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My mind body and soul, stays strapped to my being, living every day to the fullest, for joy i stay fiending/ In these days of struggle, I stay focused on my checkpoints, feeling that I can do better if my talents I exploit/ I already know my worst enemy is myself, how i listen to my shortcomings, and feel that i can not do no better/ I've tried to escape the negativity,but it shadows me calling my name constantly/ telling me i can't, i shouldn't if i worked my ass off i still couldn't/ but today is a new day and if i feel inspired, all negative lights must vanquish, so i talk and listen constantly because i want to stay on point and distinguished/ so when it comes out and tries to hold me back, I embrace it, recognize it and give it a little slack/ Because i know it can not hold me down any longer, because God's Will is the all the inspiration i need to make me quicker, smarter, faster STRONGER!

 

                                                                                                                                             - Gravity

Baby I remember the day you were born,i embraced you as the doctor smacked your butt/ I made a promise that i would let no harm happen, to you and that you would always smile and such/ Still remember the days when you would run around, how you made me laugh as i tried to catch you, you would dodge me and stop and giggle,  but those days i cherish because the happiness was so tru/ taking you to church, giving you candy so you would stay quiet, tucking you in bed when you were tired, and making sure you ate your veggies for a healthy diet/ I feel you and still remember when you were going through puberty, how my little girl has sprouted and grown, but I have still cherish those memories, now that your of that age and beginning memories of your own/ I know how that boy hurt u, and how i wanted to tighten him up, but i can't protect you from everything, because i raised you to be independent and stand on your own/ so now where is it my dear, how you are a full fledged women with your own mind, i know things have changed, but to me u still will be my little girl that is so kind/ But now i have to go, and find your mother, cause you haven't been conceived yet, and neither has your brother!

                                                                                                                                        - Gravity 

This is the mindset of man, how can i approve my surroundings, am i still on plan, because my conscience is taking a pounding/ I'm trying to stay afloat, but i feel like im rocking, as I cling on the boat, i look across the herizon for safe docking/ but I see nothing but troubled waters, how did i get myelf in this mess, as my forehead starts to get hotter, and sweat trickles down my chest/ where are my oars?, as i panic for an exscape, I think I lost them, as my soul fills with hate/ Why is this happeneing, i ask myself scratching my head, life isnt bliss, just tragedy instead/ hold on what do I see that I haven't seen before, I kept on looking back without thinking, is that the top of the pier, now my thought process is thinking/ I can't believe that I'm still in shock, that the whole time I kept on looking backwards but Like a man i should forget the past and build into the future, and not surrounding tradegies effect me  because I was on path and the whole time laying in front of me was the DOCK!

GRAVITY

Deep as my soul flows from my essence, i pray everyday to keep a humble and glowing presence/ because everyday we live, we die, and i reach to enjoy every second so my meaning will not be a lie/ as the homeless man walks the street, so do i trying to understand my true purpose, looking to the sky and taking in nature and taking risks so i'm never nervous/ to live is to take chances, and to grow is to learn from them, so why is life so confusing, if we are here to live every second praising him/ this is no testimonial, no religous awakening, it just the question that intrigues me of  " my reason here is what for the making"?

                                                                                                                                                -   Gravity

My mind is open like the countryside, and like the roads my thinking is ragged, I think for the future, but for the present I am asking/ When  you reach for that good harvest, You plow and hoe, put in blood and sweat, but you want to make sure your efforts show/ Sure many of us are good willed, and enjoy helping others, but what are we to think, if you cant trust the next brother/ To shake your hand and give you all types of dap, but with the other hand look for you to mess up and stab you in the back/ Cause like James Brown everyone is looking for the Big Payback, and are willing to do the unnecessary to fill their sons Christmas sack/ So I trust  only a few, and that few is on a leash, because the one you give attention are the ones who will have you running to the priest/ In these times we look for the future, but we fight for the present, because nothing is promised when we are still fighting a war who purpose everyday is lessened/ To sen billions overseas but not back in our economy, sure we want to protect the blue red and white but how about little jimmy going home hungry at night/ because his father's job was cut due to productivity, so jimmy's focus in school loses creatively, and now he sees the Department of Labor and Human resources not al-Qaidas as the enemy/ Now he lives for the future but has deal with the present, because when you want to reach your goals but your stomach is empty, and you stay broke the future is IRRELEVANT.

