GENTLE BLACK MAN
Mama, I'm sorry
It must have hurt you so
Mama, please listen
I have to let you know
Vultures surround me
They want me to be dead
Vultures in white hoods
They bash me in the head
Mama, I struggle
I want to be with you
Mama, they hurt me
And all of Kenya too
Eagle beside me
They hang me with a noose
Eagle befriend me
I cannot get it loose
Mama, I love you
And now my soul is free
Mama, I'll see you
And give you all of me
* Dedicated to Regina Gakinya and her son, Leonard, who was found hanging from a radio tower in Springfield, Missouri, on October 2, 2002.