Black boys lost in time

Lost in time before they can speak the line

“I do”

Lost in time

What did I do to deserve this blessing

of you

to live out my days with?

Sim...

Look at me,

Hey there my friend, how are you today?
So much time has gone by, wouldn't you say?
I know life...

A spellbinding crescendo dances on the recesses of my mind

Twirling, leaping, gliding into my ...

Just thinking
I figured if we spoke again
Things would go back to the way it was
It is now awk...

Have I been here before?
Traveling this road it seems so familiar
passing faces unfamiliar
but...

What a depressed angry violent

world

all in the name of hate

passed down to each generat...

Love is a beautiful thing but not always.
You see, love can cause heart aches and heart breaks.
...

Can we slow groove mellow smooth..but tonight no blues this way..well one.. but it's only for Nin...

They say you are a lost girl

Single and afraid within this cold world

Depressed and drinkin...

the color of a worthless penny

is something worth more than gold

I'm preaching to the royal sou...

The way EYEsee it

Life consist of seeking knowledge

First understand your history

The...

So young filled with hope begging for attention can't tell a man nope. That night i opened that d...

Phantom Poet on the move

Dashing here there everywhere

A glimpse of a Black shadowy

figu...

Sittin round the fire

barrel

can tell you we aint

singin Christmas carols

Some roadie...

They purchased us in bulks

Stained are past that negatively shaped our future

Then tossed u...

10x20 with 10x20 deck

around

My man cave my think tank

my get away from the get away

I had a dream that Dr king mentored Obama before the oval office

Malcom X liberated the inner ...

Yesterday is a day
Forever etched in time
It becomes a part of our history
Of memories that st...

Threw out this life I’ve lived

I’ve seen so many things

I’ve watched the death of Angels

To do or not to do
When, where and why not to
Pieces of my mind search desperately for answers
...

On the journey of our lives Where do we begin? Searching for ourselves Deep within The confines o...

I miss that feeling desperately.

You know, when fascination

gives way to infatuation

who put a price on success

it don't cost nothing to succeed

how is it a secret if

every body...

it's so hard to love

love is the hardest thing to do

the hardest thing to find

the h...

I'm ashamed of the lifestyle I've been living. Dark tunnels living in my past life. A thief in th...

Take it..just take it. These are the words I wanna say. Because at the end of the day I'm feeling...

When i first met you she had you on block bangin and selling dime bags powder and pills ***in w...

Ive cheated, truly
on every lover i ever had
after you
not physically
just emotions
i let ...

He's that one your momma warned you about. not because he breaks hearts but because from the ...

Coming from all directions

North East West South

folks getting dose

of the blues

Thos...

Life has been good to me even when I believe that it hasnt. I have been filled with so many would...

my peace is in pieces

I’m not sleeping

tossing and turning

rolling around like I’m on fi...

Doin it in rhyme

as always no time

to chit wit chat

let others handle that

Paid my du...

I got a hunch…..
A need to scratch this itch
Caught up in this vibe
Hard to describe is the c...

First months together you smiled a lot

Now you just sigh a lot

I’m not sure what goes throu...

Too immature for the raw.

Falsely reassured by the tally of miscarries.

Never considering p...

Frozen dreams

Turned my heart cold

Winter everyday

Antarctica survives

Spine chilling...

I'm no longer afraid

To hold your hand

In public for all to see

From this day forward

Are you ready for me?

Can you handle what I'm about to give you?

For your sake I hope you c...

I reap the benefits of you

The abundance of your love

At times overwhelming

But it doesn...

It's time to wake up from societies bedtime stories, because those tales has sailed or fairytales...

Serve and Protect With Dignity and Respect

After centuries of oppression and being misunde...

Have You Noticed

Have you noticed.....?

Organized prayer in schools…

Somehow has become ...

Where is happiness?

Is it between a rock and a hard place?

Can't be because that's where I'...

I have awaken from my sleep.
And I am transforming into a being, that's somewhat startling.
I t...

I go to work I come back home

My routine because I fear the unknown

Afraid of stepping out ...

It amazes me

how art is not fully appreciated the way it should be

It is devalued, yet we all r...

I'm so bored with drinking all the time

Sobriety isn't anymore fun

But still it's something...

Theysay there is no value

in a poetic form of expression

As if lifes enhancement

is only...

I wanna be that somebody

that reflects my dreams vision

Afro one day, maybe dreads the next...

She was exactly like a holy sinner,

Never wanted someone full of glitter who

would bring me the world

all I wanted was someone ...

Not an easy thing to

watch folks

wandering the street

Winter time a real tough time

t...

That soothing melodic

surround sound

that that massage

the brain

That groove of a sou...

Cliché.

Misused.

Misinterperted.

Manipulative.

Sexual intimacy.

Sexual nothingness.

Tend...

Failure of the past. Wishing my late nights with you would have last. I doubt it, you got up ever...

Should I say things

I should not convey

when I feel things

that I ought not?

Unea...

Haven't been the same since I inhaled heaven scent and with my third eye or my heaven sense I swo...

To be one of select few to do what only

some of us are able to, I tend to deal with

life th...

You said you wanted a family andto provide a better life than you had. But you have the nerve to ...

DAMN I FCKED UP... YEA I AMIT IT I FCKED A NI**A WHILE U WAZ INCARCERATED OK SO WHAT I WENT BUCK...

A birth of disaster

Happiness carried laughter

Brillance found in hardships

Minds tw...

I'm a mommy of none maybe one day i'll want one. I might want a son. A king to lead. A king to pr...

Discovered a magical mechanism wandering through alphabet soup

Found my tightest rhyme spellbo...

Was once afraid to fail as if I had been up all night and didn't study

But when my sun went aw...