URSULA RUCKER Libations Lyrics IN THESE DAYS AND TIMES, EXPRESSLY, I FEEL NEED TO CALL ON OUR ANCESTORS, OUR FORBEARERS, SPEAK THEIR NAMES, GIVE THANKS, POUR A LITTLE OUT FOR THEM THAT FOUGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM, PROMOTED PEACE, RESISTED, CHALLENGED OUR IDEAS, ABOUT WORDS, SOUNDS, IMAGES, MOVEMENT - MOVEMENT, MADE US SING, WANNA MAKE LOVE, REBEL, REBEL. ANCESTORS, FORBEARERS, BOTH FORGOTTEN AND REMEMBERED, KEEP YOUR MEMORY, POWER, SPIRIT REVERBERATING OUT INTO THE HEMISPHERES, ECOSPHERES, ATMOSPHERES, QUELL OUR FEARS, KEEP US MOVING UPWARD AND FORWARD, WATCH OVER US, WATCH OVER US, WATCH OVER US. WRITERS OF LOVE, LIFE, STRUGGLE, DREAMS. AUDRE LORDE, TED JOANS, GWENDOLYN BROOKS, W.E.B. DUBOIS, JAMES BALDWIN, PHYLLIS WHEATLEY, LORRAINE HANSBERRY, PABLO NERUDA, ZORA NEALE HURSTON, FERDINAND PASEO , CARTER G. WOODSON, ALAIN LOCKE, TONY CADE BAMBARA, JEAN TOOMER. PAINTERS IN BROAD STROKES AND SCULPTORS OF LIFE. BASQUIAT, GEORGIA O’KEEFE, FRIDA KAHLO, ROMARE BEARDEN, COLUMBUS KNOX, AUGUSTA SAVAGE, HENRY OSSAWA TANNER, EDMONIA LEWIS, DIEGO RIVERA. MAKERS OF MUSIC...BUT NOT JUST MUSIC...OF LIFE. ART BLAKELY, JOHN COLTRANE, DAVID “HONEY-BOY” EDWARDS, MAHALIA, AMALIA , NINA, ELLA, ELVIN JONES, JIMMIE HENDRIX, BOB NESTA MARLEY, WELDON IRVINE, MILES DAVIS, SCOTT JOPLIN BILLIE HOLIDAY, MARIAN ANDERSON, MARVIN GAYE, CURTIS MAYFIELD, TUPAC, BIGGIE, SCOTT LA ROCK, FREAKY TAH, ODB, JAM MASTER JAY, TITO PUENTE, FELA KUTI.. ACTORS ON STAGE AND FILM – PIONEERS. PAUL ROBESON. EXPATRIOTS. JOSEPHINE BAKER, REDD FOXX, OSCAR MICHEAUX, BRUCE LEE, OSSIE DAVIS, FREDDIE PRINZ, DOROTHY DANDRIDGE. PIONEERS, PIONEERS, PIONEERS. FIRESTARTERS. BESSIE COLEMAN, SCHOMBERG, TOUSSAINT L’OVERTURE, MARCUS GARVEY, MARTIN LUTHER KING, MALCOLM X, HUEY P, HAILE SELASSIE, JOSEPH CINQUE, SOJOURNER TRUTH, HARRIET TUBMAN, BOUKMAN, GERONIMO, SACAJAWEA, COCHISE, NAT TURNER, LEOPOLD SENGHOR, FANNIE LOU HAMER. THOSE WHO DIED NEEDLESSLY: SHANI BARAKA, SAKIA GUNN, MATTHEW SHEPHERD, TIMOTHY THOMAS, AMADOU DIALLO, EMMETT TILL, JAMES BYRD, LATASHA HARLINS. LOST CULTURES: THE ANASAZI PEOPLE. SPIRITS: QUAN YIN, MARY MAGDELENE, BLESSED MOTHER, JESUS, MOSES, ESTHER, QUEEN TIYE, AKHENATON, TUTANKHAMEN, THE CANDACES, QUEEN OF SHEBA. WILL WE EVER SAY NEVER AGAIN AND MEAN IT? THE MOVE 11 THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE. WILL WE EVER SAY NEVER AGAIN AND MEAN IT? THE HOLOCAUST. THE SOWETO UPRISING. THE BATTLE AT WOUNDED KNEE. WILL WE EVER SAY NEVER AGAIN AND MEAN IT? FOR ALL OF THOSE ALIVE AND IMPRISONED UNJUSTLY. MUMIA, LEONARD PELTIER, ASSATA, THE MOVE 9. WILL WE EVER SAY NEVER AGAIN AND MEAN IT? ANCESTORS, FORBEARERS, BOTH FORGOTTEN AND REMEMBERED, WATCH OVER US, WATCH OVER US. ANCESTORS, FORBEARERS, BOTH FORGOTTEN AND REMEMBERED, WATCH OVER US, KEEP US MOVING, UPWARD AND FORWARD, WATCH OVER US, WATCH OVER US, WATCH OVER US, WATCH OVER US, WATCH OVER US