I face struggles daily but I don't allow those burdens to weigh me down or cause me to lose hope,...

In search of a new beginning, a way out, an escape.

Physical signs of anxiety as the hairs ris...

If I pushed pride aside it would be suicide instead of homicide.

All for the purposes ofstrippin...

Today!!!

Be there if you can

fake play on words

be your self

be personal but ...

Not of the next day variety, essentially nourishing and providing

But rather of the lonely...

She like a breathe of fresh air my lungs can only worship in this toxic world
Her eyes brings me...

I do not wish to be labeled by the color of my skin
Seen as a kid whose future is more profitabl...

I was so angry

was mad at you

forgeting me like i turned into toxic waste

I was sad

s...

Tiananmen/Ferguson,
25 Years span their past,
Facing a tank and a bottle of tear gas,
Extrao...

What comes to mind when you hear these words? Is It the normal thought of a males lips connecting...

Being black in America is like having a fuse,
Racism is a match that white people use,
They inc...

Diamond's

unassailable

truths

Diamond Reynolds for her brave and outspoken video July 6, 2016

Saludos desde Sinaloa! poner en la nariz! poner ​en tus venas! Greetings from Sinaloa, put...

1080p High Definition virtual M-4s with grenade launchers, Heckler & Koch​ assault rifle w...

I took a look, in a little “BlackBook”, and what did I see? That we’re a bunch of “BlackShe...

Two islands, two hearts. Close , yet so very far….. Two people, shipwrecked. Roma...

One time I dreamed Aphrodite rose from the sea

All naked and glistening was she

"Why all the cl...

harsh wind

barbers rows of sunflowers

yellow carpet laid

free form haiku

Firmly I have sat at the entrance to my higher self.

Yet through your eyes I have passed this ...

The longer we are silent..the less our words are heard.. complying aint stopping us from dying. ...

How many more? How many more have to die? How many have to be killed in cold blood? Just for you ...

A blazing hearth

Food and guests at table

Two shy lovers standing

Off in a corner

The sla...

I am not great because I am an artist

I am an artist because am great

And that's how I al...

Trying to keep you safe..
If the police pull you over, do what they say
And when Black lives co...

skyscrapers

multitudes

midget

LOST IN NEW YORK

The bereaved cannot conceive,

Of the phrase, "Administrative Leave",

No arrests, cops still get...

dear Black Brothas,

the sun rose without many of you todaydue to some form of injustice.

My religion is true justice, even if I have to pass out a$$ whippings,

Respect to KingQadarDwo...

Last Sunday, my wife cooked twodelicious racks of ribs,
From the most tender, juicy and tasty of...

Another one?!558 so far this year.

It will end when we put a stop to it, not them.

And while ...

She said she wanted to know me,

I told her to look up Ptolemy,

Weeks later after she read A...

Spit fire like carney side show freaks,
With crazy lexicons that confuses geeks for weeks,
Inve...

Phrases amazes, grace replaces taste, postmark haste, lick stamps, email - cut & paste, delete & ...

Change is hard,
Starting over, cancelled card,
New location, same issues,
Friends forget but m...

Burnt Bottle Rocket sticks and firecracker paper litter the lawn,
Back to work and school - the ...

Im fed up
not talking with a spoon
life full of darkness
hope sun comes through
really need s...

I'm back though dressed in all black clothes
tried to lock me out
forgot about the backdoor
th...

YOU'VE HELD OUR HAND, LORD

IN DARK AND DIFFICULT DAYS.

PLEASE HOLD AMERICA'S HAND NOW.

O...

It went from

You

Giving me your all

To

You

Giving me just enough

To keep me int...

When you're waiting for an important phone call and everybody else but that person is calling y...

I wish I could just get away

Away from this city, this state, these people, my reality

A pl...

Jesus lord,
I know you probably bored,
With the vicious cycle of men's sin,
Then again, mayb...

Palms itch, hands shake, the anticipation is sublime, you're blowing my mind, without speaking a ...

These rhymes in my mind, spin like blades on a helicopter, never speak proper, Ebonics be my phon...

Streams of consciousness

Casting lines of confidence

Flotsam of consequence

Roug...

Its Friday, picture me rolling with rollers in my hair,
Like Big Perm, worried 'bout what they s...

Old and young dance and sing,
To the latest moves and grooves,
Hundreds of the same shirts roam...

In this world where some people

have turned their backs on beauty,

on the right to human di...

Welcome to the mind of a beast.. Unknown to most and translated by few.. None enter and few u...

If I seem to be in constant m...

My feet have tread this soil

half the expected years

I suspect I have been allotted

shou...

It was 06H30 Am on the faithful day of November 2010,

I was directed to Bread & Milk Street in H...

Qadar where you been?!

Dwon' where you been?!

For surely I haven't been chasing Dollars

Ju...

I'm cinnamon toast crunch,
You're Chex mix, yuck,
Imma G you a schmuk,
Wanna battle me? Good...

Do you want to understand any kind of self-blame or self-judgement no matter the extent, the beha...

Its a dare eloquent drama

No fair precedent trauma

Its a share fixed antenna

It was as if fire had leaned over and kissed me

My body immediately went up in flames

Yet w...

The dream is to fly

The hope is its worth the cry

The r...

For Dead Poets Who Yet Live

The earth swallowed you—

spitting out seeded words

to linger...

When Daddy ran off we cried.

You did'nt...

Knees sore, knuckles raw from adays work....

Handle my heart with care because i swear it couldnt take another break.

Please accept my love...

There is darkness in my heart, Ichoose the light daily.

There is anger behind my eyes, I relea...

I don't wanna feel like I know it all

Cause my brain has never given up be...

Listen to menowthen re-read this again later,
Myrhymesareold school and packed with mad flavor,
...

When I'm away, adipose, I suppose,
Is the tissue that makes me miss you most,
Love to hold and ...

Boom Shaka Locka,
Hot rhyme droppa,
Head knocka,
Shouda been a Dr.,
Yao Ming?
Get gold, get ...

Treat this like my thesis,
Digested the track like a bagof Reese’s Pieces
All that remai...

Once More…

(Apropos Orlando)

Once more and again

bigotry spreads

like a keloi...

The years have not been kind to him. No, he has suffered mentally and physically more than most, ...

This woman is amazing.. Extravagant from head to toe.. Flawed but only in her eyes.. I see a perf...

You're the only woman in my world,
Smurfette, yet our love remains unfurled,
I bet this test yo...

Perfect I'm not but a man I am.. Black, strong, whitty and accomplished.. I look the part and...

You have to breathe and then count the breaths. The next one could be your last. It sounds like a...

Its all going sideways, even the bullets and strays. Life gave me what I asked of it, I took my a...

I grabbed her fawning hands to mine

and we danced on the dish of the moon

serenaded by a lo...

I don’t care!

I've had enough,

I've seen enough,

I've heard enough

If something good ...

He took me to inner places
he taught me
he taught me that I could sleep inside my mind

He wa...

An outcast portait of society,
public opinion timidly restrained.
Descriptive world of psychoti...

One On One…

A peculiar similarity between

you and me;

I born a slave being;

you ,...

The Call…

Pain answered the call

you never returned;

Happiness took a dive—fell

i...

One On One…

A peculiar similarity between

you and me;

I born a slave being;

you ,...

One Day…

One day pus filled eyes

will heal

and the world will see;

One day flies...