I am a Gambian-Yorker
I am a sarankule from the sabi village
Just as much as I'm a New Yorker apart of the Bronx lineage
I am a Gambian-Yorker
The east coast slang that flows right out of my mouth is intertwined with the Soninke that forces itself to come out
I am a Gambian-Yorker
I eat honde as faithfully as I eat grits
Drink onjo while I'm munching on ritz
And mix my same' with collards greens, ya ain't fuckin this,
I am a Gambian-Yorker
I be chillin in the the streets of bakoteh
While kickin it with my peeps up in Webster projects
Enjoy the city life of sene-Gambia
To time square and the streets in TriBeCa
I am a Gambian-Yorker
My soul lies in serekunda and 450 east
Twerkin while I'm dancing to skelewu while I'm Milly rockin to the beat
I am a Gambian-Yorker
Don't make me choose between the concrete that I strut on or the sand that I glide on
the street lights that keeps the city alive
Or the stars that decorates the African sky
my Bassa or my jeans
My Dede or my greens
My head nod or my handshake
The Gambian river or the Crotona Park lake
I am a Gambian-Yorker
A proud sarukule bronxite
My heart never has to choose between the two because they both feel so damn right
YOU ARE READING
Uncle Sam, Goddamn
Poesia"I'm fucked up, nigga you fucked up, but if God got us, nigga we gon' be alright"- Kendrick Lamar Tyler Perry gave us the Diary of a Mad Black Women. I give you, The Poems Of A Black Youth, Uncle Sam, Goddamn.
