Lorde said: 

“The master’s tools 

will never dismantle 

the master’s house.”

 

You might make a dent

But that don’t mean the cat

Won’t catch the mouse,

Like Tom & Jerry.

 

Stop trying to get their tools

And set them to a different mission

Without the comprehension

…and, should I mention?

 

Don’t unpin them from walls

Don’t buy them from malls

You won’t learn it in their hallowed halls.

 

Did the master build those tools

Or get someone else to make them?

Cut the legs beneath the future

Before we have the chance to meet it

You can see what they got, 

But if you want fulfillment

You’ll find out that you don’t really need

To do what they do 

You can’t get where they are 

By putting on somebody else’s shoes.

 

She told us to think out of the box

To break out the locks 

That bind, blinding the mind

To other options 

Get outta their shed

Get right in your head

Recenter those with the 

least historical power

Build community foundations

While you knock over their tower

 

Remember you are not workhorses

There’s always more recourses

It’s more about the heart of the people 

Than it is the resources