Cultures of Resistance Films | Da Nerve: Poem by Siphiwe Nzima @CulturesofResistance | Uploaded September 2020 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Give me the swindler who stole our destinies
And tampered with our blessings from conception
Discredited our ambitions of higher aspirations
Tied our fates with traditional bindings
Decreed the degradation of our existence
I wanna tell him he's got da nerve!
Listen
Who is this conman so afraid of our femininity?
Running his mouth disseminating slanderous mockery?
Colonizing our abilities and calling it culture?
Demeaning our intelligence and calling it hormones?
Dear Lord, as if he knows their significance!!
Where does he get the nerve...?
Say... tell me this........
Where does this charlatan get his ridiculous notions of grandeur?
Violently advocating the extinction of the enlightened goddess?
Banning us to menial drudgery asserting his falseness!
Using his fist to suppress his superiors, my god how inferior!!
Yet we are strong enough, we bring mankind into existence.
His nerve......!
Say...... why.......
Why are WE afraid of this impostor?
Shifting the blame like we donโt tango to the same song?
Content to sing along instead of leading by example
Shackled to the misguided fears of an inferiority complex and
Begging for humiliation and displaying the scars like trophies
Now you go the nerve...!
Overcome this confinement of perpetual slavery
Stand your ground in the face of this oppressor,
Fight for your humanity as a people, your identity as a culture,
Your rights as individuals, your stand as equals,
Tell this bigot he's got the nerve..!
Stop giving away pieces of your integrity for an illusion
Nourishing his wickedness with buckets of your tears
Hiding his weaknesses and demeaning your stature
And hiding from your strength and lurking in his shadow
Show him you've got the nerve................!
Yank out this hypocrite from the mantra of your destiny
Deny him your essence for a mere presence in your heart
Show him the gate of the lost city of the ignorant
Tell him....
I said tell him your preference can never be changed his opinion!!
HE'S GOT THE NERVE...!
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Born in Zimbabwe but now a naturalized Mosotho who has lived in Lesotho for over twenty years, Siphiwe Nzima-Ntsฬekhe is an activist who uses her poetry and songs to stimulate the masses. Her work is an infusion of spoken word, African melodies, and traditional drumbeats and is inspired by contemporary Afro-pop artists. Her passion for protecting African children has led her to perform poems about human rights, gender-based violence, and child abuse.
๐ Check out more from Siphiwe: soundcloud.com/siphiwe-nzima-ntsekhe
๐ข About Creative Activism Awards:
In July 2020, director iara lee created the Creative Activism Awards to give back to people and organizations who have been featured in or have collaborated on documentaries by Cultures of Resistance Films. The awards encourage recipients to maintain and expand their important work in pursuit of social justice and creative expression.
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See the full movie From Trash to Treasure - Turning Negatives into Positives youtube.com/watch?v=udLsJuTKrmo
Find out more about Creative Activism Awards -
culturesofresistancefilms.com/creative-activism-awards
Give me the swindler who stole our destinies
And tampered with our blessings from conception
Discredited our ambitions of higher aspirations
Tied our fates with traditional bindings
Decreed the degradation of our existence
I wanna tell him he's got da nerve!
Listen
Who is this conman so afraid of our femininity?
Running his mouth disseminating slanderous mockery?
Colonizing our abilities and calling it culture?
Demeaning our intelligence and calling it hormones?
Dear Lord, as if he knows their significance!!
Where does he get the nerve...?
Say... tell me this........
Where does this charlatan get his ridiculous notions of grandeur?
Violently advocating the extinction of the enlightened goddess?
Banning us to menial drudgery asserting his falseness!
Using his fist to suppress his superiors, my god how inferior!!
Yet we are strong enough, we bring mankind into existence.
His nerve......!
Say...... why.......
Why are WE afraid of this impostor?
Shifting the blame like we donโt tango to the same song?
Content to sing along instead of leading by example
Shackled to the misguided fears of an inferiority complex and
Begging for humiliation and displaying the scars like trophies
Now you go the nerve...!
Overcome this confinement of perpetual slavery
Stand your ground in the face of this oppressor,
Fight for your humanity as a people, your identity as a culture,
Your rights as individuals, your stand as equals,
Tell this bigot he's got the nerve..!
Stop giving away pieces of your integrity for an illusion
Nourishing his wickedness with buckets of your tears
Hiding his weaknesses and demeaning your stature
And hiding from your strength and lurking in his shadow
Show him you've got the nerve................!
Yank out this hypocrite from the mantra of your destiny
Deny him your essence for a mere presence in your heart
Show him the gate of the lost city of the ignorant
Tell him....
I said tell him your preference can never be changed his opinion!!
HE'S GOT THE NERVE...!
๐น๐น๐น๐น
Born in Zimbabwe but now a naturalized Mosotho who has lived in Lesotho for over twenty years, Siphiwe Nzima-Ntsฬekhe is an activist who uses her poetry and songs to stimulate the masses. Her work is an infusion of spoken word, African melodies, and traditional drumbeats and is inspired by contemporary Afro-pop artists. Her passion for protecting African children has led her to perform poems about human rights, gender-based violence, and child abuse.
๐ Check out more from Siphiwe: soundcloud.com/siphiwe-nzima-ntsekhe
๐ข About Creative Activism Awards:
In July 2020, director iara lee created the Creative Activism Awards to give back to people and organizations who have been featured in or have collaborated on documentaries by Cultures of Resistance Films. The awards encourage recipients to maintain and expand their important work in pursuit of social justice and creative expression.
โป๏ธโป๏ธ โป๏ธ
See the full movie From Trash to Treasure - Turning Negatives into Positives youtube.com/watch?v=udLsJuTKrmo
Find out more about Creative Activism Awards -
culturesofresistancefilms.com/creative-activism-awards
