ADISA MAINA OMAR, began his professional writing and publishing career in 1980, with the creation of his first literary work, entitled ‘60 to 80’: Songs for the Black Struggle, which was published in 1981. This book, is a collection of lyrical poetry which Omar authored while living in Atlanta, Georgia, between 1979 & 1980. Also, while he was residing in Atlanta, Georgia, he became a co-founding member of the Southern Collective of African-American Writers.   The author currently resides in Washington, DC.

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'60 to Tranzinfinity... Drop'n Jewelz for the Nu-Blahck Struggle!
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Published: April 2001

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MINIMUM SECURITY          

WELCOME TO MINIMUM SECURITY (echo voice)          

You were born in the ghetto
In this land of free enterprise
They got your mind dusted with a basic angel high          

You were raised in hunger trapped in the belly of the Man 
But, you need to see
got to see
They got you in minimum security.          

You are faced with ecological overkill--nuclear kills 
Kept in the urban desert without a skill 
Just a resource to be exploited 
misused and abused it's for real
Well you need to see
got to see
They got you in minimum security.          

Oh tell me brother that you are free,
And did you tell me that they don't string us up on trees
If you look around you'll know you ain't too free
Just living on an air-conditioned plantation
Known as minimum security.          

Don't view your brother behind bars, 
or chain gangs in shame
Just a reflection of your reality except you're tame
Credit bills, rent bills and social ills, tie you to the rock
But, you need to see
got to see          

They got you and me in minimum security.          

 

' 1981, Adisa Maina Omar