HipHop music
carries folk tune and dance
Has the same echo
as Negro spirituals
Bears the sin of
crossroads blues
Sweats and wails
like Saturday night jazz
Cries for truth like Sunday
storefront gospel
Begs sincere like soul
with rock and roll abandon

…And…

Dresses differently
Speaks in authoritative code
Paint broad-spectrum
or not at all
Erase old self
and build a new monument
to your moment
Baptise them in style
as you dance paise to every
god
of spin
and lyric
and hook
and cut
And bring that muthafunkin
beat back