By JAH!
I am not the same me
Long long time ago
We had a Kingdom, kings, Queen’s,
Princess and Princes.
The Nubian
Kingdom
Of Cush
Extending
From Mamphes halfa
Dungala Kadugal
Talodi Drilling
As far as swears
We had great kings
And paramount chiefs
Tirarga-Tirahaga
Tut Ankh Amon
Amon Raa -Faki Ali
Sultan Ajaban – Al mak Rahhal
Sir Mohamed Rahhal
We are a proud
Strong brave people
Our ancestors conquered
Defeated and fought gallantly against
Our enslavement
Our civilization dates
Back to the 6th century.
Our gallant
Soldiers and generals
Defeated the colonialists
At Omdurman
Defeated the Egyptians
We mistreating horses
Fought wars in Libya
East Africa
And Asia
But are never remembered
Nor honoured.
Forgotten warriors
Our deep rooted cultures customs and traditions
Are systemically destroyed
And merciless up rooted
By ethic cleansing.
Organized genocide
Our people
Disorganized
Displaced
Scattered
Dehumanized
Humiliated
Enslaved
Sold into slavery
And our land occupied.
Our once powerful kingdom
Subjugated
Subsumed
Reduced
To rubble's
To nothing less
Destruction of our heritage
Is to destroy the past
So that the future is bleat
Unknown untraceable
No history
Only tales
Those are below
Away by the wind.
Squatters
In our own country
I cry to Africa
We are subjects
But not objects
Subservient
Slave laborers
In our own kingdom
From kings
To slaves
Laughing stocks
To day we are
Our inheritance
Sized by aliens
Our beloved land
By forgives
I cry to Africa
I cry to the world.
Thos are my passionate
Expression of our grief’s
From my dejected spirit.
By Latio Lo Jaden
May /28/1995