A Very Dangerous Time...

People all over the planet are suffering today it doesn't matter whether you're Black, White, or Brown, etc. Muslim, Christian, Jew, or Agnostic, etc. rich, middle class or poor--this world is coming down all around us. We're living in a time that is very dangerous and if we don't get our stuff together it's gonna be too late! Our backs are already against the wall, it's no wonder we're seeing calamity after calamity, downspin after downspin. This world is enmity in the eyes of The Creator and He is not playing with this world any longer.

My concern especially is where Black people as a whole are in the picture of things, we have allowed this world to dupe and bamboozle us again and again. Every Black History Month we're always talking about Black unity and Black folk coming together and a Black agenda. And year after year we do nothing, sure as a 36 year old Black man in America--I am grateful for the Civil Rights movement but what did it really get us? Many of the old Civil Rights Champions of the 60's regret the movement believe it or not. Why? Although we got rid of racial segregation, fought for the right to vote, etc. it ultimately killed the Black Community as we know it. We use to have hotels, motels, stores, etc. you name it-now we have very few Black businesses and our money goes out our community like 40 going north! But yet we got the Oprah's, MJ's of the world and a few of those of us who have some money but the whole of our people are still broke. We love giving our money away to other's versus giving it to ourselves, we make these big companies richer and richer cause we're worried about the latest style. We have let this world put our people into an even deeper coma today. Some of you may get mad at me for this statement but I'm in a Riley from Boondocks mood this morning!!! "I'm so damn tired of luke-warm niggas and their tired ass behavior that it is driving me crazy and that includes me." We continue to procrastinate as if we have a lot time to get our houses in order with God!

The we shall overcome days are over; we are truly those dry bones in the valley and that hard-headed people that scriptures speak of. Sure we go to church, mosque, temple, etc. hec we got 'em on every corner in Chicago and other cities but the condition of our neighborhoods our still deplorable and running to the burbs isn't gonna save us either! We have no respect anymore, any time you can beat an old man up at McDonald's cause he won't give you a damn dollar is sickening! That's why we can't get mad at the young generation--the way we have allowed them to become and behave is our fault as adults and people. Anytime grandmothers are raising children who have all type of social and psychological issues trying to keep up with them at 70 and 80 yrs. old is crazy! Parents who have to work two and three jobs to keep food on the table and the lights on. Hec, what do you expect the children to do and be? Especially when they go to school and the educational system is failing them and they learn nothing and it's not always because they don't wanna learn--hell it's like a zoo at some of these public schools so they don't cultivate an environment that is conducive to learning. So, the kids become un-interested and look toward the streets as a way of making it!

Granted this all may seem like I am painting a dark and bleak picture but it is the reality that we see every day--even with the first elected Black President in office. In reality, nothing has changed--I'm excited for President Obama and thankful for his leadership but I know he's not the real power in charge. America has a deep history to say the least where we're concerned and I know by him being in office doesn't change the landscape totally. Bottom-line is we have to do for ourselves, we have to save ourselves. To many great one's have come among us giving us warning after warning and we're in the Final Call of that warning. God is not going to wait on us any longer at some point even God's mercies run out so teaches the scriptures. I'm a working diligently on myself first and then spreading it to those in my family and friends circle because time is of the essence and we must get movin'!


To God Be the Glory!

Bro. Lamon