The Great Pax Whitie Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGH FCCIH JKL JML NOPQRSJH TUVVMMW TL TNTXYXZA2ZB2TC2D2C2T H E2LTTL XF2G2TA2 H2I2PN J2C K2H TTAL2TTM2A2N2H L2O2

In the beginning was the wordA
And the word wasB
DeathC
And the word was niggerD
And the word was death to all niggersE
And the word was death to all lifeF
And the word was death to allG
peace be stillH
-
The genesis was lifeF
The genesis was deathC
In the genesis of deathC
Was the genesis of warI
be still peace be stillH
-
In the name of peaceJ
They waged the warsK
ain't they got no shameL
-
In the name of peaceJ
Lot's wife is now a product of the Morton companyM
nah they ain't got no shameL
-
Noah packing his wife and kiddies up for a holidayN
row row row your boatO
But why'd you leave the unicorns noahP
Huh why'd you leave themQ
While our Black Madonna stood thereR
Eighteen feet high holding Him in her armsS
Listening to the rumblings of peaceJ
be still be stillH
-
CAN I GET A WITNESS WITNESS WITNESST
He wanted to knowU
And peter only asked who is that dudeV
Who is that Black dudeV
Looks like a troublemaker to meM
And the foundations of the mighty mightyM
Ro Man Cat holic church were laidW
-
hallelujah JesusT
nah they ain't got no shameL
-
Cause they killed the CarthaginiansT
in the great appian wayN
And they killed the MoorsT
to civilize a nationX
And they just killed the earthY
And blew out the sunX
In the name of a godZ
Whose genesis was whiteA2
And war wooed godZ
And america was bornB2
Where war became peaceT
And genocide patriotismC2
And honor is a happy slaveD2
cause all god's chillun need rhythmC2
And glory hallelujah why can't peaceT
be stillH
-
The great emancipator was a bigotE2
ain't they got no shameL
And making the world safe for democracyT
Were twenty millon slavesT
nah they ain't got no shameL
-
And they barbecued six millionX
To raise the price of beefF2
And crossed the th parallelG2
To control the price of riceT
ain't we never gonna see the lightA2
-
And champagne was shipped out of the EastH2
While kosher pork was introducedI2
To AfricaP
Only the torch can show the wayN
-
In the beginning was the deedJ2
And the deed was deathC
-
And the honkies are getting confusedK2
peace be stillH
-
So the great white princeT
Was shot like a nigger in texasT
And our Black shining prince was murderedA
like that thug in his cathedralL2
While our nigger in memphisT
was shot like their prince in dallasT
And my lordM2
ain't we never gonna see the lightA2
The rumblings of this peace must be stilledN2
be stilled be stillH
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ahh Black peopleL2
ain't we got no prideO2

Nikki Giovanni



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