i’m alive

3-2-21

Oh, I’m alive 
Must have forgot 
I live in my mind 

Absent minded

I’m alive I’m alive I’m alive

I had to decide 
If I wanted to arise
It wasn’t easy, but I realized 

This was worth the sacrifice 
I can recognize 
I will testify 

Jah is the divine 
I could never deny 
He lifts up the sun, it’s a sunrise 

He lights me up with sunshine 
We are alike 
With Jah I’m aligned 

I’m alive 

It was a surprise 
When I arrived 
To this paradise 

I set aside 
Most things, but I don’t feel deprived
So many apologize 

But they are terrified 
They create excuses and call it alibis 
Only to satisfy 

Their needs for tonight 
Jah can provide 
And remove all that feels bleak inside

I let the stars collide 
The outcome of that derives 
The conclusion that we’ll be alright

Hold on to the drive 
Your need to survive 
And you will thrive

I’m alive
You’re alive 
We’re alive

Time 

1-17-20

I left work today
I couldn’t just leave it at the door
Today it followed me in
Snuck in from behind the shadows
And jumped at me
When I least expect it
As I stood there before myself
I felt paralyzed
I couldn’t keep up the façade
I had to go

Home

3-5-21

I love you space 
You’re all mine 
This is home base 
Conversing with the divine 
He’s the one who sets the time 
He told me to stop tryna press rewind
I stay in my own mind 
Broken thoughts from the bind
The one I left behind 

Packed my bags to escape 
Took my dog and briefcase 
Took me out of your embrace 
My favorite place 
Did it with a straight face 
Hit the staircase

Upon my return 
It was for you that I yearned 
My home 
Where I can roam 
Where I’m free
Where I can just be me

Dwelling as I smoke this herb
If you came to disturb
You can hit the curve 
I’ll catch on should you have the nerve
Just hit you with the swerve 

But Imma need someone to co-sign 
With me on this life 
Fine like wine 
Sharp like a knife 
High like a kite 
Pussy so tight 
The life of delight 
Drake with a sprite 

Success will be imminent 
We’ll probably meet the president 
Then return to our home 
But when we return will you be a clone? 

Mind goes into the outer zones 
Calling my God but I hear the dial tone 
I confidently step out of my comfort zone 
Searching for you, since you MIA
Searching for you, 
Since you always know what to say 
Jah, you can’t just turn awayWe’ve come too far
I plan to reach for the stars 
Just to grasp who you are 
So when I start to fall from high elevations 
You need to catch me 
Put me back into the vibrations

Tempted by your sensations 
Speed up the exploration 
I’ve got high expectations 
I’ve seen what you can do through demonstration 
I’ve got ideas, some renovations
You keep sending me revelations

The devil is around
He sends temptations 
Trying to take over the law of nations 
I’m trying to be patient 
I’m just waiting 
Your blessings I’m craving 
Your grace is breathtaking 

What is the occasion 
For this vacation 
I’m here for the mind stimulation 
The level of this is flirtation 
Tryna get to the penetration 
I’ve got high aspirations 
I have an affixation 
With this feeling, its vacant

I’ve made my claims
I’m getting impatient
Locking myself up in this basement 
So I can be still but I’m complacent
Help me escape from my mind 
So I can awaken 
This heart went bad 
You need to replace it 

I’m rebuking Satan 
I told him to leave through violation 
For you idc, I’ll be blatant 
Trying to make a statement 
Lord please don’t mistake me for an assailant

Lord, don’t you forsake me
I come to you naked 
My face hits the pavement 
I’m sitting here shaken 
Waiting for my new placement 
And that’s just an understatement
Cause my mind started racing 
Steady just chasing 
Don’t mean to be so abrasive 
Just please come and save me
I’m Home

Collections

3-6-21

Creating collections

Poems that have a connection 
Separated into sections

So much deception 
For things I don’t recall 
I cannot reckon 

Did I just cause all that oppression
The things that we call lessons
Took myself to another dimension 
Just to make an impression 

I need that pension
It’s like I’m not getting any reception 
Can I not grab your attention 
Doing this all in my discretion
This is my profession 

We are in a recession 
I’m coming for the collections 
In my progression 
I have to show aggression 

That way there’s no misconception 
I have a confession 
I just had a much higher projection 

Please help me reach comprehension
I’m in deep reflection 

In need of some direction

Solemn

3-8-21

“How do you feel?” 