By GRavity   6-11-09

The package is heavy, I step back and look, did some one pack a person, because its more thatn clothes or a  book/ I look at the address, to see where it came from, it was delivered in distress, because it's smeared from a sweaty thumb/ Who could it be, who had me on the mind, to take the patience and time, to send this heavy load express overnight/ could it be from the pops, a love you soon present, something he saw at the store, and picked out in a second/ Or could it be my cousin, the one who owes me some bucks, got it off a knocked off truck, and sent it to square me off with luck/ Or is it from a lady, who I use to mess with in the day, she was kind of unstable and shady, talking more trash than Lamar and Grady/I step back perplexed and hesitant, what is it in the box got me, thinking everything is irrelevant/ I tilt  my hat, wipe off the sweat from my head, what have I ordered recently, that I forgot that I charged and broke bread/ I pick up it up, and shake it a little, to see if I hear sounds, a ruffle, no jingle so like DMX I want to know what's going down/ The suspense is killing ,e. Softly but I'm not Lauryn hill, this razor in my hand is the key, and i'm about to finesse my skill/ So the box is sliced and I reached for the contents, watch for glass and other sharp objects, I feel the weight on my finger, pull it out from Mom a pan, plates, and a strain.                 

- GRavity 6-20-09

They say to be passionate, is to live in bliss, but it's signed in blood, as I embrace and end it with a kiss/ the emotions we started with, was magical at first, feeling the lord gave me a gift, and for my loneliness quench my thirst/ You can have many ladies, every other day and night, but when you have a queen, you feel as if your game is tight/ You start shifting your emotions, and making all sort of plans, ignoring any ruckus and comotion, as long as you have that fan/ I didn't demand much, just asked to feel appreciated, I did 1st's by your account everyday I demonstrated/ That a man will be a man, but also can be sincere and a gentlemen, especially if I give romance non-stop no matter the ends/ Ladies ask for someone to treat them nice, but when I show you shivalry hasn't died, will you treat me right?/ That's the question we all ask, when we pick the assignment and take on the task, making us feel like this is some b.S. Please pass me my flask/ It's ok because I know I kow others will like, how i'm always doing the right thing like Radio Raheem and Spike/ Let me know if I'm too fast or going to slow, because I'm giving you an afterparty to the intial show/ So show me your ticket stub, and make sure you have snacks and other types of grub, because this mindset is not a route its more like the HUB!!!!                                                                                                       

GRavity     6-20-09

The Difference-

What's the difference between a nigger and a brother, because they got switched around and used for another/their not the same so you can't confuse them, but hearing them everywhere cause you can't allude them/ The nigger is the one whose not doing anything in life, going every direction but the one that's right/cusses and doesn't go to church on sunday, but quick to pray to the lord when he is in trouble everyday/In and out of jail like  Monopoly, going back to the same shit just to tell you honesty/ Be changing-women like his array of clothes, be imitated by the educated ones so he grab the hoes/ Don't get it confused, these tendencies they abuse, when confronted about the issues they always looking amused/ Be quick to follow the stereotype that were given, trying to get it fast instead of sitting back and living/ Stealing for more of what they want then what they need, neither is right but all the same are race straits to bleed/ Baby mamas accumulate then they start the runnin, sorry little oen the child support this mouth ain't coming/killing each other over the same old news, they are the  only one in their clique alive, ain't that a clue/ but we need to throw it up for our brothers who stayed on a positive path, didn't break but used it for knowledge when they got god's wrath/because our race needs to join together as a whole, we fighting amongst ourselves, and  outsiders see us falling in the hole/ We make up the entertainment field almost by half, but the education level of our race is a laugh/ Why are they more quick to sign us to a label, than for a partner or a graduated student and that's no fable/ we need to read and practice the rules, they give us the opening but deny us the necessary tools/ The nigger is stubborn and doesn't listen, then doesn't regrets when the worst gets the attention/ They are ways to keep our fans and also crossover, just make sure that your heart and mind doesn't crossover/because if you stay true then everything will happen good, just remember to look out for the ones that sacrificed to get you out of the hood" 

