Is it the whiteman truly at fault <br />For all Africa's ills? <br />Any little thing we exclaim <br />'Tis caused by the whiteman - <br />Says who? <br /> <br />The whiteman this, the whiteman that - <br />Says who! <br /> <br />But he sold us to slavery <br />Raped our daughters <br />Brought low our sons <br />He is the enemy - <br />Says who? <br /> <br />The whiteman this, the whiteman that - <br />Says who! <br /> <br />But he fashioned the globe <br />He explodes, we implode <br />He keeps us hamstrung <br />Chattels to his pleasure - <br />Says who? <br /> <br />The whiteman this, the whiteman that - <br />Says who! <br /> <br />But he made apartheid <br />Kept Mandela in thirtysome years <br />Killed revolutionaries <br />Lynched Luther King Junior - <br />Says who? <br /> <br />The whiteman this, the whiteman that - <br />Says who! <br /> <br />O come on! You can't be that blind <br />This fellow partitioned Africa <br />Inspired the civil strifes <br />Painted grim our creeds and cultures - <br />Says who? <br /> <br />The whiteman this, the whiteman that - <br />Says who! <br /> <br />So tell me, what's your point? <br />You apparently cannot deny <br />All these allegations; <br />The whiteman is guilty - <br />Says who? <br /> <br />The whiteman this, the whiteman that - <br />Says who! <br /> <br />My response is slim <br />Mother would say on red earth <br />Never say your oppressor did you in <br />Or he'll quip he's smarter - <br />Says who? <br /> <br />The whiteman this, the whiteman that - <br />Says who!<br /><br />samuel nze<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/says-who-2/