Solemn
Oh I’m just awesome 
What do we have in common 
My mind is rotten 
I have some problems

Made a website with some columns 
I post things on there often 
All that shits pretty solid 
And that’s a promise 

Oh I’m just stalling 
What are my options 
I have all this knowledge 
So many times I’ve fallen 
I come from the bottom 

Passed through the quantum 
So now I’m softened
I write these sonnets 
My eyes all sodden

Ohh now I blossom 
I’m just solemn 

Filter

3-8-21

Once upon time I started to plot 
Since then I fought 
Some time was bought 
Minds in a knot 

Slowly but surely 
God Almighty, he’s returning
And He’s in a hurry 
The things I am learning

Gather around 
Talk about woes
See the darkness lift from you 
See how you start to bloom 
So much chaos in a room 
Used to think that we were doomed

My mind, it fumes 
I ran under the bed, out of tune 
Out of sight, out of mind 
I knew by instinct 
I knew in spite 

Of The filter 
I watched it whither 
My mind, it shifted 
I thought I was stifled 
And then I drifted 
Little did I know 
How much I was gifted

Things will Never be the same
After that time back then 
You’d think I’d be in the pen 
I’ve calmed my mind, I’m Zen 

Some of you just don’t comprehend 
The nightmares and the mayhem 
Used to dread the weekends 
It felt like farewell and I would descend 
Great life? It was all pretend

Why am I always this intense 
I don’t mean to offend
I’ve made my amends
I don’t have any regrets 
To God is who I repent 

Its in him I depend 
This sprit became my friend 
From there I suspend
As he removes all he condemns
I trust in him 100 percent 

Many aren’t aware
Of the things that caused despair
I used to be so upset
I choose now to be happy instead
Look forward to the sunsets 
It’s when the sun rests

I highly recommend 
To witnessing the event 
Happens in the PM 
So will you attend?

Instinct

3-8-21

Instinct?

Or was it the voice in my head
The voice that acknowledges things
Addresses them before I’m dead

I should have died
But I’m alive 
So what can I do with this life

What can I do 
I’m waiting for you 
To be through with my review 

Show me the new view
So I know it’s true 
My eyes, they must be glued

I can’t see a thing
Must be on the queue
But send me a clue

The devil keeps lying 
Telling me things, I deem them untrue
I filter the mess 
Because your words are like tattoos 
They stick to me 
All the things you spew

You took all the dirt 
Washed me with shampoo 
Send me abundance in break throughs 

What has this world come to
I’m chasing this revenue 
While I handle this rendezvous

Eww is that residue 
That shit just flew 
Out of the blue 

Oh did I intrude?
What is this in reference to?
Water flowed here too

Battery

3-9-21

Pulseless battery 
I sit here in agony 
Excruciating pain 
Oh how I wish it would go away 

You charge in your sleep 
But the battery light beeps 
It’s not working at full capacity 
The charger charges but it’s a fallacy 

Yeah you’re charged but you’re not there
Your mind wanders and you’re unaware 
A replacement is needed 
It’s going to get worse if left untreated 

Something is missing 
You look at the time but the clock is just ticking 
This waiting, it’s sickening 
My brain on its last juice, it’s sizzling 

And how long will this last you ask 
As long as it takes for it all to clash 
It’s when you crash 
That life changes in a flash 

Then you will feast your eyes
As God rearranges the laws in which he defies
His power is like magic 
His intentions are love with so much passion

I think we forget this aspect
When things get hard our minds close perplexed 
We don’t see the empty abyss forming from within 
And Gods just not good at explaining these things 

It’s hard to break it down 
Too much information and then we drown
But really it’s just embarrassing
If we think we’ve failed, let’s make comparisons

God knows what trial and error is 
The world is impaired, so many prosthesis 
However God is above his emotions
We are the ones who treat feelings like explosions 

We are pompous and haughty about our devotions 
Then when we are met with something atrocious 
Our reactions are ferocious 
We show no mercy 

God could have been destroyed us 
We are expendable, superfluous 
But he has a purpose 
From our outsides to our dermis 

Oh he wishes for us to flourish 
He wants to meet us, but he’s nervous 
He shows he’s confident on the surface 
He already knows the outcome but suffers from psychoneuroses

Yes overall he is perfect 
But just like us he has his defects 
I mean who wants to be ubiquitous 
He serves us so diligent 

We complain when we hear our name
You know how many people say God every day 
We are not the same 
We were created in his image 
But we fight ourselves daily 
It’s a scrimmage 

