Black inventors<br />Black Inventors Spoken Word-Kamal Imani<br />Spoken Word Lyrics:<br />You could call me on my cell phone<br />An If you do your research it aint hard to tell<br />That a Black Man Henry T Sampson invented the gamma electric cell<br />And Shirly Ann Jackson PHD, made the caller ID, Call Waiting and the touch tone phone.<br />The Black Inventor Gerald A Lawson Rocks, he invented the console for the Wii, playstation and X box.<br />We rock, glasses at the movies, Marc Hannah made it easy for us to see flicks in 3D!<br />Putting that butter on popcorn, don’t forget your favorite dip.<br />As we give thanks to George Crum, for making those delicious potato chips.<br />And to make sure your snacks don’t start decaying, Frederick M Jones invented mobile refrigeration.<br />Now I’m all the way up, tell this to the haterz<br />A black man, Alexander Miles made the modern elevator!<br />Jay Z, 50, Weezy, Meek Millz, Rick Ross, Nikki, Drake who’s the best?<br />Give props for the makers of the mic Gerhard Sessler and James West!<br />In Jordans, Ewings, Timbs, Gators we wanna be seen<br />Made easily with Marzeligers shoe lasting machine<br />***THE CREATIVE MIND IS IN YOUR DNA, LET’S GIVE IT UP FOR THE BLACK INVENTORS TODAY!<br />We got Percy L Julian – scientist, known as the forgotten genius<br />He invented the “process of synthesis”. His work led to birth control and cortisone improvements.<br />Most of us don’t like needles, but we give thanks<br />To Charles Drew who created the blood banks<br />Patricia Baths a sister you must know<br />She made the laserphaco, a laser cataract probe<br />We got Phillip Downing with the mailbox<br />George Washington Carver<br />Here’s a few things he made with the peanut:<br />Flour, soap, skin lotion, shaving cream, paper, wall board, woodstain and much more nah mean?<br />And when the trains weren’t running on the track smooth and clean,<br />Elijah, the Real McCoy made the railroad lubricating machine.<br />We made the cardiopad and the spectrograph, the traffic light and the gas mask<br />When you really think of it, it will make you shake and shiver<br />Just how much your infinite mind can deliver<br />We could go on like the upward flow of the Nile River<br />Just don’t forget those NASA sisters from Hidden Figures!<br />And they’re not alone<br />So let’s talk black facts, when you call me on the cell phone!<br />Credits graphics by Lou Law<br />released January 26, 2017<br />Produced, Written and Performed by Kamal Imani<br />RevolutionaryArt, Bless the Mic LLC<br />license<br />all rights reserved<br />inspirational neo soul hiphop poetry spoken word african american inventions black history black inventions poem poet poetry spoken word Teaneck<br />https://youtu.be/ny4dtgs8jH0<br /><br /><br /><br />Black Inventions Spoken Word by Kamal Imani #poetry#blackhistorymonth #LOULAW<br /><br /><br />_______________________________----------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />You must take your woman downtown, midtown, uptown and all around town ok?<br /><br />#blackhistorymonth #spokenword #inventors #blackinventors #poetry #kamalimani<br />
