I miss those old
R&B love songs
the kind that had your
mind blown, but you
still kept your pa...

What you want from me

my down fall

not happening

Dont you run up on it

That stick get...

this is dedicated to the
THUG LIFE
we all want a, love life
but, how can we love life
when we...

Met God.

She runs.

She smiles.

She laughs.

She cries.

She dances on occasion.

S...

if I sit around, waiting
for time to, slowdown
it never will
I'll never feel
the change
I'll...

Tears gather in the bags of my exhausted memories

Curiosity tucks my insecurities into fla...

you say you like me

if they locked me up forever

would you write me

if I lost both my le...

too many families
torn apart
too many strings attached
too many loose strings
too many knots ...

there comes a time
in life, we have to
grow up
that don't mean
we have to slow up
we don't h...

this is not goodbye, it's

just, so long

I'm not... so gone

just not seen, long

ã€â...

I told my niece and nephew
things that I, use to do
like keep my curl activator
in the refrige...

What if Columbus went south and east instead?
And survived, would I be dead?
Spanards versus Ch...

This love's like Hersey Kisses & Almond Joy,
If your strongest muscle hustles, holla at ya boy,
...

You don't want no problem with me,
Panda, Controla, No Limit Soldier, DJ Khaled for free?
I jus...

She said if a man shall love me then love me like a song that his heart shall never forget

Allow...

His smile gained instant access to my soul.
Touches were mutually vibed and engaged upon.
I fel...

Hidden beyond lost meadows’, lies an oasis in stasis

Southern comforts by culture, nurtured sw...

A rollercoaster of whimsy

You make my body flimsy

When you smile, I need to sit down

for...

Now some gone call it destiny while others say that its fate, I give this world the best ...

Ain't in the skies nor in the lies I know that God is inside you'd be surprised what come with pr...

Rehab

I’m detoxifying

Purifying my life from you

Seems my life is in ruins accompanied b...

Back in the day a family

of nine

5 brothers one sister two parents

and I

Well neck bones was ...

oh home on the range—

nothing has changed

disdaining

and disagreeing

yet shar...

Popularity is popular

everyone searching for the stare

duck lips and the hair

signature wardro...

Dominant on one side

He new what he was doing

They speak of balance

But i walk with a limp

To live life with no spirit is to not live at all...
But to die slowly of adherence to anoth...

from rising to setting

she saw sunshine

shooting above

the horizon

exploding...

water trumpet

under quiet

sunshine

lonely conch shell

sits

tides

eb...

taping dancing freedom

on the mountaintop

tiptoeing

the mountain top

we slipped

of unjust harvest

when will

the grim reaper

tire

being cast murderer

how ...

when she left

emerald spears

lay rusting

in the ground

partially veiled

by lost ...

Losing in love is universally soul shattering. The vibrations of serenity deplete to an energy th...

I've got

so many thoughts in my head

tangled,

ensnared

like a fly in a web.

Strang...

I had to identify myself when I looked into the world and saw everyone else. I understood their n...

I woke up and their was a wisp in the air, a feeling of an approximation of life. The world fell ...

A faithful friend
and compassionate
spirit that will lead
always to life.
A comforter from th...

Love, your affirmation is fulfilling,
Surrender my heart to you I'm willing,
To cherish this un...

Aaron of thy brother catch me in thy sleep,

Find the missing path of my pillows grief,

Join...

Now it's time to analyze the journey. As I travel down the road to my destination. I have encount...

Why must I feel this way

Every interaction leaves me feeling strange

Be it good or bad does...

In the beginning there was I......

Then there was nun,

A race with no purpose than the orde...

Do U do it for free or just let it be,

The south as the fed official dreams,

For free from ...

Years ago a popular term was

home grown

but it was home grown weed

things have changed n...

Without a thought I rush into you craving your touch, never knowing it was possible to want someo...

Your touch plays my body like a beautiful love song that is so very sweet, and it has me anticipa...

A REQUIEM FOR HANDS FREE AT LAST

“Oh death where is thy sting;

Oh grave where is thy victo...

Tired of the same same,
Finna murk this,
Everyone wanna sit around and just complain,
Finna mu...

