Darnell Lamont Walker

One day you will be the only one in the room not living.

None of my life is based on how others think I should have lived it.

I need my eulogy to look better than my resume. I'm living for that.

Communities that can't read and translate what the powers are putting out will always be tricked.

The power structure understands that Black folks have been hungry for so long, fixing us a plate now that's the same size as theirs would do nothing for our hunger. After all, they're pretty full and fat.They know we now require a much bigger plate than theirs to quiet the stomach rumblings.They see us and know what it looks like to be less powerful. They are fighting to never FEEL it.

The heart will stretch a short love into long memories.

If you're calling for peace, I am not home.

On that search for happiness we did nothing with all those other emotions that made us human.

When you look back at that relationship you didn't think you could live without and realize had you stayed in it, you'd be some comfortable loser, sitting on the couch with another comfortable loser, instead of being the dope motherfucker you are today.

Intelligence is a burden not many are willing or able to carry.

I don't trust people without books or questions.

The scary part of being an artist is knowing that what makes you a better artist can also kill you.

You can't fight and claim you want to be free from the oppressor while still holding tight to things the oppressor gave you.

They ran to the museums for paintings. I ran to the roof for sunsets

When you don't make it too far from the plantation, you might as well befriend your captors.

Didn't know where I was going. Didn't care where I ended up. I knew I'd be okay though.

Sanity and sense becomes a prison.

Your dreams are so far outside of your comfort zone, you've convinced yourself you don't dream at all.