngsharecropper working for BeMoMasta. Instead of sharing the profits of the "automatic

cotton-picking machine" with Mule as he promised, BeMoMasta told Mule "I'll makeyou a whiteman like me, which is even better than money". But the Mule didnt

believe him at first, so BeMoMasta showed him a $5 dollar bill and said look "Withthis piece of paper, you can by a whole lot of stuff!, and its just got my picture on

it!So the Mule say, "Go ahead and keep the profits off of my "automatic cotton-picking

machine" but how are you going to make me a whiteman when everybody knows I'mfrom Ma'Mami? BeMoMasta said "Easy", all weve got to do is put a little cattle

grease on your hair and brush it slick-down, then we go powder you face with farina

and you'll look just like a whiteman. The Mule said "are you sure about this"?BeMoMasta say "of course, I'll even change your name to Mulatto and give you a

job in my Whitehouse as my chief ass-kisser; so everybody knows you alright.So the Mule called "Mulatto" worked for BeMoMasta for 12 yrs and waited, learnedand planned for the sacred day when FKNG would be born to devour all of

BeMoMasta's property and devour all the women and all the seed until all his anxietywas destroyed.

Early one morning, Mulatto was to prepare the pit for roasting a pig at BeMoMastasbirthday barbeque. BeMoMasta and several of his guests noticed Mulatto having

difficulty lighting the coals and began making jokes and defamatory remarks whydont you use cattle grease? one guest suggested that will surely start the blaze

and your hair is full-a-plenty they all laughed out loud. But, Mulatto replied thecoals need oxygen not more fuel! BeMoMasta says WHAT? So you dont think our

jokes are funny?. Mulatto said no I do not, the coals just need more air.

BeMoMasta says then you can blow on them now then he and his guests shovedMulattos face into the coals until he was covered in black soot. They continuedjoking and taunting him saying let me wipe your face clean but look, the more we

rub the blacker it becomes. Mulatto broke free from the brawl and ran down theroad that ended in a Flower Garden. In the garden he kneeled down and cried Why

am I he cried still more until his tears formed puddles in both hands O, why am I,damn it. He cried until a black and yellow bee landed on his left-hand and began to

drink on his tears. The bee flew away then another landed on his right-hand anddrank all his tears then flew away also. Mulatto looked up to watch the second bee

fly away, but was suddenly attacked by a swarm of bees directed at his head andface. In shock, Mulatto frantically brushed and scratched his face and head to

remove the swarm, but nothing would discourage the attacking bees. He rolled on

the ground waving and scratching but could not escape them. Finally, he got up and

ran out of the garden to safety and rested. He rested beside a tree to catch hisbreath then fell asleep. When he woke up he was holding a clutch of blue flowers in

his right-hand and with his left-hand he noticed that no soot or farina covered hisface, he pulled his hair; no grease remained but was all scratched away clean.

Mulatto got up and began to laugh and sing those pretty black bees, the one thatdrank my tears, Ah, ha those pretty black bees, the ones that let me go free

While walking back to the Whitehouse a beautiful girl came up behind him and askedare those for me? Mulatto did not turn around but said these flowers are free, if a

pretty black girl you be. Im MaeMae she smile and reached for the clutch with


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one hand and for Mulattos arm with the other. He walked her home and they madelove for 3 hours that night. The next morning she made Mulatto a sweet potato cake

and told him if he came back tomorrow she wanted to have his baby. He went backto work for BeMoMasta who apologized for the jokes and said where you get that

sweet potato cake? Mulatto told him from a pretty black bee! BeMoMasta andwhat happen to your face & hair?. Mulatto said, I dont know what you mean, my

face alright ain't it? BeMoMasta say Naw, put that powder and grease back on soyour girl like you handsome!

The next day Mulatto put on his best suit, powdered his face and greased down hishair. He collected the best blue flowers from the garden and headed toward

MaeMaes house. But when he got there he heard sounds of passion from behind thedoor. He looked in the window, it was BeMoMasta! BeMoMasta was there giving my

pretty black girl the rod! Mulatto was emotional spent, but didnt shed a tear,instead he laid down his clutch of flowers near the back door, hoping that BeMoMasta

would take them with him when he left MaeMae, and give them to his wife Lydia athome. That he did.

For the next few months Mulatto give both women the same bouquet of flowers until

one day Lydia and MaeMae noticed each other in the market place, each holding thesame clutch. Lydias suspicions grew and she once had her husband followed to

MaeMae house to confirm his infidelity. Set upon revenge Lydia planned to seduceMulatto into having sex with her to get even with BeMoMasta. To do so, she askedfor his assistance in counting a sum of money. When romantic advances were made

toward Mulatto he withdrew stating his fear that BeMoMasta would not makeanymore money. But Lydia expounded for him, my husband does not print the

money he gives to you, and thats not his picture on it either! he gets money froma bank and theres a lot more where that came from!. Mulatto was resolved, now is

the time! for you to see before you see. Lay down with me women, take medown to your river, I want to get free.

