ONE

There's Just One
One Sun, One Moon, One Note, One Tune
Sonorous, harmonious, living this is knowing this
One River, One Stream, One Consciousness, One Dream
Detoxify to Glorify, I've been sent here to testify, There's Just One
One God, One Nation, One Race, One Persuasion
Repentance fill the resonance on all the earth's residents
One Heart, One Beat, One Voice, One Speech
Prose to soliloquy, once was true shall always be
One Family, One Name, our DNA 99.9% the same
So plant this in your heart and mind, we're all just thread in one spool of twine

One Is The Sum Of All Totals
Me plus You equals One, Me plus You, You, and You equals One, Me plus Each and Every One of You equals One
Wherever you're at, on the map, know this One simple Fact, One Is The Sum Of All Totals

Let me mention our dissension from lack of prevention, do i have your attention?
United we stand, divided we fall, economics culture, race, and religion
These are the things that they use for division, my mission, cast your coins aside for the wishin
Check this position, submission as you listen, a new soul incision cut with solid precession
Guaranteed to clear up your vision, the truth prescription to heal all affliction, i think that it's time for a juxtaposition
For, how much longer can a bad thing last, send a blast, i'm up for the task
Me and You there's no contrast, so what's all this foolish talk about class
They need to give their ignorance a bath, the proof is in our past, same thing that makes you cry makes you laugh
But they don't know the half, in front is the path, watch how we walk it and hold up the staff

One Is The Sum Of All Totals
See, You and I are single cells in this beautiful thing called life, and along with every other living thing
We form a complete body and this body joins us for life So We Must Get It Right

We're all soil from the same earth, Fibers from the same shirt, Branches from the same tree, Waves from the same sea
Plasma from the same blood, Created from the same Love
We're All in this life thing together, that which binds us could never be severed
From New York to Chicago, Bangkok to Cairo, Osaka to London, Spain to Belgium, Africa to Chile, Finland to Italy
Jungles to mountains, we're just water from the same fountain
Rural to urban, beanies to turbans, black, white, yellow, red, rich, poor, hungry, or fed
From the birds to the trees to the air that we breathe.....ONE IS THE SUM OF ALL TOTALS
Wherever you're at on the map, know this One simple fact.....ONE IS THE SUM OF ALL TOTALS

Written and Performed by Darren Hymes "The Bedouin" darren@hiphopcaucus.org

At Busboys and Poets, Obama continues to have the honored place

I'm at Langston room at Busboys and Poets. Tariq Ali is about to talk about his new book "The Obama Syndrome: Surrender at Home, War Abroad". To enter the room - which has a mural with MLK, Gandhi and such - one must walk beneath a portrait of Obama pontificating from a podium. The restaurant continues to feature banners from the celebrations of Obama's inaugural with peace symbols and hearts. The collapse of art over the last several years has perhaps been the worst aspect of events. Obama syndrome indeed.