Legacy
We built a legacy together/ A side hustle company together/ found time to raise a family together/ friends well beyond fair weather/ Some would say we’re clever/ cause we’ve got love figured out/ Our New World order/ is to restore Order/ We go back to basics just like case quarters/ The way you […]
Thrilla In Manilla
Your standing one one side/ and fighting for one side/ sharing what’s inside/ of your heart and your soul/ But then when it comes time/ To open up your mind/ It seems as if your blind/ and out of control/ Talking and listening at the same time won’t work/ Thinking submission is a felony crime […]
Balance
Protector, provider/ Direction, decider/ I found a rider to compliment me/ Yin to my Yang/ & it’s never a thang/ to be under my wing/ & to walk beside me/ A fantasy/ to reality/ can it be/ possible/ that it was meant to be/ Destiny/ put you right next to me/ chemistry/ on every level/ […]
Grown
Rejoice in the eye of the storm/ for the storm is seasonal/ To me this sounded feasible/ My Mother told me that in 98/ When I was on the way/ to being great/ While I was looking for plates/ The ones that were loaded with steak/ Medium well/ paired with a grape/ When I was […]
What it Means to be Black
It means being the mother & father of teenagers named humanity who don’t acknowledge their parents/ It means walking through fires with bare feet/ thinking the pain felt by that journey is a bad thing/ until you see the results/ Like.. Rock & Roll/ Funk/ Jazz/ Blues/ Hip-Hop Culture/ Nina Simone’s Voice/ Sammy Davis Jr’s […]
Romance & The Number 9
Invisible Bully #SpokenWord performance by Graffiti Bleu
“My Baby Girl” #GuestBlogPost by John Burt
Hello, my baby girl How are you today? I remember the day you were born Wow what a magnificent day!!! Even though you were two months early It seemed almost too long I love you so much Don’t forget on that day and everyday You’re always worth the wait!!! I was one of […]
Open Wide
A closed hand can receive no blessing/ A closed heart can receive no light/ A closed mind can see no differing point of view/ Be it relatively wrong or relatively right/ Closed windows know little about the winds of change/ Closed eyes knows color in theory/ dependent on a memory that’s clear/ A closed ear […]
Oh Say Can You See.. #poetry
Bigotry/ malevolence/ racism/ & injustice/ are just a few of the things I don’t take Lyte as an emcee/ However/ for the life of me/ I cram to understand/ the refusal to hear evil/ the refusal to speak about it/ as well as the refusal to see/ The darkness everyone is capable of/ too many […]
The Poet & the Violin (Act 2) “Superheros & Monsters”
We have officially reached the arch of this story/ The crossroad/ the fork in the road/ the middle of this allegory/ Guts and glory I use as metaphors for the 2 paths laid before me/ Gut is a metaphor I gave the darkness/ Leaving me no choice but to give God the glory/ Praise be […]
The Poet & the Violin (Opening Verse)
So much is said about the future/ So much time is spent in preparation for it/ we adore it/ always looking to explore it/ ironic how we ignore it/ when it comes time to envision/ the impact and effects/ the moment just before and right after your death/ or how much pain will walk hand […]
