Poem of the Day: the revolution will digitized!
By Kweisi Gharreau | February 17, 2025 | Celebrity & Culture
Writer Kweisi Gharreau shares thoughtful words for this President’s Day.
therevolutionwillbedigitized!
(A tribute to Gil Scott-Heron)
therevolutionwillbedigitized!
kause my eyes rekongize
the Lies in the truthful disguises
therevolutionwillbedigitized!
you WILL be able to stay home my sistas and brothas because of quarantine
but you have social media, so you will be heard, you will be seen.
you WILL be able to plug in, turn on and kopout
you will be able to Loze ya’ self on skag skip on kommercial breaks
but there will be no kommercial breaks
because you watch all your kontent on a digital devices
we all have devices
with your bottle service of distilled spirits
kause you ain’t tryin’ to hear it
but your eyez will realize therevolutionwillbedigitized!
the revolution is bein’ digitized from dunlap robert to najah roberts
from george floyd to dr. ladonna floyd from darnella frazier greta thunberg to amanda gorman
i’ll be the foreman
because i’m gramblin’ for my mental state, i went to central state therevolutionwillbedigitized!
from i-g tiktok x snapchat ebony to fanbase in kollege they kalled me rob base
to facebook live, i be live on abc nbc cbs fox wgn cnn to the grio, i am the grio
without kommercial interruptions
kause they show all kurruptions with no kontent deductions on netflix hulu amazon prime to bet plus
espn i got cha plus because minus stephen a. you have no plus
therevolutionwillbedigitized
the revolution will show you pictures of four-years from the worst president in amerikkkan history
will the president repeat his first four-year history
know the past in the present we must write our history
the revolution will show you pictures of kanye west on forbes billionaire list
forbes released it’s first ever fifty Black billionaires’ list
ye spoke the truth and they took him off the list
but we from the chi, southside in hollywood, we always on the list
therevolutionwillbedigitized!
therevolution WILL kontinue to show you hollywood is so stILL, white
they need the good doctor, but we write the emmy goes to zendaya to the golden globe of andra day
because everyday
it is the united states vs. the billie holiday for Black people
white people
as white liberals and white supremist still want to hang strange fruit
these words bare my fruit
kuz ain’t no actor in real life and the oscar goes to daniel kaluuya fred hampton was bout that life
so are you the judas to our Black Messiah as we lost takeoff,
i am about to, takeoff
from dc oak town to chi town we no longer kan lie down
our eyez must realize and rekognize the Liez in the truthful disguises
therevolutionwillbedigitized!
therevolution WILL give your mouth sex appeal
therevolution WILL get rid of the nub
therevolution WILL make you phat from bein’ weak kause you eat red meat from them unhealthy burger joints
therevolutionwillbedigitized!
from issa raye kuz these times have me insecure to snowfall by john singleton, rest in peace
we are seeking peace
so, don’t be a babyboy and think with your eyez and realize the revolution is bein’ digitized
from your life insurance to your driver’s license
lawmakers write the license
to take it all digital
it is pivotal
you realize the revolution is bein’ digitized my brothas and sistas
there will be pictures of kim kardashian helpin’ alice marie johnson to get klemency
trump granted the insurrectionists klemency
there will pictures of george floyd being murdered trial as the blue wall…fall
there will be pictures of white people breaking glass and burning buildings during peaceful protests tryin’ to give Black Live Matters a bad rap
the founders did give Black Lives Matter a bad rap
there will be pictures of the police shooting rayshard brooks in the back on insta replay
there will be pictures of the police shooting rayshard brooks in the back on insta replay
there will be pictures of floyd mayweather tryin’ to weather the trolls of fifty cent’ s
be kareful what you post on social media, it kan take your sense
therevolutionwillbedigitized!
dear white people
who want to be black-ish mixed-ish
go get grown-ish
bein’ on lockdown had me goin’ to the atl reminiscin’ about my twenties in the chi
kause i am an all-american who woke, but i dance in the snowfall with queen sugar on black monday goin’ to a lovecraft kountry for some p-vally with sistas who are the real housewives of atlanta for life i accept bob loves abishola tryin’ get a laugh from keenan, but i facetime my godfather in harlem because hollywood needs the equalizer kause i have children so i don’t watch schitt’s kreek so i gotta check out kraig and the kreek to see their minds’ eye realize
therevolution is bein’ digitized!
there WILL be hylytes on the ten O’clock news of tiffany haddish winning a grammy while filming kids say the darnest things
as she is the Black mitzvah
to Liberationist robin roberts coming out that she is lgbtq
i am a NUPE, not a q
but, i H-B-C-U
with this nipsey hussle as the marathon kontinues
you will hear the song montero by lil nas X
kan you solve the variable of X
i am dmx from king tut to X
as i am walkin’ in satan shoes
and the blood on these red bottom shoes
on the soul of my feet is from walkin’ in systemic racism
institutional oppression
police brutality
poor housing and healthcare and the financial inequities of amerikkka
despite this i walk through the valley of death in amerikkka
to bring you into the sunlight amerikkka
you will still hear the written words of sonia sanchez maya angelou nikki giovani gwendolyn brooks
kim ransom buddha bless klove prosperity and jessica care more
kause i kare more
to rekognize therevolution is being digitized!
therevolution WILL be right back afta these messages about white tornados white hurricanes and white people WILL be a part of the solution and therevolution
therevolution WILL go guud with wataa
to give you a natural surge
but let me diverge
it was an angry white mob who did the insurrection on zero one zero six two zero two one
if that was me i would be the dead one
on kapitol hill when the bill kouldn’t walk up to capitol hill white supremist men and women having a noose to hang other white men i mean evil beyond hate
we must stop asian hate
we must stop Black hate
we stop american hate
so let me help you unmask your eyes so you will realize the revolution is bein’ televised
the revolution WILL phyte germs that kause bad breathe
the revolution WILL put you in an electric four wheel drive
the revolution WILL be Live from the wear of RAGE to guud morning Black news channel
i channel
this bad moon risin’ to primetime
juwan howard to my frat ryan smith aka deuce baby superbowl champ with the bay
beyonce
finally wins grammy award for album of the year
from uptown to downtown
from the suburbs to hoods
from michael jordan steph curry patrick maholmes lamar jackson still to tiger woods
these spok’nwordz are public public enemy number-one
kause knowledge reigns supreme over everyone
kause i bring d-knowledge to the brains
i’m workin’ on kryptocurrency gains
money goin’ digital on the block chain
to this millennial generation listen to thomas and john,
know thyself
as i’m with h.e.r to fight for you
be true to you
therevolution is bein’ digitized
from money to art
from the end to the start
from pop rnb kountry jazz reggae alternative rock to hip hop
these spok’nwordz won’t stop
Like reign dropz
i thought i told you that we won’t stopp!
i thought i told you that we won’t stopp!
my eyes realize and WILL unmask the Liez in the truthful disguise
therevolutionwillbedigitized!
therevolutionwillbedigitized!
therevolutionwillbedigitized!
therevolutionwillbedigitized!
therevolutionwillbe no re-runs my brothas and sistas
therevolutionwillbe LIVE!
therevolutionwillbedigitized! spoken-word snippet:
by kweisi, the poet
Instagram @kweisithebrand
monday, february 10, 2025 6:29pm-ct
(living piece)
