To Embrace Our Space
TO EMBRACE OUR SPACE (By Ya’qub Shabazz)
The city is alive with life.
Blacks grin in the sun through the hot winds and rains
happiness grows unique in hells fire
but there is relief,
relief to smile, relief to laugh, to scream,
embrace our space.
THIS IS OUR CITY!!!
And we don’t own, but who cares
we give the city color,
we give it spice, we give blood,
and we’re here to stay.
THIS IS OUR CITY!!!
We scorch the streets
careless with care, bleeding detachment
and we grin,
grin face to face with the fires of hell,
but there is relief.
Relief to scream, relief to laugh, to smile,
to embrace our space…
Oil on 16”X20” canvas

















