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Light

His work permit expired

it was time 2 leave paradise

he took with him

an apple slice

and a cup of juice

he thought about the truce

he had made with the muse

and wondered if anyone on earth 

could use

a man without words

separated from song

where do i belong

he asked 2 wordless skies

as a scroll of his

past sins and lies

were written in the clouds

once

he was so very proud

of the platitudes he received

now he was very much aware

of how much the snake deceives

he walked briskly

as the gates of heaven opened slowly

he bowed 

2 the houses of the holy

sepulchre and thorny crown

nothing profound

no more great speeches left 2 recite

just an endless night

and a man without words

separated from his song

where did i go wrong

he asked the vastness of empty space

took a swig of juice

and savored the taste

he thought

how many men are blessed 

2 even work a day in paradise

even when locked in

an inespacable vice

of a life

owned by the muse

maybe it was all a ruse

he thought cynically

and the only true friends

are those never meant 2 be

he was startled as he witnessed

jesus and the prophet muhammad

in a brotherly embrace

ah but he must chase

away the inspiration

4 upon being  sentenced 

2 the guilt of eternal damnation

he must return 2 earth

4 eternity

and remain a man without words

forever

separated from his song

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Fri, 28 Jan 2011 06:18:00 -0800 I DONT CARE (A real love vibe) http://dgreaves.posterous.com/i-dont-care-a-real-love-vibe http://dgreaves.posterous.com/i-dont-care-a-real-love-vibe

Care

What up fam..this is Brotha Dee with my alter ego Dizz

and we gonna flow into a real love joint..an undilluted..undisputed love..check it out

 

When you have a chest cold baby

I will wipe your runny nose

if you need me just holla lady

I will be in the bathroom

washin out your pantyhose

and your delicate underwear

I dont care

 

When you cant get outta bed baby

I will brush your teeth

and wash your pretty face

make some breakfast 

brew the coffee

and sweeten it 2 your taste

we are a perfect pair

I dont care

 

When your ex was knockin on the door baby

we had a talk man 2 man

aint tryin 2 replace him as your childrens father

he wont be back no more

he understands

we both have the vacant ghetto stare

he knows

I dont care

 

When your body is racked with the flu baby

I will lead you 2 a warm bath

you aint just a sweet sentence lady

you are the punctuation in my paragraph

all in love is fair

I dont care

 

Dizz break it down...

 

Wind up and let me go

where I stop 

my baby know

lady listen 2 my flow

I just want our thing 2 grow

you my capo di tutti capi

my mami

my mama san

rescued me

from philly saigon

the city is like radon

invisible death

2 many raids on

2 many brothas crackin up

2 many sistas shackin up

2 many thirsty

2 few cups

2 many crabs 

2 get a leg up

 

Brotha dee

flow that love free..

 

When your job made you a surplus

your trust

in me was profound

worked so much overtime baby

many nights i was the last man around

but a black man dont rip and tear

I dont care

 

When my family questioned your motives

I told them if you cant accept her

yall aint down with me

after many miles 

they peeped your style

now they are sharing the road 2 our destiny

your my city

I am your mayor

I dont care

 

When the sate was tryin 2 convict me

it was a case of mistaken identity

my lawyer told me

you swayed the judge and jury

with your heartfelt testimony

definition of ride or die

and you didnt lie

now that is why

you  are the ceo of my chair

and I am your man

I dont care

 

When your pregnancy ended prematurely

and we lost our baby

your first words were baby

sorry I let you down

even the doctor was cryin pretty lady

and that is why you wear  my crown

I would die 4 you

world you betta beware

I dont care

 

Dizz..kick the outro

 

You are the ebony essence

of ancestral african eloquence

spiritually affluent

among the ghetto insurgence

wash the grit out

with a jesus detergent

gotta say you are clairvoyance

kept me outta ignorance

taught me 2 ignore petty nuisance

when we are low on finance

you would rather stay home

and slow dance

never looked at me askance

when I was a street corner conductor

you gave me a chance

now we ridin the 3rd rail

aplha female

omega male

gods blessing is upon us

love and you are synonymous

a perfect synchronicity

come on baby

 lets you and me

tie the knot as bride and groom

it is time 4 us 2 jump the broom

 

