People's Court Part II - Mutabaruka

whiter than snow

whiter than snow

lord wash me and make me

whiter than snow

all rise

judge 1000 years presidin

your honor we have here

mr.

religious belief

and his hench man

mr.

demonenation

MR.

RELIGIOUS BELIEF

MR.

RELIGIOUS BELIEF

PLEASE TAKE THE STAND

i am noticin that there is a new prosecuter here

yes your honor

after the last trial

the other prosecuter had to resign

your honor i think both of the gentlemen

should take the stand at the same time

considerin the magnitude of

charges against them

mr.

religious belief and mr.

denomination

i see where you also have been

promisin the black people

but you are even worst than the politicians

you promise them good livin after they die

yes you say their reward will be in heaven

it would appear to me that

both of you have been to heaven already

and have gotten yours

the charges are too numerous to mention here

for over 500 years you have been wanted

from ever since you sent your relative here

yes i am talking about the same christopher cum-bus-us

your honor the name is christopher columbus

hush up columbus cum-bus-us

it dont matter he did come here to trick us

it was you who went to the amerikas and afrika

with your doctrine of civilizin the savages

you taught black people to pray with their eyes closed

when they open them

you had their land and they had the bible

with bible and gun

you robbed raped urdered our fore parents

in the name of jesus

you divided black people in groups

causin them to distrust each other

the first charge is for misleadin black people

into their color blind blindness

you have black people worshipin everything white as good

white jesus white winged angels white christmas

even the songs talk about 'whiter than snow i long to be'

the bible did say

'though your sins be like scarlet

they shall be as white as snow'

so you tryin to tell me that if my sins

are white instead of scarlet god will accept my sins

and by the way michael angelo paintin of his uncle

for years balck people keep reverin this picture

as the true picture of christ

all your religious holidays originate in europe

everything in heaven is white

everything in hell is black

is a lucky thing jamaicans start to visit hell

and really see for themselves

your honor if i may be allowed

to speak for our divine and beloved pope…

shut up dope… or pope

i will not allow you to ask any questions here

i have never heard any one askin you any questions

in one of your church services

you are also charged for collectin money under false pretense

you keep sayin the church have no money

yet every little open land

have a tent for a few months

then a massive buildin later

did not your bible say that

your body is the temple of god

your honor mr.

denomination

has been collectin money from people

sayin that he can get them

into miami via the bahamas

through the guise of christian crusades

through such a scheme people have been jailed sir

tryin to reach miami

what i though you would be tryin

to get them to heaven via your church

you are also charged for misinterpretation

you have twisted the bible to suit white supremacy

you have taken stories and quotes

from other books much older than the bible

and made them into myths

have you ever read the egyptian book of the dead

the what?

it is because of you why the d.j.s

have no respect for our black women

you have painted a picture of women

as the originator of sin

you have made women look

inferior to all your religious books

from eve till now

you have blamed women

for the downfall of the world

you blame delilah for samson stupidity

you have even placed a sin on sex

sayin mary was a virgin all her life

with these images

what do you expect from our people

you even have the earth as only 6000 years old

maybe the history of europe is only 6000 years

but black people was here ong before

long long before

your honor

hush up didn’t i tell you not to interrupt

you shall get an extra 1000 years

for contempt of court

your honor there is a certain denomination

that have been given legal status here

that said denomination have been preachin for years

that black people cannot enter heaven

yet their recruiters travel around

on bicycles two by two tryin to win souls

i have heard of this

i hear they call themselves

church of latter day saints of

jesus christ or morons

the word is mormons your honor

you have to understand that things change…

hush up understand

black people have been

understand for centuries

these morons or mormons as you call them

should never be allowed into a country

that is predominantly black

to preach about god

you have been collaboratin with politicians

to trick black people

you have branded voodoo and obeah

and all afrikan oriented tradition as paganism

you have the people goin to church

trying to drink the blood of jesus

and eat his flesh

and i did hear you teachin them to pray

and i quote

'lead us not into temptation'

when since the lord lead people into temptation

that you should be askin him not to do it

that was a slight misinterpretation

remember the baker

remember the one who was swaggin hearts

remember the one who was usin his mouth

to orally-rob-earth

all of these was collectin souls

under false pretense

mr.

religious belief and mr.

denomination

i hereby sentence you both

to 1000 years for swindlin poor people

by way of radio and t.v.

i also give you 1000 years

for each year that black people

have been sufferin since columbus came hear

now take them away