Sodium Suicide

Sodium Confesses

Some folks call me sodium
My friends call me salt.
The difference in my names is really no one’s fault.
I’m around when you can’t taste me.
I have fooled my lovers for years.
A pinch of me can be hidden
Without causing alarms or fears
I come disguised in many colors
In vegetables, liquids and foods
When served at dinners and parties
I can increase the festive mood.
As monosodium glutamate (MSG)
I make dull foods come alive
When I‘m needed as sodium bicarbonate (baking soda)
I can make your hot bread rise
And when you reach for a soda pop
Don’t think that I’m not around
I masquerade as sodium benzoate,
As you drink those flavors down
After you have entertained me,
You may never be the same
I cause your blood pressure to rise,
Sometimes without dizziness or pain
So to all of you who love me,
I am flattered without a doubt.
But I’d advise you to use a friend of mine,
Who has left the sodium out!

According to the Freedom of Information Act....

Dawoud Afrika aka David X is a member of the African Nationalist Pioneer Movement, (ANPM). He moved up in ranks to become a lieutenant serving under Robert Harris, Baba Mutende' and then with Morris "Thutmosis"Powell who gained control after a brief but violent coup and split in the organization. Afrika, Powell and several other members were a part of an underground wing of the ANPM. Little is known about their activities. Police raids on their headquarters were constant. They no longer gain control of the building.
Dawoud's grandfather Charles Smith aka "Black Charlie" or Smitty was a member of Marcus Garvey's Black Legionaries. He later followed Carlos Cook in Harlem who took command of the ANPM and the Black Guard after the death of Marcus Garvey. Dawoud was known as Crazy D, in the early 70's while a member of The Black Spades street gang with the Gun-Hill chapter in the Bronx, and a renegade fraction in Harlem, New York before his stint with renegade Bloods groups and co-founding the G.R.S crew and later the "T.M.F."street gang in honor of fallen comrade Eddie Morales. Dawoud had family members who were members of the original Black Panther Party for Self Defense. His uncle Hubert was said to have been an officer in the Black Liberation Army who was shot and killed in a botched robbery in New York's Washington Heights area. After serving in the military, Dawoud along with other comrades later help to organize Black Rebel Media also forming an Independent Black News Network outlet to the black communities shut out from main stream radio, television and film. Dawoud Afrika would later come in contact with members of the New Black Panther Party for Self Defense under the leadership of Aaron Micheals during community news reels of events, protests and rallies. Afrika would later join the New Black Panther for Self Defense when Khallid Abdul Muhammad formerly known as Harold X was appointed the new leader of that group when he was forced out of The Nation of Islam under the leadership of Minister Louis Farrakhan. Today, Dawoud Afrika also known as David X holds dual titles in this organization as the East Regional Information Minister and previously held a position as a local Defense Minister of The New Black Panther Party for Self Defense, New York Chapter. He is well respected in the black & latino media community. He continues to broadcast cable television shows, write columns for black newspapers, journals, blog-sites and broadcast internet vlog-cast shows in NY, NJ & PA.