Byrdz in the Hood

Michael Lee Branham

Bird Baby Bandit Flying high in the skyies, looking for twigs and leaves To take care of their young Like byrdz in the woods But the byrdz who forget, how to build nests in trees Spend their days on the wire These are byrdz in the hood Flying high in the skyies, the great byrdz of prey Were caught on video Taking the babies away. (These are definitely not byrdz in the hood)

Magic Wand I be the Wanderer, cause I'm the Wanderer, I go around, round, round... There may not be No place for me But I sho' to be everywhere there ain't When it rains in Africa When it rains in africa, africa come alive I smell the violet of the trees Violet, that triples in size trees that fly a Zulu can not tell u, but I will try man learned to build from the ants Ants! the Architect and we get our rhythm from singing birds birds that fly; we got our rhythm from the birds I close my eyes to see the light close my eyes, so I can see the lights

Riding with the Undertow Ive used up all my self-denial, I dont have any more hate Im riding with the undertow Holding on to the overweight I know what goes around, Comes around again Let it slide, let it slide That's why I, let it slide Because you can never know, What phase youll go thru next Or when the disbelievers catch on, and cancel all your bets But I let it slide, let it slide That's why I, let it slide You may be happy someday, You may have found yourself a friend But you'll never be quite ready, For what happens in the end That's why I, let it slide Let it slide, thats right Whatever goes around, Comes around again But I let it slide, let it slide That's why I, let it slide Aint got enough money, To buy your own suicide But let it slide, let it slide Thats why I, let it slide So send me my denial and dont make me wait I ride with the undertow Holding on to the overweight

Deep Sea Diver A deep sea diver, she climbs the highest cliff To take her chances, with the wild unknown She spread her wings, and flies upon the depths For the love of her life, for the test of her own As her confidence prevails, she descends between the rocks Into the ocean below, a free bird escapes the flock It is all she now; he had crossed the line Although her heart may stay, the mind she not leave behind She goes to prove exactly, who and what I am Even with all her faults, that dont mean a damn Unless she know now, what Im without he Unless she go fly, from the mountain to the sea

Open Your Legs So tell me gorgeous, is it asking too much? For you to put down the phone, so we can go home and fuck. What seems to be the matter, are you worried about us being alone? Are you staying? or would you rather, me take your ass back home. I just couldnt get to sleep, theres no need to be upset. I put my up on her cheek, but shes too worried about a test. Why dont you let me help you? I dont want to let you go. Tell me what I have to do, and thats all I need to know. I know that you still love me, but Im responsible for a child Were no longer married, and I cant deal with you right now. Now I dont understand, why you came into my shop. You kissed the fingers on my hand, and said your dish was hot. Im sorry about that; and please dont take me for a liar After seeing you again, I know my love still burns like fire. If what you say is true, he began to stroke her hair. I know what we can do, walking slowly up the stairs. Lets talk about it in the morning, and you can get some rest. Whatever reason you being here, we dont need to talk about it yet.

Why We Unsheathe the Sword Woe, woe contagious plight? Hit me once again Forces to lean right Me saga without a song Me shadow without me shine Now comes the truth Now comes the time We are not displaced; we without origin Boldly we go; before the harlequin Shame, shame, false serenity Now mourn the death, caused by your stupidity What is now in the wind? What is in ? now the wind The cycle without its wheel A film without its reel The fugitive without reward Why we must unsheathe the sword

On the Wire It seems so unrealistic To expect that these issues would not be reconsidered they stare in to the mirror and needlessly disguised regarding they reflection the birds upon the wire it seems so unrealistic there once was a mayor who lived upon the wire he started as a player but ended as a liar it seems so unrealistic and needlessly disguised for birds whos characteristic is flying through the sky

Tits Parade On the chiefs birthday I arrive in the village Where a riot had started, but without any pillage All the revelers were chanting, stamping their feet in the dirt A thousand girls came dancing, in the street without their shirts Musicians and poets were gathering, drawing people into the charade Straight through the center of town, came a marching tits parade But at the birthday celebration, the daughter of the chief performed a dance, for her father and his guests the dance was so exotic, and the guests were so impressed that he swore that he would give what ever she desired to continue entertaining them the girl demanded payment for conceded guilt and sensual motives, she demands the death of a prophet Oh, the rights of the famous, the chief was so distressed If not my oath was had witness by any of my guests Dance for me again Salome! Dance for me and my guests! Dance for us Salome, dance again at my death!

