Video of Empower by Diop Adisa

by Diop Adisa

I empower you empower
Write a couple flows and make it shower
And make it shower

Represent or resign
Calculated premeditated
The state of mind
Metabolic metaphors
Illuminating my shine
I’m just stating my Mind
How I feel about the state of the times
Entangled in rhymes
One life u living god given
You get it right
God gave it so keep it tight
Lucid sight developed from earning stripes in my ghetto every night
Dirty water lost daughters
The reason this nigga fight
Keep it tight
The passionate action
Known as activism I ignite
No ether or parables
From a preachers
Just speakers
connected to the soul
Of street teacher
Speaking to change seekers
we tired of this seekers
If u want it
Reach for it
Yeah Build yo ship for it
Shed yo insecurities
And just go for it

Like this piece? Diop performed it at OmniMic on July 27, 2012. Please join us each month for OmniMic every 4th Friday, 7PM at the EcoCenter. Next OmniMic is Aug 24.  Click here for more info.