Destiny
What can I do what could I be
Society puts its limitations upon me
I am only technically free
As the boundaries I try to surpass makes me weary
I can only go so far morally
I can only go so far intellectually
I can only go so far socially
So who am I suppose to be
Physical limitations make me mentally ill
In all senses my soul lays still
Suffering from boundaries of strength and free will
What purpose am I suppose to fulfill
Class Law
The Man came with his posse to shoot a boy with a gun
Doesn't matter if he fights back the battle can't be won
Because a civilian's word means nothing when the day is done
Unless you have some kin to verify what they saw
As long as they are a social class above the law
But if you ain't white, wealthy and worldly wise just might as well withdraw
Because the media, authority and public just can't see the benefit of you
And it won't ever matter all the good that you try to do
Because once getting caught at a wrong moment and your life is through
Racist Static
The radio waves play it plain and clear
But the racist state of mind always tries to interfere
Guns, gangs, piggy is all the masses hear
Because the masses are trained to look for fear
they tell you and show you why not to believe the hype
But the rest of the media says Darkies only come in one type
The ones that fight back and gripe
But you'd be beyond pissed if your dignity were swiped
Monday, May 11, 2009
Poetry Post 251
The Truth
You don't have to run from life
You don't have to hide behind a knife
There's another way to deal with strife
Find the truth that's positive
And you'll find a way to live
Without the weight of the negative
It will see you through
With wisdom to guide you
To help you on what to do
It will be your friend
Even past the end
Till the world starts over again
Nowhere
My life is simply going nowhere
I'm stuck in my terminal despair
Just waiting around for something fair
Something to get me out of my nightmare
Away from the forces that are stripping me bare
To a nurturing place of emotional care
To a person with burdens and love to share
But everyone's too numb and scared to dare
And without love there's no motivation to get there
Doubting Soldier Of God
Oh that I could have the might
To stand up and fight
For what I knew was right
To pull myself out of this plight
If only I had the foresight
A faith to hold back the fright
As I push on through the night
But I can't rely on myself to carry the Light
For as long as I doubt I haven't the right
You don't have to run from life
You don't have to hide behind a knife
There's another way to deal with strife
Find the truth that's positive
And you'll find a way to live
Without the weight of the negative
It will see you through
With wisdom to guide you
To help you on what to do
It will be your friend
Even past the end
Till the world starts over again
Nowhere
My life is simply going nowhere
I'm stuck in my terminal despair
Just waiting around for something fair
Something to get me out of my nightmare
Away from the forces that are stripping me bare
To a nurturing place of emotional care
To a person with burdens and love to share
But everyone's too numb and scared to dare
And without love there's no motivation to get there
Doubting Soldier Of God
Oh that I could have the might
To stand up and fight
For what I knew was right
To pull myself out of this plight
If only I had the foresight
A faith to hold back the fright
As I push on through the night
But I can't rely on myself to carry the Light
For as long as I doubt I haven't the right
Poetry Post 250
Judgment Day
I'm scared of God's anger
Paralyzed by fear
I have not put closure to my sins
But the closure of my life is near
Nothing is finalized
How am I going to be analyzed
Is God closing a book that is still being written
Is my unclarified past to be penalized
I don't know the use of reproof
No man is capable of following the Truth
Especially those
Still in the bloom of youth
Battered Beauty
I rode my bike to see my love one sunny day
And saw a ground and shoved flower along the way
I stopped over to inspect the battered beauty
Tattered and worn but still triumphed over artificial adversity
Stern stemmed and resolute retaining its purity
After a journey of well worth its length
I greeted my love with the symbol of inner strength
But the flower was too comely and she was blind to its beauty
And so I left because it was a rejection of me
God's Love
From the trampled to the weak
From the stumbled to the meek
Jehovah loves us all
Even when we fall
And gives us the peace we seek
He shows happiness is a long hard road
But he'll help us carry the load
As long as we don't follow the masser crowd
And we ain't too proud
To ask him to carry the load
I'm scared of God's anger
Paralyzed by fear
I have not put closure to my sins
But the closure of my life is near
Nothing is finalized
How am I going to be analyzed
Is God closing a book that is still being written
Is my unclarified past to be penalized
I don't know the use of reproof
No man is capable of following the Truth
Especially those
Still in the bloom of youth
Battered Beauty
I rode my bike to see my love one sunny day
And saw a ground and shoved flower along the way
I stopped over to inspect the battered beauty
Tattered and worn but still triumphed over artificial adversity
Stern stemmed and resolute retaining its purity
After a journey of well worth its length
I greeted my love with the symbol of inner strength
But the flower was too comely and she was blind to its beauty
