Quotes by Heru- the Poet

"I was a fool for love before I fell in love with a fool"
"We were the ones who built the pyramids. But today, we live in houses made by HUD"
"The fields of archaeology and anthropology, they are plagued by the lack of verity. No truth is ever found in white supremacy. That's why they found 3 million year old bones of a black woman in Africa, but still they called her the European name of Lucy"
"And you're tellin' me that there ain't no battle when this country celebrates Thomas Jefferson, a man who enslaved his own children and considered them as chattle?"
"History is a current event"
"Imagine a barely literate lyricist being a headliner on a lyricist show"
P.O.E.T. means profound orator of extreme teachings
"You can speak the truth all your life, but the day after you die is when your people start to believe you"
"Crackas put us through Tuskegee syphilis experimental projects and Niggas always stop our progress"
"They take black facts and call it opinion...They say 100,000 marched when it was over a million"
"The Eurocentric black preacher is a creature who is a twisted, demented, double-forked tongued teacher"
"The universe aint linear, the universe is cyclical. Evidence by the planets, which move eliptical. Let science be scientifical. Let math be mathematical. Let mathematics be mathematical. Let science be scientifical. Tell me what happens when science goes political. Well, the earth being flat was strictly political. Ancient Egypt, not black, was strictly political. The descendents of rebellious Jamaicans and Haitians living in shacks, is strictly political. Hip hop not defending blacks, is strictly political. Stop listening to rappers who are rapping about killing you. Let gangsters be gangsta and lyricists be lyrical. African diaspora, your love of America has never been reciprocal."
"There is a difference between saying 'the youth get shot' and 'I shot the youth'. One is reporting and the other is endorsement.. They [the radio] worship wickedness 6 days a week and go and pray to the creator."