 

Yeah..Brotha Dee and dizz..my alter ego

one and the same

no fluff 

no game

real love.real life..real rap

 

I am out..let it fade

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Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:15:00 -0800 I AM (A BLACK WOMAN) http://dgreaves.posterous.com/i-am-a-black-woman http://dgreaves.posterous.com/i-am-a-black-woman

Black_women

I am a Black Woman

the newborn universe suckled at my teat

oh

you didn't know?

why then on clear nights do the constellations

appear so vibrant and sweet

I am sleek

I am well defined

I was a consort of the spirits

before recorded Hue-Man time

I am fine

no need to gape at my beautiful behind

every time

I strut I remind

artists that I am a portrait sublime

 

I AM A BLACK WOMAN

SINCE THE BEGINNING OF RECORDED TIME

I HAVE FILLED MEN OF ALL RACES

WITH WONDER AND SURPRISE

SHIELD YOUR EYES

AS MY BEAUTIFUL BLACKNESS

ECLIPSES THE SUNRISE

 

I am a Black Woman

The Mother of the First Land

come closer baby

feel my hands

the calluses and bruises

I change the diaper of Neptune

when Venus refuses

I determined my Black Man's glorious fate

and asked for no reward

I was raped

as my King was lead away in shackles and chains

and still I remain

a queen

the quintessence

the essence

of the Dream

 

I AM A BLACK WOMAN

SINCE THE BEGINNING OF RECORDED TIME

I HAVE FILLED MEN OF ALL RACES

WITH WONDER AND SURPRISE

SHIELD YOUR EYES

AS MY BEAUTIFUL BLACKNESS

ECLIPSES THE SUNRISE

 

I am a Black Woman

I Sojourned for the Truth

I am Coretta Scott King

Myrlie Evers

and Betty Shabazz

I didn't attend child birth classes

or practice lamaze

I had my babies right out there

in the cotton and cane fields

come closer baby

look at my beautiful yield

I am the backbone of my Mother Earth

I am so priceless

I am beyond worth

and still I scrubbed white women's floors

performed their mundane chores

healed their white babies sores

was forced to give in

when

they could not take their white men's sexual abuse anymore

and still

I

like an aged wine

am robust

sensual

pleasing to the palate

and so DAMN fine

 

I AM A BLACK WOMAN

SINCE THE BEGINNING OF RECORDED TIME

I HAVE FILLED MEN OF ALL RACES

WITH WONDER AND SURPRISE

SHIELD YOUR EYES

AS MY BEAUTIFUL BLACKNESS

ECLIPSES THE SUNRISE

 

I am a Black Woman

I don't have an attitude

I AM attitude

not trying to boast

or be rude

but I am the Creator's most perfect gift

with the fluttering of an eyelash

I can heal

or create a rift

I can shift

from a ghetto princess

to a White House Queen

no need for me to dare

I AM THE DREAM

hell

I am sexy even when I breathe

I don't hope

I achieve

I give my man reason to believe

and Lord knows

when the sons I sire

violently expire

I grieve

but,

I pick myself up

and start the new day fresh

for, I am a Black Woman

I AM THE BEST

 

I AM A BLACK WOMAN

SINCE THE BEGINNING OF RECORDED TIME

I HAVE FILLED MEN OF ALL RACES

WITH WONDER AND SURPRISE

SHIELD YOUR EYES

AS MY BEAUTIFUL BLACKNESS

ECLIPSES THE SUNRISE

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Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:43:00 -0800 How Do I Plead ( free style fury) http://dgreaves.posterous.com/how-do-i-plead-free-style-fury http://dgreaves.posterous.com/how-do-i-plead-free-style-fury

Gavel

Your honor 

 I would like 2 say a few words before you give me my sentence...

