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At this present moment, I'm having a nervous reaction.
Like a toxin in my veins, it causes a maj...
If you believe in never quitting --
then never quit
The goal is to make it to the end and then ...
the height of illusion, at every chance
i ignite confusion than chuckle and danceI'm every bit of ...Lyrics are the paper
I am the bond
This world I live in Is the basic cause
Beats are the strin...
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SHE FELL like autumn leaves in mid october..... ..but just as seasons change.... When winter cam...Distracted by your curves but attracted to your words, as I listen to you speak, of your past lif...
You remind me of a brand new pair of Jordans
Those new Retro numba nines.. A nice fresh smell of ...They say....
Drunken words// are sober thoughts
Wine lingers on my tongue
Yet sober thoughts s...
The power of words,
enough to change the mood or maybe even the world, I use mine to exercise my ...Are my wildest dream
A fairy tale where you and i never had to find one another
Since the begin...
Your Voice is the Nile river and i am but the Sand
Clinging to your every verb
Its like your ...
Your hurt
Your Anger
Your Pain
Has nestled itsself into the crease of your neck like a sleepin...
Cold ground nd hungry bellies
Sleeping under stairwells unable to rest because the secrets of t...
We as young followers of Christ here many of our peers speaking of Love and Marriage.
I believe ...
Sometimes I lay on silken sheets of thought and allow yesterday’s weather to wash over me....
You are simply perfection.
And The sun that shines through your eyes has me hypnotized
I recoll...
We travel
Feet bleeding
We walk a road of broken dreams and glass hate
Deceiving ourselves of...
Feed me your hurt.
Make me full off your pain
I’ll become emotionally bulimic
Purging m...
I have a crush on you
The serious kind where all I think about is laughter with you
Seeing you ...
fashion show Sundays
pulpit crooks especially Elder Brooks parading down church isles like runway...from the fire love,
to the affair in the pub
commitment rush
cant explain why i leave her
u...
Just when i thought that i had a chance, i realized that this was just a silly dance.
Stuck in ...
Though it's been a while I can still visualize your smile, however it no longer belongs to me, ne...
I only told her what I was going through
to get a woman's point of view
I've done what I've s...
-I informed these parts of the machine.
-Of how I intend to bring destruction to the oppressors ...
And if I honestly was all she spoke with you give her a chance to prove what she wrote, through h...
Dear Black History,
It's clearly that you're merely a mystery
well at least parts of you, still...
he's living my life
his present, what my past should've been
my glory blew in the wind
his...
What do i have to do to get your attention?
Is it a matter of time? Or does time even matter?
L...
So there are 3lil mini me running round
One light,one slightly dark,one caramel brownAll beautiful...My hair and I have been thru it
For awhile I was in love with itAs a child I was taught you're onl...And I wonder
if mother of poetic
speaking,
takes account of
my wasted paper marks.
All pen m...
Many people of today ask what is black history?
The hidden factor of our accomplishments aren't ...
I realize that Icannot move forward with a divided mind
I cant be in and out and then wanting to...
Allow me to catch my breath,
As I catch myself from falling too deep to recover,
I pray to ...
I was born a different breed,
unordinary compared to others who conform to the ways that seem to...I use to love someone
It was the kind of love that made my brain brings thoughts of her just as ...
here we encounter again
and each time we meet you control and defeat between you and depression t...neglect not the
the teachin still i'm reachin strive to thrive on keepin the commandments in my ...black and white suits
the same ritual I never embraced change remained habitual now death is my ...stood all storms
in order to keep me warm a man so tried an dtrue one of very few the utmost r...years of promise, left behind
perfect vision, but still walked in blind transgressions w/o attemp...Cursed for life but changed for the better.Â
Struggles still exist, working hard for petty ched...I want my mind to be so clear,
That I can see the bare,
Bottom of the ocean,
Through the tidal...
The feeling of being unwanted,
And then that person coming to you frontin,
As if you can't comp...
Trying not to get so caught up in this emotional twist,
best friends now, lovers in the mist.
S...
-As I sit in the holding cell at 4:30am I’m thinking about how much I can’t stand t...
-I use to rock an afro with the pick.
-Lately it was a beard, smile…tooth with the pick.
...
-When I’m in the pin.
-My pen & mouth flip words.
-And that taste I gotta savor.
-Damn ...
-When I smell that unforgettable scent of “Love†incense burning in the air as I step...
she laid me off without a care, my welfare
was of no concernat no point of returnmy paper is short...-I often marvel at the thought.