It takes a village 
But we do not get the privilege 
We live in isolation
We think everyone hates us 

But that’s where we missed the message 
God is love 
There is no second guessing 
Enough is enough 

These batteries are done

Irregularities

3-14-21

Baby just treat me irregular 
Don’t get used to me 
Because as soon as you get comfortable 
You change who you used to be

I aint regular 
So let’s level here
You must surpass the average 
If your intentions are to establish 
That’s if you want to open that door
Things will never become a bore 

Irregular isn’t the same 
Let’s do something different everyday 
Its boring to live life tamed
Sometimes you gotta go insane 

Just to bring it back again 
You just regroup and turn up 
The come up, it’s strange 
You seem like you got what it takes 

You seem like you know what you saying 
So let me know when you stop playing 
We already skipped the basics 
I don’t mind living in some sort of cadence

All we gotta bring is patience 
Gotta stay in Gods good graces 
Just know, I too, am destined for greatness
And watch out this smile is contagious 

I like it when he is courageous 
Skip the shyness, baby we shameless
I’m the next level, they brainless
Feast your eyes on the horizon, it’s spacious.

Brain

3-16-21

I’m just making sure my brain is still there 
I stay talking it out, like it’s impaired 
The pit of my stomach is kind of scared 
But I am ready, I’m prepared 

I got brains and I got heart
I’m strained with pain to create art 
It runs in my veins
When it pours it rains 
The shore remains 
I’m sure 

Entering this new reality
Turning words into gold, its alchemy
I just live life to the extreme
I ask of my God and I receive 
I write these words and just release 

What else is there to explain 
Mental health awareness is the campaign 
Just remember my name
It’s in the domain 
Used to stay in my lane 
But that’s going to change 

Lets go 
Let go 

Vain

3-16-21

They are programming people not to love
Oh lord I scream for your aid from up above 
Woe, my brain
So many Mind games
They making us lame
This shit brings me so much pain
People just keep switching lanes 
Today one thing but tomorrow not the same 
What exactly is your gain 
Comb your hands through my mane 
And pull in the reigns 
Passion running through my veins 
It drives me insane 
Allowing myself to feel this way 
But your actions don’t make my opinions sway 
I need to get what I came to obtain
You take these words like a grain 
It seems like it’s hard for you to retain 
All that energy exhausted in vain 
In order for you to sustain 
The persona you claim to have attained
You look at me as if I’m a plain Jane 
Well it can’t be that way 
Because I cannot stand the mundane 
I want to drink some champagne 
Right in the middle of the day 
I don’t know why people complain 
They talk a lot, their goal is to abstain 
I guess they never travelled in this terrain 
Its making me nauseous 
I’m feeling a bit feign 
I might just lose my mind 
Tell my sanity to resign 
The dotted line is not signed
I am free , no binds 
My conscious a little more refined
I invited you to where I reside 
But you never replied 
Frankly I’m not surprised

attention

3-20-21

Acknowledge who I am 
I did not come here to just post on the Gram
I need attention 
Did I not just mention 
The minimum will get you no affection
I hear no objection
From your erection
You need to stare at your reflection 
Tell him your confessions 
You made a selection 
What were your convictions

My mind will go 
Then body flows 
You claim to be someone who flows
I think you’re just putting on a show
So tell me what I need to know

There were things your music didn’t hold 
You didn’t expect me to be this bold 
You really don’t need to be this cold
You seem like you got something on hold 
Let me know and I can just go 

Not looking for something recreational
I’m looking for a love that’s sensational 
Not even trying to be confrontational
I just need something unbreakable
I just thought maybe you’d be capable 

Let you know, I am insatiable 
So when will you be available 
Heart on my sleeve, cards on the table 
I’m seeking inspiration though

I want something completely new 
I want to enjoy the view 
Being cautious in what I pursue 
The lord he made me anew 
Have you been renewed?
That is important too 

In my life there’s only a chosen few 
I want you to show me you 
So you can be here too 
If not, that’s cool what can you do

AImless endeavor

3-22-21

Don’t know where I’m going
So I walk about all open 
I was just hoping 

Don’t know where I’m going 
Searching for the one that’s chosen 
These options keep me frozen

Don’t know where I’m going 
They say let’s go in slow motion
But what were they imposing 

