DOES RELIGION HAVE A HOLD ON YOU? OR DO YOU HAVE A HOLD ON RELIGION? DOES RELIGION HAVE A HOLD ON BLACK PEOPLE/
AFRICAN AMERICANS? OR DO BLACK PEOPLE/AFRICAN AMERICANS HOLD ON TO RELIGION?
BRO.ELDER BA'KHYR
GREETINGS BRO. ELDER BA'KHYR.....MY APOLOGIES FOR REPEATEDLY SPELLING YOUR NAME WRONG IN THE PAST....
FIRST , I TAKE ON THE TITLE OF BLACK....I ACKNOWLEDGE THE TITLE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN , THOUGH I FEEL IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE BLACK PEOPLE ARE GIVEN YET ANOTHER AUTHORIZED TITLE TO ADD MORE CONFUSION TO THE MADNESS....
NOW , RELIGION DOES NOT HAVE A HOLD ON ME PERSONALLY , AND I ADMIT TO GOING THROUGH EMOTIONS OF GUILT , ANGER , AND SORROW.....DUE TO TITHING , TURNING THE CHEEK , AND SUBMISSION.....
I WAS NEVER COMFORTABLE PRAYING TO A WHITE JESUS.......ESPECIALLY AFTER BEATING UP WHITE BOYS WHO PROVOKED ME , AND PARTIALLY SEEING THE WRONGS WHITE PEOPLE WERE EXERCISING DAILY WHILE I WAS GROWING UP........AND AS AN ADULT , I ACKNOWLEDGE & RESPECT THE PRESENCE OF A HIGHER POWER , I JUST REFUSED TO PRACTICE THE WAY THE MAJORITY OF MY PEOPLE DID.....
I HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED TO SEVERAL RELIGIONS......AND NONE WERE REALLY APPEALING TO ME TO THE DEGREE OF FULLY PARTICIPATING......SO I RELY ON MY OWN FAITH TO GUIDE ME.....RESPECT EVERYONE ALONG THE WAY , AND KEEP AN EYE ON ANY PATH THAT COMPELS ME....
I BELIEVE THE LEADERS WE AS BLACK PEOPLE CHOSE TO FOLLOW SINCE THE DAYS OF THE 1960'S HAVE WILLFULLY HELD BACK TRUTHS FOR REASONS OF PROFIT , FEAR , MANIPULATION , DECEPTION , AND SELFISHNESS.....AND AS MUCH AS I WANT TO ARRANGE AND IGNITE AN ATTACK ON WHITE AMERICA , I PACE MYSELF WITH.....PREPARATION , LEARNING THE TRUTH & OUR HISTORY , AND PATIENCE.....
SO , YES BRO. ELDER BA'KHYR , I DO BELIEVE RELIGION HAS A HOLD ON US A PEOPLE.....JUST LIKE CHAINS ON A SLAVE.......SOME OF US JUST WANT THE CHAINS OFF , WHILE OTHERS WANT TO CRUSH THE SYSTEM THOSE CHAINS STAND ON.....AS FOR ME , I REFUSE TO PASS JUDGEMENT.....AND I FROWN AT THOSE WHO LIMIT THEMSELVES TO IT....
WARRIOR