Where I am versus my desire’s dream
Fail to succeed
Replace want with need
Success has an expensive fee
A result of thousands of mistakes
Joy is brief, disappointment may replace
Give and take, sacrifice, rewards, envy, hate
Impossible is everywhere and answers arrive late
Where I am versus my desire’s dream
May as well be somewhere in between
Distant galaxies and an inch within my grasp
Decades wasted and some wrong decisions in the past
Carved in stone, but now time moves by so fast...
Lessons learned, but mistakes still take place
Seasons change, gray hair and wrinkles changed my face
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‘White Bread’ enough is enough!
What math was used to build Africa’s pyramids?
1,000 years before ‘Pythagorean’s theorem,’ is
Western, math and other facts just one big old lie?
Were all Native Americas supposed to die, were all African slaves just happy to work for free, hell is water even dry?
If some of our ‘knowledge’ is fiction, and most of the ‘truth’ a deception
Then my reality is twisted, and I disrespectfully demand an exception!
I refuse to participate in this madness any longer, the ruse is up
The global majority has the numbers, the will, and power, ‘White Bread’, enough is enough!
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Hip Hop in middle age…
I’m getting old, but not quite 50
When my rage explodes
Transform like Bill Bixby
Hulkin’ out
So big and green
That I ripped my jeans
But I doubt that most will even get that reference
From old tv shows
I suppose I was the same
When the former generation
Would claim disdain
And a lack of respect
From all of these little whipper snappers
Living with no regret
Responsibilities, fears, or plans for the future
Writing checks and spending cash that their asses ain't even earned yet!
No mortgages, wars, discrimination, and pain
They no longer fight the power, rather seek out to claim
Mere fortune and fame
Making videos, asking strangers to subscribe and like
Their opinions and comments, every hour of the day and night
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Black Hair
Hair that can defy gravity
Coils that wave and crest like the sea
Plats and twists that shine automatically
Amazed at how magical it can be!
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50 Words
Inspire, caution, embarrass, retaliate
Explain, complain, love, hate
Pray, declare, war, peace
Buy, sell, rent, lease
Discriminate, educate, learn, ignore
Glass, ceiling, window, door
Open, close, invite, dismiss
Judge, ignore, ignorance, bliss
Walls, doors, bars, freedom
Vote, platform, speech, lead them
History, change, future, past
Present, danger, ignite, fuse, blast
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Chat-GPT is writing raps?
I’m getting old
but not quite 50
When my rage explodes
Transform like Bill Bixby
Hulkin’ out
So big and green
I rip my jeans
But I doubt
Most even get the reference
From old tv shows
I suppose I was the same
When the former generation
Would claim disdain
And a lack of respect
From all of 'these little whipper snappers'
Living with no regret
Responsibilities, fears, or plans for the future
Writing checks
And spending cash that their asses haven’t earned yet
No mortgages, wars, discrimination, and pain
They no longer fight the power, rather seek to claim
Mere fortune and fame
Making videos, asking strangers to subscribe and like
Sharing their opinions and comments every day and night
Do... |
Gender Apartheid
The Taliban’s rule in Afghanistan since 2021
Is an abomination and must be undone
When America ended its war, millions of women lost their freedom
The UN continues to demand equality, but Afghanistan won’t even heed them!
Today it is illegal for an Afghan woman’s voice to heard in public by a man
Under the rule of law, established by the Taliban
As Mullahs mandate this kind of oppression, we’re so apathetic and naive
To think that this ideology won’t spread worldwide, and in time fester and breed
Into the consciousness of the world, like slavery, technology and fast food
Ignorance, convenience, and control can be so addictive, swift and crude
As a Black American, I speak English and believe in Christianity
Our African ancestors probably consider our reality an insanity!
500 years ago, they didn’t fo... |
Selling books in the rain, in Harlem
One of a hundred vendors in Harlem, waking in rain
I didn’t sell anything today, but I didn’t complain
A writer lives in a spectrum of optimistic extremes
Believing that almost anything is possible, writing our hopes and selling our dreams!
A few yard from me, an author of a financial literacy book did not despair
When the wind blew and dumped buckets of rain water on her hair
The children’s book writer didn’t fret
When her tent fell over and her inventory got all wet!
We left the Harlem Book Fair this summer without making a single sell!
As I pulled my cart of books past the Apollo theater, large rain drops fell
In between two famous musicians, my wheels somehow locked up!
By Michael Jackson and Ella Fitzgerald, I chucked at my luck
Perhaps the greats were just sending me a message, not to giv... |
America is a still at war today!
Casualties of war are like a wildfire
Trees aflame, spreading fast, smoke climbing higher
The war/fire ends when interest finally wanes
Or there are no longer enough people/trees to sustain the deadly flames
Over 15k deaths in Sudan, 40k in Gaza, an 500k in Russia and Ukraine
The Americans that sent the bombs, tanks, and guns there, just abstain and complain
As we debate and protest, calling each other amoral and liars
Ironic because we're still hold the matches that started all of these fires!
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Orville Redenbacher
Getting older is like having a used car or a bike
That works, but is almost always not quite right
There's a dent, scratch, or part that needs constant repair
Drive a day without pouring water in the radiator, if you dare!
I’ve had a crook in my neck for over three years
I’m like one of those bikes that our parents used to buy at Sears!
The chain may pop off, whenever you change the gears
Pop a wheelie, hit the brakes too fast, or take a sharp turn
Which I did so often, because I would never learn!
I fell off a hundred times, and got over a dozen flats
I’d cut the intertube and burn rubber with a match
It was simple then, fixing my problems with just a patch
But now whenever my aging body requires a mend
It's not quite as easy to fix, as my old banana seat Schwinn!
I stretch, apply ice and heat, but whenever my joints bend
I hear... |
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