Ken Camell ll
October 15 2019
Afram 26
Professor Erica Williams
More than poem for Nina Simone ......
At age 3 she
began to handle piano keys
In 1955 she was denied
Acceptance into college
when she applied
It was due to
Segregation
America's apartied
but despite all the hatred
to the school of juliard she made it
on her track Mississippi Goddamn
she let ya know life was risky
for a Black Man
this is
More than a poem
about nina simone
She's a revolutionary
with a microphone
When she sung
She hit america like a cyclone
Her beautiful thick lips
Spit soulful linguistics
If you missed it
Go to the store
and cop a disk quick
(Huh) cop a disk quick
And her song sinner man
fed my soul like dinner fam
her songs provided
Info on legislation
Such as jim crow
And segregation
its crazy though
her songs don't get played
on the radio
but she's important still
She inspired Erykah Badu
And Lauryn Hill
Some say nina's
Demeanah was meana
The average senorita
But thats because
America didn't treat hah
With respect
So she chose to reflect
the fact
Thats its a blessing
To be Young, Gifted and Black !
Nina Simone is a Woman who is undervalued and I love to give her the proper respect she's deserving of. She is a radical human being plus a musical genius and that's why I prepared this assignment.
