Land is Life

Land is Life
Amidst the horror and strife
i keep my motion alive
im never sinkin i might
trip every once in a while
for every inch of the mile
i may not do it in style
but keep walkin and smile
cuz the ground where i step
it holds me up when i sweat
it keeps me strong when i rest
or while im catchin a breath
i always cherished this land
although my history's banned
the footprints in the sand
is evidence of the men
who brought me up in this place
and made a dollar a day
oppressed by minimum wage
and forced to labor for slaves
and fought for the US
but came back to their death
and not receivin a cent
shit my people in debt
from their colonized minds
to suppressin their rights
we continue the fight
for all pinoys and pinays
remember land is life
and through the horror and strife
lets keep the movement alive
For my people, lets fight



Thats just a little thing i wrote yesterday and forgot to post, sorry
but basically, land is life!!!
we need to recognize this. and although we have been oppressed here in the u.s.
we need to keep the fight goin
we need to keep marching toward a better tomorrow
what i get out of this internship is that next step
like in my rhyme, we do trip every once in a while, but we need to get up and take our next step toward better days.
This internship can hopefully allow me to do that.

What also got me goin for this week was analyzin, mobilizin, and organizin.
Not only should i apply it for LFS, but everything i do in life should be tackled with that apporach
I honestly believe that is the equation to success, we just need to figure out how to solve it.

My song for this week is "Black President" by Nas
Although this is not a Filipino dude rappin like the Blue Scholars last week, it really shows how long African Americans have come and through the land of America that they have stepped on, they percsisted and resisted, and eventually sparked change throughout the sphere of American Land.

-Ben Paz PEACE