Don’t know where I’m going 
Why was it left unspoken 
Express to avoid commotion 

This essence, it was stolen 
Too lit to notice 
The door, as it was closing 

Don’t know where I’m going 
On Jah I’m focused 
My anxious mind is poison 

The lords love is more potent 
Fixing what’s broken 
Releasing emotions 

Harmonic motions 
Combat the opposing
Need to break free, so molting

This spliff that I’m rolling 
Brings me back to golden
Drifting to sleep, I’m dozing

Slowly I’m woken
Accepting the token, the atonement
I’m growing, I’m flowing I am a poet

Confirmation

3-24-21

Proceed without hesitation 
This is your confirmation 
Do not reduce yourself to the nations 
You have a different placement 

They don’t get what you have 
Its cause they chose to be basic
You have a great gift 
Don’t waste it 

All it took was patience 
Baby you made it 
I’m calling about the reservations 
You’re getting your reparations 

You’re getting every single thing you wanted 
And then some 
You’ll still see the hate 
But let it come 

It’s cause when they come 
They will disintegrate in the sun 
Because nothing will stand in your way 
This is destiny 

Did a happy dance 
Expect a romance
Expect an advance 
The universe is giving us a chance 

And this is to enhance 
We’re in a trance 
You can change your mind and take a stance 
You can also join us as we prance

Once the night is done 
The jig is up 
Express repent, take the advice 
This type of thing doesn’t come around twice 

Bring your wisdom 
That’s how you fight the system 
We ain’t no victims 
Break free from this prison 

You have risen 
Now you have vision
Now continue with your business 
Resonate in the kingdom

This dimensional prism 
It oozes with rhythm 
Its perfectly made with precision 
Step into high definition

I’m sorry it was hidden 
I was on a mission 
To make some additions 
Now, everything is in position

Evaporate

3–25-21

Case dismissed
Release the prisoner 
I can feel you resist 
You were the limiter
While I was the listener 

Plot twist 
Unbeatable gifts 
Shadow work, night shift 
Hard to resist
Of course I’m missed 

You need to evaporate 
You over here with the weak traits 
Imma stare you down with a straight face 
Don’t really want to retrace 
He’s honestly a disgrace 

But whatever we can touch base
You can name the time and place 
Minds set on outer space 
Or stay home whatever is the case 
Sneak up on me I’ll spray you with mace 

Access denied if you don’t bring gas 
You better think twice or imma just pass
You got tired of the second class 
You wanna be with the cutie with a fat ass 
Boy can you even afford first class?

back to back

3-25-21

Back to back to back to back 
Spilling these words 
Yeah I have a knack 

They hit me with a left and right 
Spiritual attacks tryna dim my light 
Return back to sender with a snakebite

Yu Gi Oh with the back and forth 
You looking shy now with no support
Caught you off guard, you got stage fright 
Didn’t you notice I got the playwright 

You getting played right?
Wait till tonight 
There might be a slight 
Discomfort of the trite 

We don’t need to fight 
Try to communicate for once in your life
You gon be alright 
Huffing and puffing with all your might 

Here I thought I was going insane 
God pulled up, he showed me restraint 
I’m honestly amazed 
This wasn’t a mistake 

I’m not the type to be irate 
But my mind is deranged 
So here I create 
I don’t recall you, we estranged 

Narcissistic behavior 
Trying reclaim me in my chamber
The lord is my savior 
He will not tolerate misbehavior 

The universe is showing me favor 
Look at me, I got flavor 
I know you’re feeling like a failure 
Survival of the fittest, its nature

diss track

3-25-21

This is the diss track 
To distract
Just copped that loud pack 
You can suck my nutsack 
Fat ass so he hit it from the back 
You don’t know jack 
You one of those ducks, so quack 
Are you hungry? Here’s a snack 
Psychic with the life hacks
Waiting on the money 
Racks on racks 
I just stack and stack 
It wasn’t that you slacked 
You just wack 
Don’t get smacked 
Take a couple steps back 
I’m summoning a dragon 
Watch them all jump on the bandwagon 
Bitch now I’m the captain 
You all talk straight cappin’

I fly high on this rug like Aladdin 
The wait is what’s dragging 
Let get this done, it’s happening 
You can feen for it like famine 
But I’m hitting goals like madden 
Don’t make me ignite the cannon 
Weathers got me feeling real assassin 
I look real sexy in satin 
All I do is attract passion 
It’s like a talent 
I’m not bragging 
So stop it with the nagging 
I can leave you jagged 
They can take me away in a strait jacket 
I’m on another bracket

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