{"id":18448,"date":"2013-05-17T15:49:57","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T22:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=18448"},"modified":"2023-06-18T11:26:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T18:26:31","slug":"deddicated-to-chris-lewis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=18448","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Deddicated to Chris Lewis&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jive talkin\u2019, finger poppin\u2019, shit shootin\u2019 Teddy Bear<br \/>\nOur big, brown, bad revolutionary man-child<br \/>\nCaught in between two worlds, two loves, two systems<br \/>\nBut he followed no law but his own.<\/p>\n<p>Jive talkin\u2019, finger poppin\u2019, bad-ass Teddy Bear<br \/>\nHe thought he had all the answers, knew all the tricks<br \/>\nOf beating the man, the system at its own game,<br \/>\nAnd maybe he could have, maybe he would have<br \/>\nBut he followed the law but his own<\/p>\n<p>Jive talkin\u2019, wine drinkin\u2019, finger poppin\u2019, Teddy Bear<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=123138\">He thought he was a supper nigger<\/a><br \/>\nBecause he was the son of Jim Jones<br \/>\nAnd maybe he could have been, maybe he would have been.<br \/>\nBut you are still being sucked, hooked on the fucks<br \/>\nThat you got from the man<br \/>\nAnd could follow no law but your own<\/p>\n<p>Jive talkin\u2019, finger poppin\u2019, wine drinkin\u2019, Teddy Bear<br \/>\nOur big, bad, brown, beautiful revolutionary man-child<br \/>\nYou lingered between two worlds, two systems, two people too long<\/p>\n<div class=\"hangingindent\">A world, a people who loved you, and understood that you are just one of a family of jive talkin\u2019, finger poppin\u2019, wine drinkin\u2019 niggers<\/div>\n<p>Who all had the potential, the guidance of becoming supper niggers in reality\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"hangingindent\">And your jive talkin\u2019, finger poppin\u2019, shit shootin\u2019 tendencies were just a means of suppressing the hurt the anger, of the many unpleasant folks we&#8217;ve gotten from the man as he lured us into his web, even as a spider does its prey<\/div>\n<p>And he raped us, our bodies our minds so thoroughly<br \/>\nUntil the unplesant fucks became plesant<\/p>\n<div class=\"hangingindent\">But our jive talkin\u2019, finger poppin\u2019, shit shootin\u2019 tendencies must be suppressed until the time is right<\/div>\n<div class=\"hangingindent\">The time when all of your jive thinking finger-poppin\u2019 tendencies can be used to bring forth the birth of the socialist revolution\u2026<\/div>\n<p>And a world that hated you\u2026<br \/>\nBecause you were indeed a big, brown, bad, beautiful Teddy Bear<br \/>\nIndeed a revolutionary man-child<br \/>\nIn spite of your weaknesses<\/p>\n<p>In your way you did rebel against the many unplesant fucks you\u2019ve gotten from the system<br \/>\nAnd they hated you, they hated all of us<br \/>\nBecause in spite of your weaknesses<br \/>\nYou still represented something good<\/p>\n<p>But you can&#8217;t win, the odds are against you<br \/>\nThe system won&#8217;t let you<br \/>\nYou can&#8217;t beat the man at his own game<br \/>\nWhen you&#8217;re being sucked, hooked in his fucks<br \/>\nYou are not big enough, and bad enough to do it alone<br \/>\nThe revolutionary man-child is that strong<br \/>\nNot even a supper nigger can do it alone<br \/>\nIf he follows the law but his own<\/p>\n<p>Jive talkin\u2019, finger poppin\u2019, wine drinkin\u2019, Teddy Bear<br \/>\nOur big, bad, brown, beautiful revolutionary man-child<br \/>\nYou forced the man to plan for you a final fuck<br \/>\nA fuck that would only bring pleasure to a true revolutionary<br \/>\nA fuck prepared with much planning, great precision<br \/>\nBecause even in your weaknesses<br \/>\nYou were a replica of something good<br \/>\nNot a supper nigger, but maybe you could have been, maybe you would have been<br \/>\nIf you had followed the law of Jim Jones<\/p>\n<p>Those bullets they had your name on them, Teddy Bear<br \/>\nYou could&#8217;ve been a supper nigger, the greatest revolutionary man-child<br \/>\nBut you followed the law but your own<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry, it&#8217;s going to be all right, \u2018cause we\u2019re getting our shit together<br \/>\nAnd we\u2019ll remember our big, brown, beautiful Teddy Bear<br \/>\nOur revolutionary man, child, in all of his glory<br \/>\nWill remember the good things, the brave things, the bold things, the beautiful things,<\/p>\n<div class=\"hangingindent\">That are revolutionary manchild did to prove that he did not like the fucks he got from the man<\/div>\n<div class=\"hangingindent\">And will think of you always, and remember that we have to stand together to beat the man at his own game, to become supper niggers\u2026<\/div>\n<div class=\"hangingindent\">And will remember that a revolutionary man-child and woman-child can never grow up when they follow no law but their own!<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>BJW<br \/>\n1\/78<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jive talkin\u2019, finger poppin\u2019, shit shootin\u2019 Teddy Bear Our big, brown, bad revolutionary man-child Caught in between two worlds, two loves, two systems But he followed no law but his own. 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