And so I left because it was a rejection of me
God's Love
From the trampled to the weak
From the stumbled to the meek
Jehovah loves us all
Even when we fall
And gives us the peace we seek
He shows happiness is a long hard road
But he'll help us carry the load
As long as we don't follow the masser crowd
And we ain't too proud
To ask him to carry the load
Poetry Post 249
Religion, Economy, Politics
At any church you'll find on sale the flag and the cross
That gives the clergy and politicians more gross
As they establish themselves as the boss
While the poor march into war and get their lives loss
Neil Young is too sacred for cheesy merchandise
But you can buy a Jesus fish at a low price
TV evangelists speak of God being up in heaven so far away
But send them some money and God will come on pay
Of course none of this is true
God is close to all of you
Regardless of race or wealth
God helps everyone's spiritual health
Black Alley Cat
Black alley cat trying to raise a litter
The father ran off leaving the kittens to her
She lives worse than all alone
She's lonely with responsibilities beyond her own
All the little kids pet the poor alley cat
But condescendingly wash their hands after that
She'd like to be able to go to the vet
But she doesn't want to live as somebody's pet
She purrs in the stranger's laps
Trying to bring her family scraps
If a lonely house could take in the whole kin
She and her litter could move out of the trash bin
Misinterpret
Don't misinterpret
The message you don't get
Even if you can't relate
The message is not on debate
What's said is said
What's read is read
You can twist it and turn it every which way
You can say anything about it you want to say
Only the artist can define his art
The only one who's seen it from the start
So all the more you point to blame
The more you should feel the shame
At any church you'll find on sale the flag and the cross
That gives the clergy and politicians more gross
As they establish themselves as the boss
While the poor march into war and get their lives loss
Neil Young is too sacred for cheesy merchandise
But you can buy a Jesus fish at a low price
TV evangelists speak of God being up in heaven so far away
But send them some money and God will come on pay
Of course none of this is true
God is close to all of you
Regardless of race or wealth
God helps everyone's spiritual health
Black Alley Cat
Black alley cat trying to raise a litter
The father ran off leaving the kittens to her
She lives worse than all alone
She's lonely with responsibilities beyond her own
All the little kids pet the poor alley cat
But condescendingly wash their hands after that
She'd like to be able to go to the vet
But she doesn't want to live as somebody's pet
She purrs in the stranger's laps
Trying to bring her family scraps
If a lonely house could take in the whole kin
She and her litter could move out of the trash bin
Misinterpret
Don't misinterpret
The message you don't get
Even if you can't relate
The message is not on debate
What's said is said
What's read is read
You can twist it and turn it every which way
You can say anything about it you want to say
Only the artist can define his art
The only one who's seen it from the start
So all the more you point to blame
The more you should feel the shame
Movie Outline Black Cyrano
Genre: Romantic Tragedy
Plot: a dark skinned African American who faces harsher prejudices than other kids in his neighborhood who either racial role play or assimilate to the masses tries to prove himself with intellect and a shell like warrior instincts. He becomes a member of a radical African movement Kush. A friend of his however falls in love with the woman he desires. Knowing her parents would never approve of him he helps his friend get her so they can be happy and safe.
Characters:
Chuck Riddinaire-the Black Cyrano poverty level (dark skin)
Rochelle Mitchell-the object of Chuck's affection middle class (light skin)
Carlton Smith- straight laced middle class African American who loves Rochelle (light skin)
Scene Sequence:
1) Wide shot of the urban streets of Detroit featuring crack users, smokers, prostitution, gambling, cops beating vagrants and a studious young boy named Chuck becoming cynical of the powers that be
2) An older Chuck studying African history and American history in a run down inner city library
3) A sixteen year old Chuck preaches against institutionalized racism in real estate, banks, government agencies and the media in the streets he walked
4) A small army is recruited and called Kush
5) An unauthorized public rally with a speech on "America's Breech Of Contract" followed by an arrest, public riot and escape
6) Spectator Rochelle gives Chuck a place to hide and an intellectually stimulating conversation
7) Parents come home and see Chuck in camouflage and berate him loudly while he fights back with the 20 one uppers
8) Rochelle meets Carlton at the next rally the following day on the other side of town and Chuck is caught
9) Chuck calls Rochelle and she says she needs to say something to him in private
10) Pleads no contest and let off with a fine he won't be able to pay
11) Rochelle talks to Chuck about meeting Carlton
12) Carlton is in Kush and Chuck makes him his right hand man telling him about Rochelle's feelings for him
13) Chuck sends Carlton with him on a vigilante inspection to find any form of discrimination on Main Street
14) On Main Street they harass police officers who randomly stopped one of twenty dozen speeders who happened to be black
