Tag: Ethiopia

Nyja: Beautiful, Calm Flowing River

Nyja: Beautiful, Calm Flowing River Her name means, “Beautiful, Calm Flowing River”.  Her parents placed a spiritual conviction upon thee and named her well with deep thought placed behind it.  Her calm voice is all too familiar, god’s whisper steady like a stream.  The calmness of her voice and the stillness of her spirit leaves his

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Stand For Something

The Only Way To Get That Gorilla Off Your Back Is To Stand, Upright. When the light is turned on there’s no turning off that light. One may try to ignore that little voice inside but that light and that voice will only burn brighter and speak louder to you each and every time you attempt

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Ferguson: Michael Brown, Civil Unrest & Change

CNN televised the fiery passionate expression of a people in great despair. Poor people, angry, disenfranchised citizens of Missouri, Ferguson living and witnessing the American experiment. It was a day of shame that imbrue the fabric of our national conscious.  This greasy spot will be forever burned on the entire nations memory.  Malcolm X, my

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On This Day Of Shame

Day Of Shame On this day of shame, I’d like to remember all the people, all the entire cultures that are extinct; wiped out, removed from this earth just because they are different.  The gratitude and appreciation has been noted of those that have sacrificed their lives so that others could feast and be merry.

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DSD Podcast Radio: Real Talk, Real People On Real Issues

  Real Talk On Real Issues – Be Heard  Dial In: 657-383-0995 Every Sunday DSD 14 Real Talk, Real People on Real DSD Podcast. Keeping it Real & Dirty – Kick it with Scout Smith, Christy Harvey, HarlemATL Show Topic: “It’s The Economy, Stupid.” On Down South Dirty Podcast. (Archived) 11/14/14 – Sunday @ 1:30pm

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Love Him Unconditionally

 No good man should be left alone. Ladies, walk with me if you will.  Should you ever experience a good man remember these words. Love Him Unconditionally “You will show me the path of life” It is not good for “this” man to be alone; the man that is in the presence of the Creator, who

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Out Of Africa

All religious subjects are important and all political subjects are important because all of them need to be appraised in the light of reality. Because we have not faced reality cause we as a people live in a world of fantasy. Once we face reality and use religions properly, and once we understand how they

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The Compass Of Humanity

History is a clock that people use to tell their political and cultural time of day. It is also a compass that people use to find themselves on the map of human geography. History tells a people where they’ve been, what they’ve been, where they are and what they are. Most important, history tells a

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The Dumb Shit Men Do

Beauty is a beast all by itself but a good woman, an educated woman is the type of woman that make a man storm the beach or die trying. The Dumb Shit Men Do   Ah yeah, you already know who I be, constantly doin me, sliding through your hood on that dumb shit fo all to

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Child Support: Anger, Bitterness & Spitefulness

 The good ole relationship and the days of Nana and Poppa are long behind us.  Almost nobody is retiring from a job after 20 years and only a few can say they worked at one place for as long to retire from.  The same can be said about lasting relationships.  Child Support: Anger, Bitterness & Spitefulness Today, in this microwave

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When Love Loses Its Meaning

Healing is revealing You went in with your heart all wide open with an understanding that love is on the other side of the fence. You then became frustrated, vulnerable and mad as hell. You hold wilted flowers in one hand and toss your Starbucks coffee onto the sidewalk with the other. You slowly walked through

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Students Of Poverty

The slave (working stiff) is foolish when he tries to be just like his master (employer).  The objective is to change the game. Where there’s no vision the people will perish. Companies and corporations are tapping into our youth’s vision, energy and resources then use it to their advantage and financial gain. This is how they stay

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