This call for a unified, militant black nation also nods to the possible soundtrack of that nation – Funkadelic’s classic album One Nation Under a Groove

X-Clan, and Professor X in particular, was fascinated with Egyptian history and imagery. X talked about his introduction to Egyptian history in Coleman’s book:

I began [in the mid-80’s] to spend a lot of time in the Egyptian area of [the Metropolitan Museum of Art]. You’d be surprised how much they [presumably whites] stole from Egypt

This essay on black nationalism in rap contains a section on X-Clan, black nationalism, and Egyptian imagery:

X-Clan fused aspects of [Ron] Karenga’s (1980) Kawaida and aspects of revolutionary Black nationalism. X-Clan grounded their Black nationalism in Black culture and in protest that was present day and not simply hearkening back to dead heroes. The overtly Kemetic (Egyptian) imagery and philosophy were much more studied and apparent in X-Clan was forthright in their Black nationalism.

These lines were a dig at KRS-One, who was a “self-proclaimed humanist”. KRS and X-Clan had many clashes over their conflicting approaches – X-Clan’s black nationalism vs. KRS' more inclusive humanism. Brother J remembered the beef in Brian Coleman’s book Check the Technique:

My thing to him [KRS] was that I was a pit bull for black nationalism, and when I saw that he was trying to be a humanist and have everyone hold hands and build, I wasn’t with it. It was like: “I can be friends with you all day, but before we’re going to build organizations together, let me get my people together first, so we can come as a focused weapon.” The beef with KRS got so high that it never became an intelligent conversation back then. It took sixteen years for me to sit down with him and explain

Twenty years after the murder of Yusef Hawkins, who was killed in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn by a mob of white youths, the NYT ran a retrospective piece on the murder and the surrounding events. See it here

True enough! The battle between cops and protesters during the Day of Outrage ended with, according to press accounts, only two protesters injured as opposed to 44 police officers

In the aftermath of the Hawkins killing and the Day of Outrage, even normally peaceable people were fed up. The New York Times ran an article shortly afterwards that summed up public sentiment. They quoted a man named Rev. Herbert Daughtry, a pastor of the House of the Lord Pentecostal Church in Brooklyn:

Asked about the ‘'Day of Outrage and Mourning’‘ march on Thursday, during which 44 police officers and at least two protesters were injured in a melee near the Brooklyn Bridge, Mr. Daughtry said: ’‘I don’t know who threw the first what, who swung the first what. But it needs to be put in the context of all the years that we have been subjected to the denials, the oppression, the brutality and the killings

‘'What took place on the bridge,’‘ he said, ’‘was measured, and the wonder of it all is that New York has not exploded. People are demanding an expression. We can’t say, 'Hush, go home’ ‘’

The protesters at the Day of Outrage, upon arriving at the Brooklyn Bridge, decided to take it, walking on the roadways rather than the pedestrian path and blocking traffic. The police tried to stop them, and fighting ensued. As the NYT put it:

A protester identified as Coltrane Chemaranga, at the head of the marchers, leaped up on an abutment and told the protesters they were going to take the bridge. ‘'Our right is to fight for our freedom,’‘ he shouted over a bullhorn. ’‘If there is no justice, there will never be peace in New York City’'

‘'Take the bridge,’‘ the crowd chanted as Mr. Chemaranga leaped down and walked to the center of the police line to confront the commander, David W. Scott, the Police Department’s Chief of Patrol. For a moment, they stood stomach to stomach..

‘'Over the bridge!’‘ someone shouted and the crowd surged forward into the police line. There was pushing and suddenly the clash erupted. Bricks, bottles and other missiles flew at the officers, who responded by swinging night sticks at protesters who tried to push through their ranks. Chief Scott was struck in the right cheek by a missile

At the Day of Outrage, the mile-long crowd was estimated by the New York Times to be about 7,500 strong

A continuation of the “caves” language above. According to the NOI, white folks' 2,000 years in the caves was not a happy time:

They then moved into the caves, that is the bulk of them moved into the caves, for some had already moved in. They moved into these caves for two reasons; better shelter and because they felt they had a better means of protecting themselves through the wild jackal dog, who would warn them at night when the animals were near. They would then set big boulders over the openings of these caves and when any animal would try to enter, they would drop the boulders on them and since they had very little green roots to eat, they began eating these beasts they killed, from thence they became meat eaters or cannibals. They had no knowledge of burying their dead, so after beginning to eat meat they would eat even their dead, THEY EVEN WENT SO FAR AS TO KILL EACH OTHER FOR FOOD