15) Chuck is forced to do jail time while Carlton's family bails him out forcing Carlton to lead Kush
16) Distraught about the plight of the lower class blacks Carlton drops out of community college to focus full time on Kush
17) Carlton delays dating Rochelle because he lacks the passion to express himself
18) Carlton awkwardly leads Kush trying to stir up passion
19) Kush nearly disintegrates after a progression of low morale
20) Carlton sees a homeless man getting beat up by the police for drunk and disorderly conduct and he nearly walks by until his conscience condemns him for ignoring it and defends the homeless man nearly gets himself arrested
21) A stirring speech is given inciting Kush to get hold of the media by vigilante defense of police brutality victims
22) Proven his passion Carlton dates Rochelle having her parent's approval
23) National media starts covering the demonstrations
24) Chuck is released and heads Kush by taking a more deliberate and strategic method
25) Carlton asks Rochelle to marry him
26) Chuck and Carlton are set to appear on the news to discuss Kush's stand
27) Cops discuss the power for greater restraint on citizens with city council and is formed into Proposition 311
28) Proposition 311 is advertised round the clock on talk radio and prime time television
29) Proposition 311 passes with a landslide due to high turn out uptown
30) Policemen entrap Chuck and Carlton by staging a beating ending with shooting Carlton in self-defense
31) Chuck makes on the air to make a martyr out of Carlton
32) Kush becomes national
33) Chuck is offered a scholarship by the ACLU
34) Rochelle thanks Chuck for making Carlton as passionate as him and Chuck confesses his desire for her and points out he is now a contributing respectable citizen by her parents own standards
Plot: a dark skinned African American who faces harsher prejudices than other kids in his neighborhood who either racial role play or assimilate to the masses tries to prove himself with intellect and a shell like warrior instincts. He becomes a member of a radical African movement Kush. A friend of his however falls in love with the woman he desires. Knowing her parents would never approve of him he helps his friend get her so they can be happy and safe.
Characters:
Chuck Riddinaire-the Black Cyrano poverty level (dark skin)
Rochelle Mitchell-the object of Chuck's affection middle class (light skin)
Carlton Smith- straight laced middle class African American who loves Rochelle (light skin)
Scene Sequence:
1) Wide shot of the urban streets of Detroit featuring crack users, smokers, prostitution, gambling, cops beating vagrants and a studious young boy named Chuck becoming cynical of the powers that be
2) An older Chuck studying African history and American history in a run down inner city library
3) A sixteen year old Chuck preaches against institutionalized racism in real estate, banks, government agencies and the media in the streets he walked
4) A small army is recruited and called Kush
5) An unauthorized public rally with a speech on "America's Breech Of Contract" followed by an arrest, public riot and escape
6) Spectator Rochelle gives Chuck a place to hide and an intellectually stimulating conversation
7) Parents come home and see Chuck in camouflage and berate him loudly while he fights back with the 20 one uppers
8) Rochelle meets Carlton at the next rally the following day on the other side of town and Chuck is caught
9) Chuck calls Rochelle and she says she needs to say something to him in private
10) Pleads no contest and let off with a fine he won't be able to pay
11) Rochelle talks to Chuck about meeting Carlton
12) Carlton is in Kush and Chuck makes him his right hand man telling him about Rochelle's feelings for him
13) Chuck sends Carlton with him on a vigilante inspection to find any form of discrimination on Main Street
14) On Main Street they harass police officers who randomly stopped one of twenty dozen speeders who happened to be black
15) Chuck is forced to do jail time while Carlton's family bails him out forcing Carlton to lead Kush
16) Distraught about the plight of the lower class blacks Carlton drops out of community college to focus full time on Kush
17) Carlton delays dating Rochelle because he lacks the passion to express himself
18) Carlton awkwardly leads Kush trying to stir up passion
19) Kush nearly disintegrates after a progression of low morale
20) Carlton sees a homeless man getting beat up by the police for drunk and disorderly conduct and he nearly walks by until his conscience condemns him for ignoring it and defends the homeless man nearly gets himself arrested
21) A stirring speech is given inciting Kush to get hold of the media by vigilante defense of police brutality victims
22) Proven his passion Carlton dates Rochelle having her parent's approval
23) National media starts covering the demonstrations
24) Chuck is released and heads Kush by taking a more deliberate and strategic method
25) Carlton asks Rochelle to marry him
26) Chuck and Carlton are set to appear on the news to discuss Kush's stand
27) Cops discuss the power for greater restraint on citizens with city council and is formed into Proposition 311
28) Proposition 311 is advertised round the clock on talk radio and prime time television
29) Proposition 311 passes with a landslide due to high turn out uptown
30) Policemen entrap Chuck and Carlton by staging a beating ending with shooting Carlton in self-defense
