The Struggle Continues

By Kaleb F.A. Tshamba

They are coming, coming, coming

coming those Afrikans.

They are coming, coming, coming

coming those Black militants.

They are coming, coming, coming,

coming those Afrikan freedom fighters.

They are coming, coming, coming,

coming--hear the beat of the drum.

They are coming, coming, coming.

They are coming, coming, coming,

coming with their bows and arrows.

They are coming, coming, coming

with their spears and guns.

They are coming, coming, coming,

coming with their tactics of hit and run.

They are coming, coming, coming,

coming with a pierce of lead

in the palm of their hands.

They are coming, coming, coming,

coming to destroy the man,

to make hum dead.

They are coming, coming, coming,

to overthrow a racist colonial system,

that separates people by color and race.

They are coming, coming, coming,

coming with a war of resistance.

They are coming, coming, coming,

for independence and self-determination.

They are coming, coming, coming,

seeking freedom and liberation.

They are coming, coming, coming,

to create and build a new nation.

They are coming, coming, coming,

those Black Revolutionaries.

They are coming, coming, coming,

coming and can not be stopped.

They are coming, coming, coming,

coming, look at your door step,

they are here . . .

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from Eyes of a Poet