Young Lords and other unsung souljers who have been

  Getting down

  Down in prison

  Down throughout time

Never having heard their song put to rhyme

Miguel “Micky” Melendez, Lolita Lebron, Filiberto

Ojeda, Jose Marti

Souljers near to the ground

Ready for the next round

Having always lived grassrooted

Never having been uprooted

  But

Always having their lives looted

Who will sing their songs

  When the drama of their lives moves on?

YOUNG Lords/Los Macheteros?Los Independistas Puerto

Riqueño—always down

Down throughout time

Near to the ground

Always getting down

Never uprooted

Rooted to the soul of a righteous fight

Our unsung Souljers

  Who have turned on the lights for us

Who will carry on their flight?

Who will uplift their songs?

They have not heard the rap of your songs—your poems

Your voice is unheard

Though they have always heard your blues

They fought for you

  While you were unaware

You were people not knowing why

  Or for what to care

Yet kept a Movement Alive

  That you have benefited from

  And squandered

Today they can’t get a song from you

  A rap from you