Poetry 4 The Streets

think it started over a pull of some shit we picked up from the incense shop on 125 as i rubbed your thighs tried 2 feel your wetness as you press breaks accelerated hit the highway north 2 catch the twelve-2-twelve action as your panties got soaked before i closed the hotel doors she’s my nigger my peep in any situation this sister would pull triggers for her man go 2 war for her nigger we got ea...

what do you care if a black dies  reflections of me die everyday dead before meant to 21 death day i rot inside my mama’s womb smell the flesh of botched abortions  where my brother and sister died  i’m the 3rd this year to sit on this cold floor in my mama’s house  the cradle of civilization  dead souls tell me only long beeps were heard after they took their first breaths eyes so small never ope...

god, i need 2 talk 2 u 2 know if it’s true what that little brother said standing out in the cold as that old lady tried 2 give him a paper hat said, “believe in jesus” and he said, “fuck that shit; god only gives me pain” god, i always wanted 2 ask you why when you saw the hundreds of millions of Africans dying you never helped why did you let so many Afrikans die? god stands there in silence i s...

If the sun gets to close We will wither away If its waters to much it rots and decays Cop called and word are exchanged  Arguing and such emotions in play Face to face  The push and shove The threat of aids the threat of blood They place on hands the latex gloves Flash lights and radios Batons and sprays Tasers and mase Its all for pain Oh god Oh lord Oh Jesus The angels whispers and screamed  As...

my grandpa asked me,  “where is your brother”  “with his new girlfriend” grandpa said, “a nigger 2 pussy  is like a carrot 2 a donkey;  follow her around like an ass” grandpa’s throne was a crate mine was the ground the sun was getting closer 2 the earth  the children had finished school and started playing in the park when the dogs’ away the cats will play we got the jig masters the fiddlers we g...

i go into this mission a souljah die for my colors dream of some land and children i’m a family man respect the wisdoms when they respect me correct them when they disrespect themselves from showers 2 bedrooms with fine black ones i walk with my head up erect, trying 2 find an escape her pussy looking fat like uptown dimes passing on the knowledge listening 2 the wisdom wanting 2 birth the underst...

creator, don’t give me the power of a coward wisdom of a fool give me the power of a warrior wisdom of an elder 2 fight for freedom give me the power and courage for when the oppressor sentences me 2 death for my eyes 2 remain open when he swings the sword to die in honor than 2 live a life of shame please help mold me so my struggle will be just cut down and kill all my weaknesses let my vision b...

sisters are beautiful, brother and queens can’t be hoes new millennium sisters can’t even be queens i think of them as souljahs that have been labeled bitches ‘cause they’re strong i smoke the herb take a pull and say peace 2 jah and the ancestors then they say to take a sip of the liquor i say genocide and yells come that could make john hawkins smile brothers scream in unison “what are you? puss...

How 2 approach us silent hide fear in back of mind don’t smile because smiles paint punks in pink until they get bitch slapped and brought back 2 reality How 2 approach us not preaching shit not following but showing self as example produce means for me 2 survive How 2 approach us in sunlight ‘cause darkness brings caution that is protected by nines How 2 approach us realize i have nothing tomorro...

My Jesus on my cross how much abuse will you take afrikan woman, can’t the yells move you? afrikan woman, can’t the threats move you? afrikan woman, can’t the blood move you? what do you stay behind wait for the murder of your soul? his words have no respect for you when he speaks every word is a word filled with hate i feel your fear, sister would run if it approached me i’ve seen the blood on th...

why all this sex shit all this ass shit all this breast shit all this leg shit all this thigh shit all this let-me-suck-your-tongue shit i want some good shit some talk-all-night shit some learn-from-each-other shit some teach-each-other shit not the sex-only shit i want the shit where you can sit around and relax shit real shit like my poetry shit good ole chilling-on-a-friday-night shit a relati...

there will always be the need for one more poem 2 describe how i feel catch the word before it changes its clothes and transforms into a new set i must create new words 2 equal my pain i tried 2 close the book but my poems become like the world’s sins and they sit down in filth and multiply surround me, cause me 2 question my words one poem asked, “why are you so in love with pain?” i answered, “p...

pants sagging 40 drinking woman loving oh, excuse me i’m a nigger a nigger from the blvd i’m from the hell you never walk thru i’m the nigger who sends chills thru your spine i’m the nigger you would not sit next 2 on the F train the nigger who makes you turn your head back when you walk you stop and let me pass yes, i’m that nigger i’m the nigger who embarrasses you in front of your white lover i...

i bring such pain widow’s blood i’m the one you wish would die under your breath switch the channels go 2 the blvd and i stand take a piss of my brew whose effect is dieing of so crack another one so my pain can smile i’m not a stick-up kid a fucking hungry nigger who feeds off the insecurities you build up with nice shit yes, the one you wish would die so what can you say that’s not already been...

black America do you kill me or do you teach me?  do you love me or push me away? whatever the cost i will never go away but multiply and creep into your children’s minds  grow like the boogie man become realities subtract the living pour brews for the dead divide families as gangs set up retaliations 2 continue towards armageddon as mothers weep curse my name  as papa drinks tries 2 remember what...

My Mama Smiles Now, Cause I put a Nine 2 my father head and said, Slap again nigger slap again My mama Smiles now