Label me as a threat because of my skin color, don't even give me a chance and label me like the others, lost souls who's stories go untold, just another black man tryna make it out the cold, born with a disadvantage, character already damaged before I even had chance to speak up for myself, seen as a menace to society, when I see police I can't help but feel anxiety, because see I don't have to be in the wrong just to get harassed on my way home, after a hard days labor, slaving for a minimum wage, praying to my maker to make a better way, before its too late and I am persuaded by the devil and his ways, easy money traps get you caught up in the trap, and that's not how I was even raised, they rather give me dope, before they give me hope, so its hard to stay straight when that crooked life pays, so much for the straight A's I got in high school, working for a college degree hopefully that'll get me some pull, or maybe I'm just a fool, to think that a higher education would somehow make me excepted, the truth is a piece of paper could never change my complexion, and my future is at your stereotypical discretion....
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My PenMy pen doesn't judge nor does it love, friends come and go but my pen doesn't budge, it knows what's on my mind, can repeat my thoughts verbatim, though my pen has no voice, it speaks for me when I can't say much, my pen brings me happiness, without my pen I don't exist, it helps me to reminisce, writing down the things I could never forget, to be real my pen was there when I ain't have sh*t, the tool I use to vent, the only way of making sense, no matter how many times I sit it down I pick it up again, because the pen was meant for me, and I was meant for the pen..... |
LuvLove is what love does, what does love do for you?, does it take a hold of you allowing you to forget the hurt?, or hurt you worse than you were before?, so much power we allow love to possess, maybe because without love we don't exist, just a figment of imagination, a hollow shell, that tripped over love once but never fell, I myself must admit to being burned by the drug they call love, as much as I try to hide the scars from my last fall, but I guess love lost is better than never loving at all, and to feel love even for a moment is worth the pain of the it all..... |
AnxietyWriting a couple times a day keeps the anxiety away, woke up with hardly any anxiety today, I would probably just smoke and drink If I could have it my way, I'm a part of what's wrong with society today, anyway I know better plus I got dreams to catch, I know change is coming I just aint seen it yet, I pray the Lord guards my heart and keep all things in check, but im a sucker for thick thighs and tempted by flesh, my Father told me slow down these women a "love you to death", my girl say I should focus more on loving myself, but I got too many vices, tell it all in my writings, too afraid to have a son cause he might be just like me..... |
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