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FERTILIZER Southern trees bare strange fruit Rotten from the inside out Casualties of false realities Nurtured in fear and self loathing One by one they fall Bitter and bludgeoned For the fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree FERTILIZER Southern trees bare strange fruit Rotten from the inside out Casualties of false realities Nurtured in fear and self loathing One by one they fall Bitter and bludgeoned For the fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c344f04fcf7fdac4cf5b5d1/1556202057485-OMN6MNOIH8GJWCEV38VA/th.jpeg Poetry WALK OF FAME Thought outside the box and got boxed in Dreamt I’d see my life in lights… Live and in living color But got out foxed when… I chose my soul, over a goal Integrity over celebrity Pissed off Rather than pissed on Money the motivation, true But legacy the mission The treasure I sought The water I thirsted To wipe the bitterness of the drought Out my mouth… All men are created equal Given the same chances Via varied happenstances The near sighted Bifocal-ed point of view of the few Who’ve amassed enough to divvy penances And reparations Back to the brown backs that shouldered nations But only if you ask nicely… Thought outside the box and got boxed in Dreamt I’d see my life in lights… Live and in living color But got out foxed when… I chose my soul, over a goal Integrity over celebrity Pissed off Rather than pissed on Money the motivation, true But legacy the mission The treasure I sought The water I thirsted To wipe the bitterness of the drought Out my mouth…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c344f04fcf7fdac4cf5b5d1/1550371256392-29K0TY9BUXSNPIUZ1MRU/357715-20130305-1100221.jpg Poetry YOU GOT IT I’m gone smile like Denzel in Malcolm-X when they come for me Sick of trying to be the head nigger in charge, you got it I don’t wanna be the H.N.I.C. I just wanna be free… Is that too much to ask, not to be down to my last for once Go pass go without having to go straight to jail Sleep at night like normal folks and stop pretending I’m well When I ‘aint… Momma proclaimed me highly favored but I hardly feel loved Don’t know the last time I actually “felt” a hug Shrug… Feeling like a kid caught in the act ‘cause “I don’t even know” How the hell I’m supposed to feel, when my heart bled out a long time ago Slow leak steady seeping since ’97 Can’t say this what I bargained for or even close to what I wanted God asked me if I was mad, I said ‘naw I’m just disappointed Told me I’m destined to walk through the wilderness like Moses See from atop the mountain like King But I may not get there with you? Still just another deer thirsting for water at the stream Guess I’m selfish for feeling my life should mean, something to me Other than a friend, a lover, or a shat on baby brother A father/uncle, a Sunday school lesson, bragging rights for my mother… I’m gone smile like Denzel in Malcolm-X when they come for me Sick of trying to be the head nigger in charge, you got it I don’t wanna be the H.N.I.C. I just wanna be free… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c344f04fcf7fdac4cf5b5d1/1550350584218-96GQDUZS0C9Y2V6KUH32/laura-plantation-slave-quarters-1j.jpg Poetry SUGAR WATER Two generations removed from the struggle But still you bullshitting No longer on Crocker Road But you still chasing chickens Instead of chasing dreams For the struggle you a fiend Light brighter than a motherfucker But you refuse to beam Refuse to shine Trapped behind that slave ass mind Ignorant to the obvious You running out of time Still sipping on Boones Farm Instead of turning that sugar water into wine Scared you gone turn to salt If you cross that County line Scared you gone turn to salt If you cross that County line https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c344f04fcf7fdac4cf5b5d1/1550366838817-A8ZXOOI02WP9ATXF1VQA/kentucky.jpg Poetry RUNAWAY They got the heat on in the house but I’m outside in the cold Last slave left on the auctioning block Master decided he gone keep me after everybody else been sold So now I’m a field nigger, a house nigger Overseer and Uncle Tom, Master love me best He fuck me then say he love me So I guess you can call me his mistress They got the heat on in the house but I’m outside in the cold Last slave left on the auctioning block Master decided he gone keep me after everybody else been sold Guess I’m gone have to runaway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c344f04fcf7fdac4cf5b5d1/1550360747212-N0TIAO3NAHV6PQVOBCQJ/Screen_Door_Rocker_master.jpg Poetry TALKING SHIT Either you in or you out You not gone be going back and forth Close that damn door you letting flies in Shit… You not gone be running round in here neither, you hear me? You gone get somewhere and sit your ass down Sit your ass down Shit… I don’t know what time your momma coming to get you? Don’t ask me again Round here running my damn pressure up Damn it… She didn’t feed you before she brung you? I’m not about to cook nothing There some light bread in there, fix it your self Hell… All my children grown I don’t have to put up with this… I love you too baby Hug my neck before you go When you coming to see grandma again? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c344f04fcf7fdac4cf5b5d1/1550724600209-DZ7JCJ6X19AMDMNYOBUF/image-asset.jpeg Poetry POETIC POTION His mental matriculations seduced me My train of thought lost in his mind Slowly he penetrated my cerebral As his tranquil tones transcended time He gave birth to rhythm His lips kissed creativity Overwhelmed by his presence My world engulfed in his reality I tried to grasp his catastrophic concepts As I plummeted, an abyss of emotion Possessed by passion he proceeded to travel Into the very depths of a metaphoric ocean Enticed by his intensity Devastated by his devotion I consumed of his essence I drank of his poetic potion And damn that shit was good! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c344f04fcf7fdac4cf5b5d1/1550356059900-EWUI2LHW9WR02AHUI6FU/68971-1024__72928.1529586576.jpg Poetry LIFE BOX I want my money back Nobody told me it was broken There aint no sign up No piece of tape across the coin slot No nothing Why didn’t you say something? You watched me put my quarter in there You aint open your mouth It must have taken your money too?