We Without Origin We are not displaced; we without origin Boldly we go; before this harlequin We want to be free, but freedom we cant afford Our only hope depends, on the mercy of the Lord We want to be safe; safetys not our way of life Caught in the middle passage, lost between day and night We dont need to understand, we dont want to care It doesnt matter where you go, when you dont come from anywhere The range of occupations held by slaves, was nearly as broad as that held by free persons The highest position slaves were to attain was that of slave minister Although a few slaves even rose to become slave monarchs, as did Moses and some of the sultans of Islam. At a level lower than the slave ministers, were slaves working in administrative service, either as government property or owned by private individuals but dispatched for government work. The so-called temple slaves were those who worked for religious institutions and unless they were ultimately destined for sacrifice to the gods, temple slaves served in many occupations ranging from priestess to janitor. Slaves who fought as soldiers were usually considered of higher status, this special type of soldier slave was found in the Ottoman Empire. Captive children were often taken to Istanbul and raised to be professional soldiers, or janissaries. A practice learned from the earlier Islamic Empires. However most societies explicitly refused to employ slaves in combat, this action was taken out of fear that it would be necessary to free the slaves who had learned to fight in organized warfare.

While some higher-status slaves worked as merchants and were entrusted with large sums of money most slave societies, particularly in the American South, forbade slaves to engage in any type of business or commerce. Only a small portion of slaves throughout history were fortunate enough to be employed in any of these elite or prestigious occupations. To the contrary, most were assigned strictly physical labor, often the most degrading that any society had to offer. Among the worst forms of slave employment were prostitution and other occupations demanding extreme hard physical labor; such as mining. Slaves were used in mine for gold, coal or silver mines in Africa and throughout the Americas. Slaves have been used extensively in farming and agriculture, to build great construction projects such as military fortifications, roads, irrigation projects, to build temples or dams; from the Egyptian pyramids, to ancient Babylon and through the industrial revolution.

Laying down the law What if nobody voted, nobody at all? Take a stand, be a man Lay down the law Get a job, get wit the program Lay down the law Draw a line in the sand Lay down the law Dont be afraid of being too cruel Dont be afraid if imposing punishments Dont allow your workers to do as they please Lay down the law Remember our failures, come from weakness and indifference Remember the hard lessons, thats the main concern Disrespectful, uncontrolled, disliked by their superiors Lay down the law We cant allow our customers to do just as they please What if nobody voted, no body at all Who would be in control, who would legally have the right to govern? Hello?

Look into my eyes Look into my eyes, live it peacefully, happily and with prosperity. The most certain event for all living things is death and yet we know so little about it. We seems to spend more time dead than alive. I know of people that have been dead a lot longer than they lived. Life is then merely a transition, like a pit stop on a journey to some where we really belong or is it? It may come sooner or it may come later in life but the Inevitable always happens. We carry out our actions and behave as if we are immortal and death does not enter into our scheme of things. But once you understand death, then you can really understand life and this will help you to live it peacefully, happily and with prosperity.

Secrets of the Tunnel I knew I had to stay away If I saw her again what was I to say The mistakes we made, were not all at fault Theyd have stopped the train, if the tunnels could talk A young lady with questions of her own But thought she best, leave us alone Who studied us both so carefully She wanted to please me desperately I know how your feel, I understand From under the table she touched my hand At that moment, there was a know at the door But who would you say, theyre looking for?

If tunnels could talk If tunnels could listen to what people shared and know all that happens between here and there I tunnels could speak and tell what they knew, would it change our perspective, would it change what is true. If tunnels could talk, then what would they say? Can you prove over night what you did the next day?

