Guidance from God
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THE CREAM OF THE CROP....... When they invaded Africa, they took the cream of the crop It didn't take us centuries, to know just what they got..! Though they were looking for laborers, they got much more.. They got people that America, should forever be thankful for..! They got physicians, inventors, and ingenious creators.. Doctors, lawyers, scientists, and shrewed innovators..! Why Africa? Some may ask now-- I don't believe they knew just what they were doing, or how..! They took mothers, fathers, leaders and teachers-- Certainly they weren't looking for bums and leechers..! NO! That's what they tried to make of us, once they felt they were through-- Sister and Brothers you gotta remember, GOD makes everything anew..! So rise up now and brush yourselves off, from what was done-- Brighter and better days are here, and have only just begun..! You can achieve anything, that you set your mind to-- Just stay tuned to GOD, and be conscientious in all the things you do..! You're the cream of the crop - Yes, you are-- GOD'S Chosen People - Bright and Shining Star..! .........................GOD'S FAITH SURROUNDING ME INSIDE..! ....... Once when I was about this low Ummi pulled me aside, and said "Child, don't you know... Can't nobody hold you back - GOD Protects You, and that's a fact..! GOD Promised To Always Provide - Faith Surrounding You Inside..!" She said "HIS Strength Is Like A Shield, Radiating Out ..They can't hold you, and it's no doubt..! Just Go Forth in GOD'S Name - You don't have to seek fortune and fame..! It's Already Inside Of You, You See - Surrounding, You Faithfully..! You're #1, At The Top - You Know You Can Never Be Stopped..!" "They can't hold me back, and that's a fact ..Don't you know, GOD'S Got My Back..! I Walk In HIS Name, Because I Know It's So HE Protects Me In What I Do, And Where I Go..! Fear and Faith, can't both abide - I Thank GOD, That HE'S Dwelling Inside..! Don't you know that HE Does Provide - Everything, I Need To Survive..! I'm #1, At The Top - It's True, I Can Never Be Stopped..! GOD Promised Ummi, HE would Always Provide Faith Surrounding Me Inside..! When I go, about my way - I Seek GOD'S Help, Each And Everyday..! He Keeps Me, On Even Keel - Blessing Me To Keep It Real..! Fear and Faith, can't both abide - I Thank GOD, that HE'S Dwelling Inside..! No matter who comes after me - GOD Carries Me Forth, Successfully..! I'm #1, At The Top - It's True, I Can Never Be Stopped..! GOD Promised Me To Always Provide - Faith Surrounding Me Inside..! I'm #1, At The Top - With HIS Faith Inside Me, I Can Never Be Stopped..!
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While always interested in writing and poetry, Ummi had a need to understand her youngest son and all this new generation. Her interest pushed what she wrote in a new direction as she searched for understanding and a way to help bridge what her generation had to offer to this new generation. Ummi says: “ It was my strong urge and my youngest son, as well as the need to understand and aid, that results in my poetry having the tone and beat of todays rap songs. I often asked Daron, what is your generation thinking about? What is it that you all need to help you soar like you’re meant to? For the longest time I just couldn’t understand. Now when I write it comes through, seemingly, as messages that are given to me. I truly believe that the death of Daron, at age 19, has a lot to do with my poetry. They are messages that I need to share with the world. My poetry is based on World events.”
About the Author
Being a young mother, Ummi realized her responsibility to the well-being of her family and the community they inhabited. It was because of this that she was led to be a community activist and business owner of three small mom and pop stores during her children’s formative years. This encouraged her children, also at a young age, to be active in their community.
In college, Ummi majored in elementary education and sociology. She has worked in these two fields for almost two decades. She is currently employed as a supervisor in an inner-city
Ummi is a mother of three and grandmother of six. There is an eight year difference between the two youngest children, and being such, she realized that in that small amount of time, children had changed drastically. Having grew up in the fifties and sixties, her generation was fighting for and reaping civil rights benefits. Her two oldest children had a certain determination in them to conquer and achieve the things that African-Americans were still fighting and striving for. Her youngest child, being from the seventies generation was a new breed with different ideas and challenges, their demands took on a new shape and a new life.