Keep Hope Alive and The Underground

What is love of God when you're down and out, and gloom abounds,
when for instance, you've been shanked in the back,
stabbed in the eye, knifed in the groin, when your woman has been split open
for Masters to peep and overseers to sneak a sip?

What is love of God when slavery or suicide --- is the choice?
Love of God is revelation, that can flash in a second,
but take foever to reach fruition.
Love of God for me was Gettysburg.

Love of God was dubious Reconstruction,
love of God was suspended animation
when I heard Triple K hoop and holler
the rebel yell, "Kill the black ass nigger!"

Still, I managed to escaped, thanks to Harriet Tubman,
Sojourner Truth and the Underground Railroad. The Emancipation Proclamation
brought constitutional reform. The 13th Amendment was sweet to my ears;
the 14th was pure rite of passage; the 15th gave us wombs the right to vote.

So, what else do you want for crynowloud?
Condolezza Rice for President?
What if Candel Lisa ain't unavailable,
would you be willing to settle for Oprah Winfrey?