CJ Parker & McPherson - Utopia [Video]

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CJ Parker & McPherson, performing their poem “Utopia”.

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0:01
we kidnapped every trump supporter and
0:05
put them on the other side of the wall
0:07
and the water turned into wine it’s rock
0:10
in the black owned businesses and a 15
0:13
year old girl in Oakland invented a
0:15
joint that burned in slow motion in
0:17
black schools got equal funding and
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equal test results and equal graduation
0:22
rates and a black boy went shop and he
0:24
was not followed and he got 12 full ride
0:26
scholarships and he invented the
0:28
hoverboard and hoverboards cost $10 in
0:31
the concert hovered in a cloud of weed
0:34
smoke and light beams and ice cubes good
0:36
day seem difficult in comparison and
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everyone was employed but robots did all
0:40
the work as some chose to stay at home
0:42
so their job was too long and no one was
0:44
ever late because oh yeah that’s the
0:45
time and the suburbs were colorful and
0:48
the hood was crimeless and you could
0:49
wear your headphones after 10 and curved
0:51
views and street lights weren’t
0:53
synonymous and there were interracial
0:54
relationships dot dot dot
0:56
sometimes black and yellow yellow and
0:58
brown brown and red red and black and in
1:01
black love was celebrated with pride and
1:03
i celebrated with black love and the
1:06
whole audience caught the wordplay and
1:08
we played and we played and we played
1:11
our music as loud as little girls
1:12
selling lemonade and barbecue Becky
1:14
dropped her phone in the country and no
1:17
authority was called and no authority
1:19
could hold us and cops were just robots
1:22
designed by women of color and robots
1:24
didn’t fear for the life they didn’t
1:26
have and women levitated down the street
1:28
and rust is tighter than the Sun and no
1:30
one grabbed them or follow them or
1:32
whistles or threatened them for not
1:33
smiling and you could wear your pajamas
1:36
without fearing your uncle and no one
1:38
thought they’d chosen to avoid sexual
1:40
assault and everybody thought their
1:42
children
1:43
you better not sexually assault in the
1:45
Goodyear blimp red black lives matter
1:47
and in a sea of afros Bob in perfect
1:50
rhythm and no one said can I touch your
1:52
hair or and no one said and no one said
1:57
Wow
1:58
I was just trying to give you a
1:59
compliment
2:00
and her just complimented the light
2:02
behind the light pattern complimented
2:04
the song and we made music for us and no
2:07
one stole another’s culture and our
2:08
culture got 28 days every month and we
2:11
shared in each other’s rhythm and we
2:14
danced the wrong dances to the wrong
2:16
beat but realize that freedom looks kind
2:18
of like that our body responding to the
2:20
someone else’s post and even if you
2:22
didn’t wanna tense these day played the
2:25
perfect track and she danced with him
2:27
and he danced with him she danced with
2:28
her and they danced with them and they
2:30
kissed without consequence and people
2:32
believed in God and aligned Yahweh in
2:35
everything and hearts were full and
2:37
fellowship wasn’t other debates but a
2:40
gathering of love without motive and
2:42
love was a choice and sacrificial and
2:45
patience and kind and love no record or
2:48
wrong and in love was not greedy and
2:50
agreed was against the law
2:58
you

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