this is one of countless stories of Black & Indigenous survival our legacy to resist, our legacy to exist this is post-apocalyptic our world has ended so many times it keeps burning we keep fire fighting genocide for 500+ plus years of a pandemic here i'm realizing it's a cycle and it's very clear masked up like Zapatistas for the land is life if we don't find a balance then trust me, we won't survive old ways die for the young ones to thrive it comes back around though we're learning from the tribes of Suquamish, Duwamish, Tulalip, and Muckleshoot nations Puyallup, Makah, Snoqualmie, and Chehalis there's too many to name but all who fight colonization Northwest Coast off the Sea they called Salish shouts to Calina for holding on to the language and every elder who was kidnapped but managed to envision what you'd make generations ahead with culture as a weapon this is how i was led a Black immigrant's son, i know our freedom is one with Indigenous liberation right here we are from different circles and ceremony and ways we hold on you burn sage, we roast coffee, they both keep me calm a Black immigrant's son, i know our freedom is one with Indigenous liberation right here we are from the opposite end of the same officer's gun our legacy to resist, our legacy to exist Black Panthers and AIM both taught us how to fight Fort Lawton occupation, United of All Tribes free breakfast for the kids in the morning when the sunrise a free clinic for the Central and the Southside that came together when our elders got organized we take for granted the gains they made when they unified they gave us Daybreak Star and El Centro de la Raza remember when you sipping coffee sitting in that plaza this was land reclamation just a generation ago so many paid a toll, and they had greater goals there was war in our city and most just don't know imperfect as it was they laid some groundwork to grow from so learn some mistakes, before you try to say you starting what was already in motion connect with your folks this is a very old visionary struggle for home and not a single one of us are gonna make it alone a Black immigrant's son, i know our freedom is one with Indigenous liberation right here we are from different circles and ceremony and ways we hold on you burn sage, we roast coffee, they both keep me calm a Black immigrant's son, i know our freedom is one with Indigenous liberation right here we are from the opposite end of the same officer's gun our legacy to resist, our legacy to exist our legacy to connect, our legacy to persist our legacy to resist, our legacy to exist