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Back In Da Day

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Remember back in the day When rubbing alcohol Cleaned the scratches On LP's and 45's, And placing a nickel on A phonograph needle Kept the party alive. When Now-n-laters were a dime, And playing catch-a-girl-kiss-a-girl wasn't a crime. When you ran home after school, To watch the Flintstones and Gilligan's Island, To see if those 7 crazy castaways Would ever make it to dry land. When slogans like 'When you give A kid a book you give a kid a break', And a 'Mind is a terrible thing to waste', Were generated for kids sake. When you dropped a piece of candy Then picked it up and kissed it up to God, But you didn't dare perform that ritual In front of your mom 'cause you knew it was odd. When party rap was the in thing, And when you went to a party A gift or a card with a dollar in it is what You'd bring. When colorful plastic jackets And jelly bean sandals were all the rage, And you got your first summer job and $3.35 was the minimum wage. When you wore high water pants or floods, And your friends made jokes about them That were all duds, When it was a treat to go downtown To watch a Bruce Lee or Spike Lee flick, And you'd eat popcorn and cotton candy Until it made you sick. When someone called your mama, It was sure to cause all kinds of drama, But the street fight ended, Without a doubt, When the street lights went out. When family reunions were something You looked forward to attending, You got a chance to meet new relatives And with the old ones there was time for fence mending. When you could ride around all Sunday On Super transfers, When you chased rainbows and didn't curse. Life was a little bit simpler back then, So that is where I prefer to take my pen, And conjure up memories from days gone by, In these perilous times is there any question why?

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		The Immortal Wize says: Enjoyed every bit of this trip down memory lane, it's as if you was picking the shrimp out ma gumbo pot. Much Respect! poems by this commentor Cobwebs Bedtime Story The Word Purple

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Stepping in Seward Park

Stepping In Seward Park...

As I see people stepping in Seward Park In the summertime,

It hearkens me back to when I was in my prime.

Running up and down the stairs going to various apartments and playing with friends,

Never once feeling deprived of anything not love not attention nor financial ends.

As the dancing couples twist and turn each other I smile,

Because it reminds me of the love my parents

shared when I was a child.

As they bop and sway to beautiful songs like Deja Vu, I've Been Here Before by Teena Marie and Res' "For WhoYou Are,

It reminds me of times we use to jump into my mom's mustard yellow colored car.

As the DJ spins the nostalgic tunes,

It makes me think of warm afternoons.

When the Jesse White Tumblers would enter

Seward Park or Lower North Center.

Times when music...

Candy Man

Man Candy Please take your metaphor Like Edwin Starr asked What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Take your hook in hand And please get off my land Take your numerous bee stings Take your tired mantra Cuz your words don’t carry weight Like Frank Sinatra You may see us as paupers But who are you, Cindy Lauper? No woman or man gets to have fun at our Expense I wouldn’t even liken you to Bruce Willis Cuz you don’t even possess a sixth sense. Man Candy All you have is a sense of foreboding and doom And 2 sequels that loom Over my old neighborhood Cabrini Green So again, I ask you Man Candy to take your Metaphor… Cuz like Edwin Starr said What is it good for… Absolutely Nothing! Please take your hook in hand, mantra and multiple Bee stings Then go somewhere else and on to other things. I see the last time you got help from Jordan Peele But hell even with him at the helm you lack skill. https://www.augustrenee.com

MICROWAVE SOCIETY

In the blink of an eye vehicles turn into taxi cabs Then there"s everyday people that turn their backyards and basements into weed and meth labs. You got people on line seeking others out for instant gratification But more often times than most they end up wasting time and money and experiencing secret humiliation. On social media celebrity death notices are transmitted in a blip So that people can type sad emoji's and say RIP. These days our loved ones can quickly create a Go Fund Me account For situations beyond their control to help to pay bills that surmount. American Idol & The Voice promise to make you an instant success. Reality TV shows making washed up housewives and has been actors and actresses act a complete mess. At home pregnancy and Covid tests making us all out to be doctors and nurses Self check out lanes making us out to be instant cashiers which they say lifts a costly burden off our wallets and purses. Go in debt and go to see a lawyer to file Chapter 7 ...

They Said It Wouldn't Last...But Rap Music Has Had A Very Long Past!

They said it wouldn't last,

But rap music has had a very long past,

Kurtis Blow, Sequence and the Sugar Hill Gang,

Were party rappers who did their thang!

Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five,

And Run DMC kept the party alive,

LL Cool J, Heavy D & Da Boyz, Queen Latifah, Monie Love

And Salt and Pepa,

Came along to add some flava,

Then came NWA, Ice T, Warren G, and

Snoop Dogg their west coast neighbors,

Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew

Kept us afloat,

And UTFO was on the same note,

There was Kool Moe Dee, EPMD and and Naughty by Nature,

Big Daddy Kane and Eric B. and Rakim,

Always talkin' 'bout gettin' that paper,

There was KRS One,

And Nas the talented Son,

Back in da day Whodini and the Fat Boys were a force to

Be reckoned with,

Groups like Public Enemy set o...

Back In Da Day

EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK

Just when you thought that you didn't need your parents anymore and that you were on the brink, You thought that you had everything on lock down like da clink da clink! But you had to stop and slow your road and think. That they loved you with all they had and to raise you they threw in everything but the kitchen sink! To keep you well fed and keep in mind that this was way before Link, Often times they had to clothe you in hand me downs, Or somethIng they brought home from their jobs lost and found. Because they loved you and wanted to see you accomplish more than they did that's what I think. So, all I am saying is that they threw in everything but the kitchen sink! They signed you up for Girl Scout and karate class so in your armor you wouldn't get a chink. They washed clothes on Sunday's at the laundromat so that you could go to school and not stink, They took you to a barber or a hairdresser and cut your hair or got your hair pressed to remove any hint of ...

BOTTLE

I will be by your side if you need me night and day, I will be the one that wrecks your family life, is that okay? I will swerve and curve your emotions and cause you to trash your car in the street I will make you say things that you'll soon regret and like a drum on your children you shall continuously beat, I'll make you appear unattractive, and slowly cause you to lose the ability to constructively think, I am that cheap, 80-proof bottle of poison that you so willingly drink, I thought that you were a genie when I was a child because of your ability to stay in a bottle, And I can say or do anything that I want to you because you won't remember this tomorrow

Crows Only Pick At The Best Fruit

(A Co-worker) Stop hatin' on me you ole crow, Why don't you give me what you owe- Me and that is respect you old coot, Don't you know that I know that crows Only pick at the best fruit, It's as if you can see my future better than I can, That is why you are acting like a twisted fan, All out of control and down right vindictive, Usually that kind of behavior is indicative, Of someone who is jealous hearted and bitter, Misery loves company and baby sitters, I wish you would quit slandering my name, You have had your fifteen minutes of fame, Stop hatin' on me you ole coot, Don't you know that I know that crows Only pick at the best fruit.

News Flash! BUCKWHEAT HAS BEEN SHOT!

Turn to the local television station Because BUCKWHEAT has been SHOT! Turn to CNN if that is all that you got! Turn on the radio and they will announce The same thing, BUCKWHEAT has been SHOT the airwaves sing! Read the local paper looking for an update, It reads BUCKWHEAT has suffered an awful fate! Talk to your friends and they will repeat BUCKWHEAT has been SHOT down to his feet! Go and surf the Internet, Tell me if you don't read that BUCKWHEAT'S Chest has gotten WET! We are so inundated with terrible news, All of the so called updates are only a ruse. We interrupt this program to tell you, BUCKWHEAT HAS BEEN SHOT!!!! We haven't found his killer We are just stirring up the pot.

16 Shots! (Laquan McDonald)

16 Shots! (Laquan McDonald) They get Sixteen Candles like Molly Ringwald We get 16 shots to the body after we fall Because they can't handle... Us they become trigger happy Calling us "N" words with nappy hair... Given the order to kill 'cuz you know they say that we don't care!' 16 SHOTS! For every year that he lived Plus one more for the gipper Target practice on a human One victim but multiple offenses Like mofo Jack The Ripper! Hey, don't you think the first shot made him stumble... Don't you think it frightened Laquan, But Officer Jason Van Dyke kept on and on and on and on! Like Erykah Badu's first hit... Officer Van Dyke had 20 accusations lodged against him by citizens but never received disciplinary action, So you see the OPS was allowing him enough traction.... 16 SHOTS! This clown showed up on the scene and in 30 seconds pumped out 400 years of bigotry and rage, Because this child was darker than a paper bag and further along the color scheme than beige! Now that t...

Back In Da Day

Stepping in Seward Park

Candy Man

MICROWAVE SOCIETY

They Said It Wouldn't Last...But Rap Music Has Had A Very Long Past!

Back In Da Day

EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK

BOTTLE

Crows Only Pick At The Best Fruit

News Flash! BUCKWHEAT HAS BEEN SHOT!

16 Shots! (Laquan McDonald)

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