EXCERPTS FROM MARCUS GARVEY; FOR HIS EARTHSTRONG RIGHTS & LIBERTY

MY FIRM PURPOSE, MY ONE PURPOSE IN LIFE,

IS TO WORK FOR THE SALVATION OF MY RACE,

BECAUSE OF THE CRIES FROM THE GRAVE ,

I HEAR THE CRY OF 300 YEARS.

THE CRY OF MY GREAT GRAND-PARENTS IN THE COTTON AND CANE FIELDS.

I SEE THE HARD TASK MASTER DRAWING HIS LASH ACROSS THEIR BACKS,

I HEAR THEM CRY OUT IN MORTAL AGONY;

'IT PAINS IT PAINS IT PAINS'...

I SEE THEM FALL UNDER THE LASH,

I SEE THEM FALL TO THE GROUND...

I SEE THEM BURIED, AND I HEAR THE WAILING SOULS FROM HEAVEN & FROM REGIONS BELOW.

I HEAR THE CRIES OF MY MOTHER AND FATHER AND MILLIONS OF AFRICANS WHO HAS BEEN BRUTALIZED ;

'GO ON GARVEY, GO ON!

AND SO FELLOW MEN, BECAUSE OF THAT CRY THAT COMES FORM THE GRAVE,

I HAVE GIVEN UP ALL MATERIAL DESIRES... I HAVE GIVEN UP ALL TEMPORAL PLEASURES,

I HAVE DEDICATED MYSELF TO THE SACRED PRINCIPLES OF THE UNIA, AND

THE EMANCIPATION OF THE AFRICAN RACE AND A FREE AND REDEEMED AFRICA....

TO QUOTE BURNING SPEAR; IN SOLIDARITY WITH MARCUS

EVERY OTHER NATION HAVE THEIR SPEAKERS,

EVERY OTHER NATION HAVE THEIR VOICE'

SO WHY CAN'T I & I HAVE OUR SPEAKERS?

SO WHY CAN'T I & I & I HAVE OUR VOICE?

MY PEOPLE CAN'T YOU SEE , DO YOU HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON?

REMEMBER MR. KING PHILOSOPHY

REMEMBER MR. X PHILOSOPHY

REMEMBER MARCUS PHILOSOPHY

NO MORE TROUBLE , NO MORE SORROW, NO MORE PROBLEMS.......

SO WE CAN WALK DOWN THE STREET LIKE ANYONE

BECAUSE THE STREET IS SAFE FOR EVERYONE

MY DIPLOMA IS FROM HIS MAJESTY

NEVER RECOGNIZED BY SOCIETY...

SO THEY COULD HEAR US SAY :

TALKING, REASONING, ABOUT SOME CONSTRUCTIVE THINGS,

MY PEOPLE, TALKING, REASONING SOME CONSTRUCTIVE THING.......

TO QUOTE MALCOLM X; IN HIS FORCE FOR JUSTICE

SPEAKING LIKE THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE ANTI-WHITE,

BUT IT DOES MEAN WE'RE ANTI-EXPLOITATION,

WE'RE ANTI-DEGRADATION, WE'RE ANTI-OPPRESSION.......

IN THE NAME OF RASTAFARI NOW AND FORIVER WORLD WITHOUT END.......SELAH