Black Despots Tremble
By Baba Galleh Jallow
Brown despots crumble
Black despots tremble
Dish out the millions
To draw out chameleons
That take on every color
For every endowed caller
That flick their hairy tongues
To sing blasphemous songs
Of praise to the wily devil
And think no evil
Brown despots crumble
Black despots tremble
Invoke the highly sacred
To hide their grim secret
They get the running stomach
Fearing the people’s march
They dish out the millions
To the ever hungry chameleons
Who wag their hairy tongues
And sing blasphemous songs
Of praise to the wily devil
And see no evil
Brown despots crumble
Black despots tremble
Intone the mumbo jumbo
That tyranny must go
But all their mumbo jumbo
All their filthy millions
All the wagging tails of the beard minions
All the burning songs of blasphemy
Shall not save them from infamy
For as the brown despots crumble
So shall the black despots tumble
Someday.