King Badu Bonsu II

 King badu bonsu II

So let me get this straight,

You cut off the king’shead 

Cos Dutch didn’t get their way…

I swear 

White people…

Damn white people 

Yes I said it….

This is why I talk shit 

About white people in poetry 

Cos of their fuckery….

 

It’s givin me Sara Baartman vibes

When I hear this story….

I’m aware they say sorry 

But are they really?

Cos they still got black body parts 

In jars at European museums…

I sense there was a hesitation 

When Ahanta people asked 

Them to bring back the king’s head

For a proper burial….

His homeland is callin his name….

They did….

Now I have wondered 

In America 

After lynchings during Jim Crow

I know they castrated us into 

Pieces…I wouldn’t be surprised if 

They took our parts to the labs or 

Exhibit…cos to them it’s for show 

Or study…even for food..

In their eyes 

We’re their souvenirs

Their entertainment 

Not objects….

And I bet they don’t teach 

How the Dutch sliced the king’s head in school…

King Badu Bonsu II

He whooped those white men’s ass

He and his people….

He resisted 

But then got abducted 

Hung him

Cut his head and put in a jar 

Took it to Netherlands

Held it for years til 2009….

Such cruelty 

All cos of Dutch wants land

Gold..

You see white people go too far 

Goin way beyond just to put black people in place 

And snatch our resources from their hands….

They’re willin to rip us apart 

And bring it to their families or corporations 

Sayin look what I got 

With wicked smile and mean eyes

It could be our hair 

Our limbs

Our private areas

Anythin that attached to our temples

They put them in shops or  make them as gifts

That’s dehumanizin….

That’s what the Dutch did to 

King Badu Bonsu II….

✊🏿💯©️ Kai C. 5-2-26