Elijah Muhammad

You changed my name, not my mind, and that’s where the trouble started.

The belt was loud, but the room got quiet when the lecture hit back.

You say that like I didn’t build the whole headline before you learned to read it.

I took the name and the spotlight because the belt looked better than the lecture.

Lesson: if the teacher keeps talking, eventually the student starts headlining the class.

You built a stage and then got mad when I started speaking without the curtains.

You made the headlines possible, then acted shocked when the headlines had opinions.

I had the best footwork in the room and somehow you still called me the loud one.

Son, I taught you discipline, not runway.

That’s funny coming from a man who hated being corrected by somebody with a microphone.