I’m from the Wild, Wild West
By the roots of the South
Texas bred and Cornbread fed
I’m from the 60’s
I’m from Kennedy, King, and Malcolm.
James Brown’s “Say it Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud”
I’m from Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Goin on?”
Michael Jackson’s ABC
Diana Ross’s Wild Child Hair
And Sam’s Cooke’s “Twistin the Night Away.”
I’m from Shirley Ann and John Edwards, Annie and Clarence
Church all day Sunday
Peach Cobbler and Collard Greens
Downtown popcorn if you are good
I’m from the Last of the Mohicans
And the first of the new generation
I’m from the same place I started from
And the last place I plan to be…

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