I feel guilty for having a good day when,
A brother or sistergets shot by a cop then,
The media...

Can't wait till I marry my best friend

crystalline ceilings
glittering
purposeful portr...

We get shot
We getgot,
We confess under duress,
We get jail time,
We are guilty until proven ...

I pledge allegiance to my Papa. He the reason the reason im so proper. He taught me how to tie a ...

The New Griots—Pouring Down Raining Words

From the wombs

of our pregnant minds

may our c...

who said darkness lacks

why should their be strong expressions

about the color of my back

I am...

What of life would of been if we didnt live in a world that has government, just a pimp tothe inn...

I have a master plan.... thatis was all a scam they saidyou should of read the fine print, but li...

Take me into your arms

Let me feel your last breath escaping your body

Just like this heart...

I am love

I am a glint in your eye
A light briefly caught

I am flock of butterflies
Caugh...

was torn into pieces shattered turned ice cold. A love that I once had was taken away by another....

Entangled in the sweet essence filled inside,

As underneath the willed red sheets reside,

Cha...

Life has a funny way of leading you.

I thought as I sat back and reviewed

All the events that t...

She said "I wanna love you but my wounds been scared to deep I don't think they can be healed..
...

OJ show got the Emmy sweep
Likely made the real Juice weep
Still exploiting his butt
Hard less...

Tsk tsk tsk under ya breath

cause we here

didnt come by myself

the whole team here

mo...

fresh dressed emaculate

eye opening

like a magic kid

stack the cabbage

like jenga blo...

Her black is beautiful

So irresistible she is to me

I stop mid-sentence whenever she crosse...

Raised to respect

Lack thereof,

Resorted in chaos.

Fists flaring from a parent

Mo...

If I don't do dope

then I eat like a hog,

in between I beg or steal

just like an old hou...

If I don't do dope

then I eat like a hog,

in between I beg or steal

just like an old hou...

Knew the moment I met you

My life would change

Didn't see the importance

Of fate

Until you wa...

Knowing that pain is temporary, but also knowing that somehow it all got buried underneath me, bu...

Unwanted

All

alone

in the crowd

justice

stood

seeking

someone

to ple...

What love is this?

What…love…is this?

I fear this type of love

It shakes me to the core

Because It Just Doesn’t Matter

Innocence slain—mixed feelings

having exhausted

shame...

Gather and Know

Never ending is the sojourn.

Lost dreams seek visions

dictating foo...

Age shows survival

beauty is finite

Desire limitless

Law needs enforcement

Bruise fad...

Listen

next to me

a bad nightmare

sneak by on this

way, behind me,

I shout, tortur...

I gather my things - parts of me that will travel on this road called life

Moving on my own - ...

Tears gather in the bags of my exhausted memories
Curiosity tucks my insecurities into flashback...

The World Ain't Finna See The "Beauty" In You The Way I Do

They Stuck On The Outside You

You Kn...

rain tease…

flashing lightening

signaled its coming

like gabe’s horn

roaring thun...

Black Colleges making a surge
New brand of scholar has emerged
As news headlines scare
Kids be...

Roses are red,
The sky is blue,
The sea is too,
But both can be gray,
On a rainy day,
When c...

I write rhymesfor the good of all kinds,
Freestyle's my only charitybesides the March of Dimes,
...

Born on the southside of Chicago,
Raised on the northside of Indianapolis,
Grew up in the 80s, ...

Sometimes these rhymes cut like scissors, Across paper and wrists, cold blooded like lizards, And...

WTF Ralph and Chuck? Woke up to a throw up! Web MD diagnosis not drunk, 3am what's the answer? Be...

The OGs told me to knock em down and Do em all,

young just get your numbers up and screw em al...

Each time her eyes catch with mine
there is a unique connection
(unexpected)
Still mending a b...

There are men that make babies and leave

The mother left with the weight of the world

C...

The sound of the streets

Follow me

I don't drag my feet

Or click my heels to mimic t...

After plenty of searching

With vision blurred of proper focus

There she was

In a view

I rec...

Right Thing

I need to score, one more

Knocking down doors

Don't want to hurt no more...