-Gravity

I think of the mistakes that I mad, of bringing something in the mix that couldn't last. cause I was to worried of hearing bad, instead of seeing your my future but I looked in the past/ I remembered times of watching T.V. and listening to music late, we cuddled touching each other as if we were soulmates / I still remember your smile, and the smile I had when your number I would dial, but that's in the past, shelved, stacked and filled/ Can you still hear my voice, cause I still hear the gaps whenever you laughed, your cheeks blush with delight, in your happiness I bathed/ I felt like R kelly because you were my ghetto queen, me your teddy bear for your comfort I fiend/ I assume things without thinking, forced things together that weren't linking, thought it in my head but weren't answering when my conscious alarms were ringing/ I asked because before I was hurt, and I didn't what questions to come from what I heard in my head, because I wanted to keep it real with you, and me have to second guess you instead/ But I'm messed up and I'm sorry, yesterday, today, and tomorrow, only I can be responsible for my heartbreak and the heaviness I feel in sorrow/ But I will chuck it up and live feeling crappy, 'cause if being away from me makes you smile then I will sacrifice my heart to make you happy.

Emotions Last Stand- Gravity

I AM … 1 of 3



Bend me.

Change me.

Misrepresent me.

Twist and turn…manipulate and burn me.

Misuse…and…abuse me.

Hide me…lock me away…and…store the key.

No matter what you think…there’s no escaping me.

It is…what it is.

I am…what I am.

You must know…and…always believe…it’s set in stone…forever ingrained in your memory.

And…only I…can set you free.

I am…TRUTH.

I am...1 of 3.

-Lady V

Guest Poet---- Lady V

Everyday is a struggle

From the moment I wake up, and wash my face and body, to the time I iron out my clothes, and get my kicks/ I suppose that everyday is a new start, but it as feels as though its on repeat, so why do i try to not think about it and sleep/ I listen to my surroundings and elders with wisdom, or what I was told they would have, because some of them is where i would never want to be so i just ignore them and laugh/ feeling I have a new plan, thats never been tried, those cats thought they were smart, they slipped up and thats why they died/ I try to find new things to kick start my intellect,but how can i trust new people with they be acting so suspect/quick to get you to buy in a dream, of how they have a key to a new market get rich scheme/So they feel i should be on the team,I didn't want millions, just to be able to walk with my head up with self esteem/So i struggle for clarity, were all dreams stay clouded, if you were swimming in my row, your paddle would be short and rounded/ disadvantaged from the first day you breathe in H, while looking for the 20, felt the doctor shorted you on spanks, cause you have no emotion to let go/ So let me live like Jay-z, this world is so short and crazy, how could we go from black love to killing over beauty salon scarve colors, this shit amazes me/ because we kick to say black love, but not support your brother, but when we do the service is sub-par, but you should support them because his aunt is friends with your mother/ The truth is we have one of the biggest buy powers, and we are quick to spend money on depreciated stuff, you want the bling and new car but you still living in the projects with your mother cause you spent all your money at the strip club after lunch/ everyone profits but our own people, from the stuff we buy,we follow other cultures but when it comes to us we will spend the mortgage to stay fly/ In our community we don't own the beauty shops to maintain our hair, and most of the salons to do nails is not ours to sell/ We not making the the throw a ways we buy on the low, and we sure not growing the plants to make that straight raw to slang at the local corner store/ So where is the everyday struggle is the question to ask, its living and be true to ourselves and supporting black unity should not be a thing of the past

                                                                                                                                -Gravity         

-Gravity

Didn't wanna tell ya
Didn't know what 2 say
All I know is that
I neva felt this way
Coulnt resist his charm
His words were so sweet
Now I'm sitting here wonderin
Why it couldn't be beat

I told my heart
I wuldnt hurt it again
Told myself
Love was not allowed in
Who was I foolin
When I made those promises
Knowing I culdnt control
When it finally happened

I sold my soul
4 a taste of it
Prayed that I wuldnt
Get addicted
am I fighting this battle alone
With no chance of returning home
Or am I the only one who sees
What love has done 2 me

Now I know it isn't easy
When 2 individuals fall n2 play
But its all so magical
When their souls meet face 2 face
I'm not captivated by what love is
Or how its pose 2 make u feel
I'm in love with love
when the feeling is real

Just give in (just give in)
Let it lead the way
Just let go (let go)
Dnt you be afraid
To give in (give in)
Let love lead da way
And let go (let go)
Dont you be afraid

 

-guest poet   

(Abalone)