-What if I was 18 during the 70’s.
-I am a 80s baby bein...
Every time I decide to watch the news
Mostly it's sad and degrading, that it gives me the blues
...
I have never really been a friend to anyone
Only seeing someone in need and fulfilling that need...
Hope is a delicate thing
It has to be cared for andjust like anything else
You need to really w...
his music sound intense
another round of ignorancehad he been caucasian had the occasion been homi...It had to be you to make me feel this way
I want to be a complete and utter sucker
I want to be...
-Are words still my gift & or my curse?
-Well all the animosity I once had is dead....rolled awa...
-Are words my gift and or my curse?
-You see my vernacular, transcends words spoken by others.
...
-I gotta get published.
-So I’m fighting for my writing as if I’m Irish.
-Because...
-I’ve dedicated the rest of my days on this dust ball.
-Towards dealing with my demons.
...
-I’m so damn glad you finally got some minutes on the phone
-It’s been so long sin...
-Tonight
-I write
-These words
-So my wrongs are write.
-Sin was or bond.
-And we all know.
...
-Inmates keep and store
-What they bought from the store
-Inmates bake and sell
-What they bou...
-Sunrise mail & sunsets.
-Is as good as it gets.
-The breakfast, lunch & dinner is the worst ye...
-This is the parable of the orphan turned parent
-A man and a woman fell in love
-They were ano...
-Lately it seems that all I can do.
-Is think of you
-In the midst of a horrible day I stop, la...
-I’ve traded in DJ’ing at nightclubs and bars
-For these county bars
-I have a Ja...
-As I watch the sun set once again.
-Through these bars.
-As if this is a pen.
-And I’m...
shouts and screams, infared beam subjects
interrupted dreams at night or in broad daylight public...poems
different forms expressions adult or adolescent minds whatever mood or time relax and ca...words can never express
grief at its best eleven years still beyond tears if time can rewind and ...a presentation of arms to our heroes in harm
a warm salute, a five minute mute a stream of prayer...Insight, are you near?
I have paid dear Please come back here My out cry, my thirsty soul exhaust...Insight, are you near?
I have paid dear Please come back here My out cry, my thirsty soul exhaust...i felt low, such a cold blow
damaged my ego
ho
but oh no, no, no
you easily let me go...
my inflicted pain, your incredible shame
my father I probably won't ever know his name why bother ...Survivor
FighterDeterminedAbove all disbeliefI am a Strong WomanI am a Black WomanI don't depend o...-Now I don’t mean to deem or discredit nor do I mean to be callous or a critic.
-But if t...
What would you do, in the drive to excellence?
Would you be determined? Full of energy and unbri...
church isle runways, fashion show Sundays
red carpetthe church office, a drug marketafter service,...I sit on Sundays and think about the plans we made. I sit listening to Stevie Wonder thinking Ive...
(HOOK)
-Let's start this song all over.
-Hit play back & not delete.
-I didn't understand it b...
-If you’re looking for the truth….here I am.
-You won’t need a co-signer or ...
-Floating chariots motor pass.
-Single floating chariots with mustang speed.
-One totes a conne...
the walk, the talk
the christian in mission a community in unitypublic voice and moral choiceinnia...-I’m not gonna get into the topic of slavery we all know about this
-I’m gonna tak...
the year 1929, a timeline
of segregationa King in creationa father, not just an activista martyr,...-As I watch them stroll midtown at midnight hand in hand observing the architecture.
-Anchor & C...
-Shhh... I'm on an indoor wiggle.
-My bunkie left the door open when he left for a little.
-C.O...
-This is my dichotomy
-The part one and part two that adds up and equals me
-Is kind like my hi...
-See those stars’ there…they make up Orion’s Belt.
-No….I’ve ne...
-This one goes out to the woman at the piano
-With the big beautiful smile and cornrows
-That f...
his warm embrace..
cant help but, put a smile upon my face...
told myself I wouldnt be in this ...
head in my lap, another part of the map
riding to unfamiliar territory, a life changing story
...a hostile crowd, nigros on benches, popo in the trenches
loud speaker, in the air blowing reefer...
life of fiction, urban actors, gangsta rap, the biggest factor
shawty trying to fufill that role...
Look into my eyes and read my mind
know what I want
relax, don't be so taunt.
Graze my face wi...
-I listen to a little Wayne but all of JoDeCi.
-Because I'm not some arrogant little kid that wa...
-Frozen rain hangs from the rood crying teardrops
-Root beer slushies’ covers the sidewal...