Power of a Pen

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I used to be sacred of a lot of things, i used to be scared of cucumbers when i was five, cause my mama would cut em into slices and put em over her eyes, and at that age, i thought that was the scariest thing alive, I used to be scared of a lot of things when I was younger, i used to be scared of thunder, cause I thought that was God yeallin at me for some of the bad things that I did, crazy as this may sound, I used to be scared of dark skinned chicks, cause my senior year of high school I asked one to the prom in between class, and you know what she did yall, she laughed at my black ass, laughed at me like I was the ugliest man alive, and for the next four or five years, i was scared to even talk to one of em, I used to be scared of a lot, and I know as a grown man, I shouldnt be scared of anything, but besides God, one thing still strikes fear into me the most, and thats a pen, cause they say that the pen is mightier than the sword, and they right, one, black man on his thrid strike, judge takes that pen and signs away his life, two, yo rights, signed away by crooks in cheap suits, only to go up top and get signed by big man sittin in the white house, and now they grinning with their white smiles, cause now they dont even have to take you to trial, cause if they think you a terrorist, they can shoot you dead, so for all you brothers bangin blue or red, stand by, that law was meant for yall, see that pen keeps Americas pens filled, see that pen signs those corrupt checks for that corrupt success, and that pen is the reason a lot of yall brothers think you gone get some sex, peep the process, you goin on that first date, hit the flower shop, buy her a dozen roses, when real G's know that you never show up with no less than 3 and no more than 6, so you swipe that card and sign for 59.95, next you bypass olive garden for ruth chris, swipe that card and sign on that 200 dollar meal bill, last, you hit da movies, now you coulda seen the 2D for the regular fee, but naw, you wanna impress her with the IMAX and 3D, so you swipe that card, sign for $25 a person, thinkin you gettin someat the end of the night, when in actuality, she got tired of you halfway through the night, she got tired of yo lame jokes, tired of yo braggin and OMG, you a grown man dawg why are you saggin, see that pen is the most dangerous thing on Earth, cause with that pen, I can write into someone's life a purpose, and at the same time, with no effort, I can make that pen worthless, with that pen, I can write a piece so nasty that I can make a dyke chick go back to lovin , and finally, with this pen, most importantly, I can give you all, a piece of myself