Members Only       Black activist,though not active; 
See no action, just paying dues 
Fist for caption, mind captive 
Dreamers dream, just different hues  
Rights civil, for those civilian 
Who Act civilized, just for show 
Loose Liberal, still no liberty  
Statue of liberation, we’ll never know 
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      Deserving        By some stretch of the mind, I think I deserved to be mistreated   
Battle scars are there to remind me, of being down, I’m not defeated 
Embracing all the pain, it’s not enough, I feel like I deserved more 
Broken down to be built back better, I know weakness left my core 
Roads we take are our own, I know my mom will be good  
Paths we now know as bad, a different view from where she stood   
Happiness I did not find in a house, where two were not home 
The absence of, taught the meaning of stay, I learn to define roam 
The innocence of the youth should not be abused, I suffer for them  
 Loneliness of hearing the lights go off, if this is Love I Condemn 
There are no stories to be written, only short poems where love began  
If History is to repeat itself, peace into her soul, woe unto man. 
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      No Retreats       Do I want more or do I settle for less; 
Tore out the page of a freeman Born bless; 
To Fight over this street Sorry I can't deal; 
They jack sons and daughters against will; 
When you know more you will do mas; 
Not there no more where you was; 
The battle will cause you to think I blew it; 
At War, penning my name , see yours, you withdrew it. 
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      Sean West       It's twenty eighteen, nothing new to see; 
I'm in the city with the twins , Blue and Bee; 
Dirt off my shoulder, but the snow a Little colder; 
Turnt down the super bowl, my games a little bolder; 
Jumpman jump back jump Jay I’m back;  
Rep the North, I birthed a saint and chiraq;  
Made Jesus walk and touch the sky; 
The blueprint to what happens, if I do try; 
Send your wolves, ain't no help for the butler; 
I got sweet sixteen on your heels, I'm a hustler; 
Decoding the gift, the curse I can’t Un do; 
I Blacked out, saw my kingdom come to; 
Falling asleep at wheel, pass the steel; 
Talking through the wire, no pain kills; 
Dropped out, Graduation, made for stronger Heartbreaks; 
Swiftly saw power, all the lights on a mistake l; 
I dig your honor, but honey I’m up before five; 
Father stretch my hands, I’m famous so why drive. 
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      Isolation       My heart my life my all Got me contemplating... 
stuck in thought, worried, not concentrating... 
feeling like I’m about to lose... 
society telling me that I have to choose... 
rhythm or blues,  
it’s not black or white, decision getting hard... 
not right so I stand guard, marred... 
I stand alone so I’m not married... 
baggage I carried... 
no time to waste so I buried, the ring... 
no one watched but they see,  
and say the best things in life are not for me... 
who am I to disagree... 
this is not my will but my decree... 
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      SPRITE       Life gave me lemons so I took heed 
Squeezed out the juice and planted the seed 
Then they said a tree won’t grow  
If it never been done how they know 
Those who spoke fruit I speak Youth  
Tree of knowledge and the seed is truth 
Fists clenched because I know there’s more 
They looking to see if it’s the same as before  
Rising the price, sip lemonade with laughter 
It’s not the produce, It the product they after 
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      Brothers       Grew up on Roots, proud to be black 
Once leaves start to fall realized we lacked 
Different strokes for different folks,  it seemed 
The worlds different, see it’s condemned to Kadeem  
To promote higher learning some went to college   
Tuition fees, books, and fed BS represented knowledge  
No fair, Failing to get on the bus 
Menace to society, justice, not just to us 
Looking for a spark, no news was good 
So two men become boys in the hood 
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      Clock Work       What can go wrong, when I write 
Nothing in the day, so spend the night  
Just to buy time, for my eyes to watch 
Two hands go down, and up a notch 
Attention being paid, please don't mind 
Working to get ahead, fine being behind  
Anticipating the second, the moment is hours 
Patience is the present, a gift for your future, as ours.... 
  
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      Who Knew       No one told her she was beautiful,  
so confidence she lacked... 
Everyone lied to her she believed,  
no way of finding facts... 
Anyone could tell she was hurt,  
seeing the pain in her eyes... 
Someone noticed what they all missed,  
that her love was until death dies... 
  
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      L.O.L       Addition by subtraction turned one and one into two... 
Lust over lies caused the division of us too... 
Separate beings on a collision course for truth... 
Saga is discontinued, can’t separate you from Youth ... 
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