31) Chuck makes on the air to make a martyr out of Carlton
32) Kush becomes national
33) Chuck is offered a scholarship by the ACLU
34) Rochelle thanks Chuck for making Carlton as passionate as him and Chuck confesses his desire for her and points out he is now a contributing respectable citizen by her parents own standards
Poetry Post 248
War Fever
Where are you going my dear friend
Will I see you when the war will end
Well your number came up
And you haven't lived life up
And now you left to die in the army
So now this might be the last time you see me
Why can't the human population
Live in harmony with the Earth's creation
War is like a fever going way too high
If you get in it you will surely die
If you see it too close you'll wonder why
You'll have to cure it before you cry
Now I know you heard this question before
But what is war good for
If death and famine is all it will bring
Then it ain't good for anything
So here's to you Mr United Nations
Filling the world with complications
Going on the street selling knives and guns
Glorifying violence to the little ones
War is like a fever going way too high
If you get in it you will surely die
If you see it too close you'll wonder why
You'll have to cure it before you cry
Now the war has long came to a victorious end
And I still have not seen my good friend
I got a wife while he died in the army
But if one life is lost is it a true victory
Well here I stand against all forms of violence
It is all to me nothing but nonsense
The dead you killed can't see what you view
The cost is great and the changes are few
War is like a fever going way too high
If you get in it you will surely die
If you see it too close you'll wonder why
You'll have to cure it before you cry
Free Love
So here I am free at last
No more worries from my past
I am finally going to fly free
And I want you my love to fly with me
No more walls to block me or you
Our life is now pure, fresh and new
We can use our love to build this new life
So will you be my loving caring wife
Here we go in the world's danger zone
We won't have to worry we won't be alone
We don't have a reason to worry
I am with you and you will be with me
We'll buy a home and make a modest living
We will settle with what we have been giving
But we can ride over the stormy seas
We can ride through them with ease
After all these years have past
When no one said our love would last
Well we made it to the end
We proved our love was more than a trend
We have finally made it
We are the perfect fit
If I could do it all over again
I would not have change our love story's end
Ode To My Love III
A tender kindred spirit so free
With a sense of wit and sparkling personality
And charm that lingers in the air
And her kindness flowing everywhere
What can I do to show her I care
To show I'll always be there
Each day I need her more and more
And I keep trying to deserve her
Where are you going my dear friend
Will I see you when the war will end
Well your number came up
And you haven't lived life up
And now you left to die in the army
So now this might be the last time you see me
Why can't the human population
Live in harmony with the Earth's creation
War is like a fever going way too high
If you get in it you will surely die
If you see it too close you'll wonder why
You'll have to cure it before you cry
Now I know you heard this question before
But what is war good for
If death and famine is all it will bring
Then it ain't good for anything
So here's to you Mr United Nations
Filling the world with complications
Going on the street selling knives and guns
Glorifying violence to the little ones
War is like a fever going way too high
If you get in it you will surely die
If you see it too close you'll wonder why
You'll have to cure it before you cry
Now the war has long came to a victorious end
And I still have not seen my good friend
I got a wife while he died in the army
But if one life is lost is it a true victory
Well here I stand against all forms of violence
It is all to me nothing but nonsense
The dead you killed can't see what you view
The cost is great and the changes are few
War is like a fever going way too high
If you get in it you will surely die
If you see it too close you'll wonder why
You'll have to cure it before you cry
Free Love
So here I am free at last
No more worries from my past
I am finally going to fly free
And I want you my love to fly with me
No more walls to block me or you
Our life is now pure, fresh and new
We can use our love to build this new life
So will you be my loving caring wife
Here we go in the world's danger zone
We won't have to worry we won't be alone
We don't have a reason to worry
I am with you and you will be with me
We'll buy a home and make a modest living
We will settle with what we have been giving
But we can ride over the stormy seas
We can ride through them with ease
After all these years have past
When no one said our love would last
Well we made it to the end
We proved our love was more than a trend
We have finally made it
We are the perfect fit
If I could do it all over again
I would not have change our love story's end
Ode To My Love III
A tender kindred spirit so free
With a sense of wit and sparkling personality
And charm that lingers in the air
And her kindness flowing everywhere
What can I do to show her I care
To show I'll always be there
Each day I need her more and more
And I keep trying to deserve her
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