Throat so sore it could
Scratch sandpaper.
Every time I sneeze
I’m punched in the throat
Time...

This is how i was designed

Even if i tried, his will, i never could defy it

He made it my desir...

Today we celebrate our elders
Whose light we’ve followed
Throughout our lives
With whom we’ve ...

Making them
Having them
Bringing them to fruition.
Lighting the pathway of positivity
So obst...

When someone’s life is lost
There is no greater pain
Death does not discriminate
We breathe ai...

Tyrants invoking fear amongst masses
Purposely poisoning minds
Creating division within ranks.
...

This is the story of Slim & Chance,
Always peacock-ing and runnin’ game
Dubbed the neighborhood...

My earliest recollection

Standing there in front of Grandmother's curio cabinet

Staring at th...

It could be

Engaged in rage,

Shattered hearts,

Broken parts,

No conce...

Can be devistating sometimes

Can make you change your mind

Can come out the wrong way

Be...

Why I say!

It does not make you great

Goes to people's head sometimes

It's really a stat...

Iam more than a conquerer

I can and will endure

Iam pursuaded this to shall past

Because...

Drop dead gorgeous.

She stole my heart and sanity instantly,

Physically,

My knees froze,...

Mouth birth words of passion revealed, as EYE hunger 4 vision

Mind plots destination frequenci...

We come we go

Life Free Will given

to you

Create and enjoy your

own show

Life goes quick and...

Hot Slow burn

Even hell despise this flame

Aint sweet all though

Suga my given name

Filled ...

Those break ups when y’all weren’t really together sting a lot more.

Especially wh...

Two subjects using an

old school term gonna split

no time for that arguable shyt

Got eno...

Infected, cursed, walking dead

Information overload, brain rots in head

Binge-watched Netfl...

Reduced to a hashtag and a kind word

Close to perfect superstar, fake news, sounds absurd

T...

True colors

Tend to show

When your no longer beneficial

Spittin sh*t like

Numb this pain numb these feelings I don't want to love no more... So I lick my lips and lick on ...

Baby

You were my piece

Killed them all with ease

Got down on my knees

...

I'm jealous

That the love she gave wasn't close

To real

And I'm picking up the pieces

waiting for something to drop

watchingmovement on a clock

listening to time speaking to me

thr...

those around me are feeling

some type of way I feel it too

but I ink in red to calmthe blue...

Freudian slips is when loose lips
sink ships subconsciously
every unintended word is meant
the...

often we immortalize our idols
whether we know them personally
or not it hits us hard when they...

if only I could have the time
of my life if only I could take
my time instead of being
pressed...

if I say I am I am who I say
who can tell me who I am
who has that say in my life
only I can d...

RIP Black Mamba
you came and changed the game

Some time the pain hurts

Sometimes it kills you inside

Everyday like a piece of you disappear...

Before humanity …built up enough momentum…

To overcome the evil of …...

I was anointed as a child, started singing praises for the Lord at the age of five. My parents ta...

Youtube has this classic song called Dirty Laundry by Don Henley all these years since this song ...

Had numerous women on speed dial

A few long relationships

None that left me with a smile

Take a walk among tombstones

Marble time capsules in overgrown pastures

Standing at 90 degr...

All my life I've been told not to overthink

I can't help myself I was born to read

Between th...

Happy happy Happy happy birthday
To the mother that raise me
Oh beautiful mother
I could see a...

Obscene scenes

Disturb my sleep

I awake

To decline deep

Into a state ...

in the tiniest flame is a towering inferno a puddle can turn into a flood from a drop of rain the...

WTF? Assoon as a sister is about to become a God, they pull the plug? That’s bull$#!+!

I know ...

Found the bones of Jesus Christ

Boiled themmarrow and all like minute rice

Drank the holy s...

Don’t know what’s keeping me up
Just know I can’t sleep
It’s 4:27 am and I’m wide awoke.
Had a...

A Silver Line

Winters Homage..
look closer then ever before
see through the portal of snow
...

He poured into my cup,

I thirst him ever since

I am known for invading thoughts,

but I can't s...

What happened to America?
Mass shootings are at an all time high
Family unity has declined
The...

Before you say a word,
Give it some thought.
If you must speak with negativity,
Do so tactfull...

A faintly visible scar from age 4
Left by a straightening comb
Laying in front of the mirror th...

when I was young I didn't have a rich vocabulary I sit back and think of all the things I should'...

told every one around me
I will not stop it until it stops me
see I don't want to say
"if only...

This is a special season. We identify as black. We are the originators, the soul creators. We are...

I looked at the sun for the first time
after being told it couldn't be done
it was the best thi...

once had a dream it fell apart
in need of fixing didn't have the heart
disappointments never we...

behind a smile is often a lie
hiding its self from view
to keep from showing its self

hoping...

been a daze for some days
feels like a dream but it ain't
dreaming's to easy I've been
too bus...

I'm safe over here I don't know about over there I'm alert and aware I'm good over here I'm stay...

Often times I've asked for relief,

from struggles I thought that weren't for me.

I've falle...

don't sleep tonight get up and write
the story of my life try to get a wink
then in comes a thi...

woke up to an argument
she said "I'm tired of this"
he said "then be gone"
she cried but her t...

That first night our chemistry couldn’t be calculated

I had no intention of igniting spark...

you told me I would never walk alone
when I talk to you I'm talking to myself
I don't like when...

poetry is a gift given to me
it did not come with riches
it did not come with fame
it did not ...

honey you are too sweet for words
you are a different verb
I will walk outside of you
you will...

have you ever sat back and realized that you're the only living witness to the story of your l...

we both need to talk because I need you

I need to tell you I miss you how much

I miss you I...

there are times I feel like I walked
with giants in a pass life

careful not to scrape my hea...

I'm gone come for those who come for me by reaching my destiny successfully accomplishing goals...

I was always taught to be a lady

Not knowing I was destined to be a Queen.

And while I'm not ...

Left in a world looking all confused

Why I had to be the one

To be created

designed so c...

"tell your story" how you wanna "tell your story" when you leave this world all that will be lef...

up early in the morning
have some time to kill
got a few lines to fill
in pain I don't wanna f...

Havana Cuba was like a paradise

But deep down I knew that someone paid the price

Beyond the...

don't ask me to forgive you when I already gave you your life back when I decided to put the knif...

Spies looking, trying to see, what is in the masters’ mind,

Could they be cooking shows’ behi...

Toiling for centuries ourancestors must not be forgotten

Their story waspurgatory pickingsugar...

I becomearousedwith knowing,

How shamelessly intrigued I am,how I’ve always been by the a...

can't say I'll never be broke again
I'm broken I will never mend
I never lie I could be dead
I...

I'm trying not to say
I understand to things
I couldn't possibly
understand I wish I
didn'tco...

I was a giver when I had
I couldn't see than
no one there for me
it hurts some time
to think ...

on a scale from 1-10
how much pain are you in?

sorry for your loss..."please say nothing

s...

feeling like I'm in the movies
having a dream some one
wakes me up and says to me
"you're not ...

asked to recite one night stood up

with a tremble in my voice I was

a little nervous of cou...

hope it's not too late to demonstrate the lessons I've learned time does not take time or wait fo...