Look Who it Was Random video

"Black is..." by Najee Omar

682 views · Published 21 March 2017 · 1:19 · Indexed 28 October 2026

Channel: Global Citizen · 2017 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Black 

is more than not white. 
is shadow blinding. 
is root of power. 
is root. 
is seed. 
is planted in New Orleans and growing in Los Angeles. 
black is blossom without warning. 
is break into smile. 
is unfiltered joy. 
is cradled light. 
is draping sky at night. & permitting the stars glow. 
black is magic. 
is lineage. 
what we come from is black. 
what is is black. 
what will be is black. is triumph. is more than answer.  
is question. that questions questions. 
black is beginning 
and beginning again. and again.  
maybe it’s dizzy, or miles, or herbie, or glasper. 
maybe it’s trumpet's blow, 
maybe it’s key's chime, 
maybe it’s revolution in scale disrupting time. 
maybe black is back 
to back to back
or black
is improv. black is language. black is God. between teeth and tongue. 
black is born of flesh and ancestor’s will. is buried in all this. and refusing to die. 
black is life 
without death. 
is glory
is sanctuary 
if this is not 
black
then what is?

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