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 word | A |
| And the word was | B |
| Death | C |
| And the word was nigger | D |
| And the word was death to all niggers | E |
| And the word was death to all life | F |
| And the word was death to all | G |
| peace be still | H |
| - | |
| The genesis was life | F |
| The genesis was death | C |
| In the genesis of death | C |
| Was the genesis of war | I |
| be still peace be still | H |
| - | |
| In the name of peace | J |
| They waged the wars | K |
| ain't they got no shame | L |
| - | |
| In the name of peace | J |
| Lot's wife is now a product of the Morton company | M |
| nah they ain't got no shame | L |
| - | |
| Noah packing his wife and kiddies up for a holiday | N |
| row row row your boat | O |
| But why'd you leave the unicorns noah | P |
| Huh why'd you leave them | Q |
| While our Black Madonna stood there | R |
| Eighteen feet high holding Him in her arms | S |
| Listening to the rumblings of peace | J |
| be still be still | H |
| - | |
| CAN I GET A WITNESS WITNESS WITNESS | T |
| He wanted to know | U |
| And peter only asked who is that dude | V |
| Who is that Black dude | V |
| Looks like a troublemaker to me | M |
| And the foundations of the mighty mighty | M |
| Ro Man Cat holic church were laid | W |
| - | |
| hallelujah Jesus | T |
| nah they ain't got no shame | L |
| - | |
| Cause they killed the Carthaginians | T |
| in the great appian way | N |
| And they killed the Moors | T |
| to civilize a nation | X |
| And they just killed the earth | Y |
| And blew out the sun | X |
| In the name of a god | Z |
| Whose genesis was white | A2 |
| And war wooed god | Z |
| And america was born | B2 |
| Where war became peace | T |
| And genocide patriotism | C2 |
| And honor is a happy slave | D2 |
| cause all god's chillun need rhythm | C2 |
| And glory hallelujah why can't peace | T |
| be still | H |
| - | |
| The great emancipator was a bigot | E2 |
| ain't they got no shame | L |
| And making the world safe for democracy | T |
| Were twenty millon slaves | T |
| nah they ain't got no shame | L |
| - | |
| And they barbecued six million | X |
| To raise the price of beef | F2 |
| And crossed the th parallel | G2 |
| To control the price of rice | T |
| ain't we never gonna see the light | A2 |
| - | |
| And champagne was shipped out of the East | H2 |
| While kosher pork was introduced | I2 |
| To Africa | P |
| Only the torch can show the way | N |
| - | |
| In the beginning was the deed | J2 |
| And the deed was death | C |
| - | |
| And the honkies are getting confused | K2 |
| peace be still | H |
| - | |
| So the great white prince | T |
| Was shot like a nigger in texas | T |
| And our Black shining prince was murdered | A |
| like that thug in his cathedral | L2 |
| While our nigger in memphis | T |
| was shot like their prince in dallas | T |
| And my lord | M2 |
| ain't we never gonna see the light | A2 |
| The rumblings of this peace must be stilled | N2 |
| be stilled be still | H |
| - | |
| ahh Black people | L2 |
| ain't we got no pride | O2 |
Nikki Giovanni
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