How to feel a shopping cart Lunchtime specials, shop and save Dont be fooled, bring a friend Two for one, have more fun Extra portions, shop and spend One time offer, cakes and pies Burger and subs, pickup or delivery Buy two, the third one is free

Honest Chikn Foot In the cold, black distance of a full moonlight Came a symbol of great power to unite the nations Living within our psychic heritage It called to me with this vision of the world A world that has reached past its limits of division Past its anger, envy and distrust To a place where many nations coexist I am practicing like these amalgamated Africans who had no money To bribe or amass great armies No power, nor arsenals of guns for the show of force To control the subjugate masses, I, no laws to promise hope and dreams forever deferred No, we became Ayisyen in the land of Taino-Ayisyen Who let the tools of combat crawl from our body and mind Our veins are the vortex for a unified African psychic force You will as you must, you will surrender to that

Psychiatric shrink I came home from the hospital, shot full a holes My poor neighbor she cried god save this soul The nurse was problematic, she should has nurse me back to health But she sold out the patient a share of power and wealth With a evil, greedy physician who pretends to heal the sick, with a mixed bag of drugs and a head full tricks. Why should I pay a doctor 100 dollars/hr for his time When he calls himself a psychiatrist but cant even read my mind

Mythopoetics How many times Characteristic of the mythopoetic, was the practice of storytelling with music and with song have I come to you I take you to be my lawfully wedded wife, my constant friend, and faithful companion Characteristics. For better or for worse, in sickness and in health With the light. Mythopoetic To have and to hold, from this day forward How many times. Storytelling In the presence of God, I offer you my solemn vow have I come to you. With music and with song With the words To honor you, and respect you, as long long as we both shall live. I cant help you To prepare for the journey and prepare for the resurrection. The space between the two eyebrows is the point at which the spiritual eye opens How many times have I come to you, with the light How many times have I come to you with the words, I cant help you An object once seen, even after the eyes are both destroyed, the knowledge that "I have seen remains. How many times have I come to you, with the light How many times have I come to you, with the words I cant help you

Tycheetoes Image the soul is a real being, it is an eternal entity. Desire, aversion, pleasure, pain, and intelligence are of some its qualities or some of signs. How many times have I come to you The object of the notion of I am is the soul and no understanding or remembering is possible without a soul. With the light The eye cannot see and the ear hear without a soul. How many times have I come to you The senses are like instruments and there were an artist to use these instruments. That artist is the soul. with the words I cant help you How many times have I come to you With the light How many times have I come to you with the words I cant help you

Find some video The world is completely dark at least have of the day All the logic, peace and sanity can not take that darkest away Its part of the life we live in, its the price of civilization How can we expect anything different from such a word is beyond explanation. Civilization equals Domination. The African was told that it is he who is uncivilized that he can achieve what others have achieved by adopting European ways. But he forgets that what he sees, what he desires was accomplished by dominance whether Arab or European these advancements were accomplished on the backs of slaves. Diplomacy is not a substitute for dominance and will never put you on equal par with the oppressor once you have been one of the oppressed. You are merely a tag-along or wanna-be community filled with envy for the pretty, smiling, civilized people who look like you want to look. They live the way you want to live and do the work that you want to do. These are the people that get all the love and respect that you want to get. The Love of God. If their God loves them the way they say God does, then I want to be like them and Ill worship their God too! This is the basis of all conformity, assimilation, conversion, and all civilization. Theres just one problem; one side of the equation that you and I still dont understand. That is you cant just wanna-be them and worship their God as they do. Youve got to be them and worship their God as they do before the looking pretty happy and respected stuff comes along. Otherwise, youre just wanting, still wanting, and waiting.

Parole patrol You may say what about guilt-by-association can that work for Gods blessing too? Some people think so happy-by-association. I do believe its possible to be happier by associating with happy people. But I doubt that you will become beautiful or wealthy by tagging-alone with beautiful, wealthy associates. I dont believe that. I believe you have to define your own community, your own group or tribe if you like. In the community you are unique and offer a unique contribution to others in the community. When this is done in exchange for unique services or contributions for other members of that group the community will prosper and succeed like as family. Nothing is more beautiful than a happy family. You may say what about guilt-by-association can that work for Gods blessing too? Some people think so happy-by-association. I do believe its possible to be happier by associating with happy people. But I doubt that you will become beautiful or wealthy by tagging-alone with beautiful, wealthy associates. I dont believe that. I believe you have to define your own community, your own group or tribe if you like. In the community you are unique and offer a unique contribution to others in the community. When this is done in exchange for unique services or contributions for other

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