So he lay with Lydia and they conceived a child, but when the boy was delivered hishair was curly and his arms were long like Mulatto. BeMoMasta found out soon

enough what Lydia had done, so he had Mulatto and Lydia charged and sentenced to

3yrs in jail.BeMoMasta tried for 3yrs to sale the grif but could not fetch a fair price to pay for itsfood. One night at an auction BeMoMasta drew his sword and cut off the arms and

legs of the grif and shouted can anyone of you effort these parts of the boy?. Thecrowd was appalled leaving BeMoMasta alone and raving. He gathered the body

parts of the boy and hid them in a warm vat of cattle grease. The next SaturdayLydia and Mulatto were released from jail and sent back to the Whitehouse. Three

months past and all seemed forgiven. BeMoMasta told Lydia that the grif was sold toOlL7. BeMoMasta promised Mulatto that MaeMae could live in the Whitehouse as a

cook and that I would never touch her again. However, two weeks after MaeMaemove in the Whitehouse she started showing her stomach and she knew she was

with child. Everyone assumed it was the passion of Mulatto for his one true love and

they married in the Flower Garden the following Sunday.

But, 6 months later a baby boy was delivered with curly red hair and freckled skin

like BeMoMasta, so MaeMae cried O lord please dont take away me grif for to killem. Lydia cried saying sell this one now but for no less than my own heartbreaker

But BeMoMasta refused and insisted that the boy must be spared this one smartlooking, a good worker we may have out of him. BeMoMasta said We should call

him Frankie and raise him up like a nephew. Mulatto agreed reluctantly, to satisfyMaeMae with this arrangement.


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Three years went by and MaeMae and Mulatto had settled in the Whitehouse withFrankie, BeMoMasta and Lydia. Until one morning Mulatto was brushing his hair with

fresh cattle grease when a black and yellow bee flew by his ear. It distracted him fora moment and he dropped his brush into the vat of warm grease. When he reached

down in the vat to find his brush he saw the arms and torso of his own grif by Lydiaand flew into a grievous rage. Late that night he cut off Frankies arms and legs and

replaced them with the oversized arms and legs of his own son.Herein you find the creation of FKNG.


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Beware you all Matriarchal Cults

Beware you all, Matriarchal Cults, a word of caution, believe in what we believethe basic shard, the basic sara, believe we the sus, and the sok, the bolane

mami mi snake, politics of the african mother, worship trouble u willbut sink into my set

look to here all you woman, i a black man, i am the tomblook to here all you woman, i a black man, i am the womb

you lay on me, i am your cradle, and when you thirst, i what u craveyou lean on me, my back is able, when u die, i be your grave

I the black man, fear my Fro', afro-american cosmogenetic sybil, why neglect we thesoul.

Dem'fear the soul, vodoun mami mi diaspora, mikki diaspora dem'too!Dem'sweat the aftermath, it mother-right, brother-wit, in the wrong priest!

mami mi priest, kneel! black god u willcrowned adoration of the magic, me the queen Omphae^

spot u i will in Rome, African stop u sacred, mami mi serpent, wata won go home

mami mi serpent it, IKULRU, ya URLUKI o'ya, fon walkin' fon survivefe me language torment it u, restore the black, god-free ills legacy

mamissii pio, spirit true author, pio devotees shake african for mefe me in american devotees shake, fe me shake for cult

matriarchal cult u matri mami, mimami, mimamimiko, mami, miami, yo my am I

Yo, My I am!, yo Mahweh, my man!, Mahweh, not yo man!, Yo I am, my own man!


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For My Needs

I notice a changeof outlook on life

me and my wifefeeling alone

and feeling quite tiredI'm tired of my looks

I'm tired of my styleI'm wasting my time

Waiting for youor something to do

or something to stopTo keep me on top

to keep my peace-of-mindto keep me alive

Was it.., infatuation?

I need you to be realdon't play with my emotions

Say by me you're gonna standbecause I've got to be the man, who

Schools you...

If my head's gone in a whirlthen you've got to be the girl, who

understands me, understand meBecause your weighing on my mind

and I can't seem to find the time toTell you...

What your friends don't have to knowbut some how I'm going to show you

What I mean...

For my needs, yesFor my needsFor my needs

For my needs, yes


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Why we need the Letter "N"the N is who we

are, it reminds us of where we're from the "N" is who we've comethe Nth power is the game the "C" before "UC" the "B" before"UB"

the name, nay, nada, natural, nature, nappy, nag, naked, nasty, near, narrow,narcotic, need, give em the needle

neck, necessary, negative, negotiate, neglect, neon, neophite, neopolitan, nevernext, nimble, nibble, she a nibbler, nice, needle, nick, ninja, night, nil

nip, nippy, nipple, nigger, nigga', now, nine, not, nin, non-human, nopenoise, nozzle, notch, nod, noodle, nominal, nobody, nowhere, nothing, numb,

number, nut, nutty,nudge, nucleus, numerous, nun, noose, niece, nephew, the nth power, net, new,

nook, noggin', I get all up in yo nest, nutrition, null, nutritious, nuptial, you look tiredlets go take a nap.


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Vision is the hype

If I see a Stevie WonderStevie Wonder is the light

When I see a Stevie WonderVision is the hype

Darkness is your friend

Evangelize the world withinLike the earth, earthlings will change

We change with the season, let the seasons remain

Like the earthDarkness is your friend

The dark embraces youLet the dark begin

When we are weak, we sing in the rainand when were strong, we go walkin the cane

Darkness will sustain, let seasons remain

In your likeness the dark will cover

Into the likeness of youYoull survive and no other

You know the dark

The dark concealsWe need the dark

The darkness reveals

I ask a question, and find a lie

I speak the truth, and find no reply

I close my eyes, I see the lights

Close your eyes, vision is the hype

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