Dear Meech, I need for you to realize that your potential stretches behind the galaxy and then some. Your focus on success is the only option, it’s inevitable. You are the black man with a dream to be successful by any means necessary. What is your plan to become the richest in the universe? Get…
What are the characteristics of a black man? Is it interesting that I can laugh louder than thunderstorms, or is it because I am the difference between midnight and 11:59? So tell me a different story, Build up the image of a black man. So again, what are the characteristics of a black man? Cold…
Help Me, Help Me, I Can’t Breathe Somebody Help Me Is anyone there? Emerging from the deep there is no one My body simply floats Emerged in yesterday’s fear, today’s struggles, and tomorrow’s failures Help Me, Help Me. I Can’t Breathe Somebody Help Me Flashbacks to the beginning who knew being broken was my final…
Everybody loves the color Everybody loves the music But nobody wants to be us Everybody loves the trends Everybody loves the hair But nobody wants to be us Everybody loves the neighborhoods Everybody loves the land But nobody wants to be us Everybody loves the skin Everybody loves features But nobody wants to be us…
Thrice. Thrice. Thrice I have seen her cry. My five-year-old eyes fixed on a screen. Wondering why smoke and fire came from the buildings. The eyes of other kids, in their orange, plastic chairs, were watching when the buildings fell. The teacher said nothing. I went home crying in confusion as the green titan wept…
*BOOM* 3x “Let’s go” 2x Mama can you hear me? I been shot mama, I need your help Call for an ambulance quick mama Mamas crying, babies crying, aunties crying Brothers and Uncles mad because everything is all sad They dressed in they all black Masked up finna go do a hit Now they locked…
What’s the point in having hope? Haven’t you seen the world? Bombs are booming. Towers are toppling. Tyrants are terrorizing. Evil is emerging. What’s the point in having hope? Look around you? Forests are few. Endangered becomes extinct. Erratic lights erase luminous stars. Pollution populates ‘round the poplar tree. What’s the point in having hope?…