 

Separate

from

hate

my fate

is monumental

monuments 2 my magnificent

I remain transcendental

no stoppin at  stations

when I express meditation

dutifully

beautifully

my heart and soul collaberations

so damn hot

I burn holes in my socks

when I rock

free style 

from my voice box

dont implore

black and pure

I break doors

dont have 2 knock it

electrify everyday words

In my mental socket

my variants and versatility

leave plenty

on the menu

excuse me while i leave the mic

sike

just kiddin shall i continue

bring da phila riff

an half a spliff

2 every venue

take commas

periods

apostrophe

and prepostions

leave toe tags

or cholostomy 

bags

when I stake my posittion

 

Your honor

no need 4 a verdict from the jury

I plead guilty

2 fundamental 

foundations of 

free style fury

 

Take wiki peetya

slip him a mickey

remember when rap

was new jack

new edition

ralph, ronnie, mike, bobby and ricky

cocaine 

swelled

membrains

quicker than the boom bap

birth 

of the 

curse

couldn't rehearse

my verse

when the hood was cracked

no jive 

im  alive 

I survived all that

the spirits had it 4 me

2 live in infamy

and leave free style verbal assault tracks

got a knack

rise in body counts

when I mount the rap

my elocution ejaculates from my rhyme sac

rewind 

with my mind

and play it back

 

Your honor

no need 4 a verdict from the jury

I plead guilty

2 fundamental

foundations

of free style fury

 

 

Take my vocab

stir and twist

spit hot chcolate

like a mug of swiss miss

went 2 the maji

2 get some gris gris

it was a thrilla

in manilla

when I chilled

wit the gorillas

in the mist

play bongos

Latinos

call me mongo

santeria

leave philly 

Illy

new york city

in hysteria

im a force

of course

no need 4 me 2 fear ya

leave ya on yo knees

beggin please

with a bad case of dypheria

no joke 

no hope

snap 

broke the microphone

e.t.

i'ts Brotha dee

u betta phone home

 

Your honor

no need 4 a verdict from the jury

I plead guilty

2 fundamental 

foundations

of free style fury

 

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Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:00:00 -0800 BLACK DYNASTY http://dgreaves.posterous.com/black-dynasty http://dgreaves.posterous.com/black-dynasty

Black_fist

 

Droptop

no beef wit kool cops

balls out

makin it clear

black fist

rising through the white mist

the phoenix can't compare

won't see

D'ee

on the ground

brotha I'm up in the air

 

Shunned the ghetto crab in the barrell mentality

born by the sea

never was a number in the penitentiary

give respect

don't flex

'less you fuckin wit mine

commit a crime

against my fam

gotta do eternal time

 

Shinin light on roaches

watch 'em scatter from the Killing Floor

blood red

left 4 dead

all traitors who treat the Motherland

like she's an African whore

won't bore

you wit the details

what real brothers do 2 snails

SSS-car-go

C-4 cargo

brain matter

blood splatter

and entrails

ALL HAIL

THE BLACK DYNASTY

RED AND YELLOW MALI, HELLO

the Mali Empire or MANDINGO empire was a West African empire of the Mandinka from

1230-1600 founded by SUNDIATA KEITA and was renowned 4 the wealth of its rulers.

 

D'ee got a chick

so rich 'n thick

she make brothas wanna feel

2 see if she real

brothas kneel

she got a patent on my dick

'cuz her devotion has been revealed

 

Odunde Day

round Philly way

second Sunday

in June

brothas from the grassroots

ask first then shoot

smile

like a child

her poise light up a room

 

I'm Akhenaton

the Pharaoh

boy, don't ya know

she my Queen Nefertiti

love story

spannin centuries

3,000 years before the Christ

she taught PERFECT LOVE, BROTHERHOOD AND TRUTH

was a way of life

2,000 years before the Prophet Muhammad(PBUHN)

she taught the DOCTRINE OF ONE GOD

paved the way 4 three faiths 2 spread from

the Congo River 2 Islamabad

3,000 years before Darwin

she taught ALL LIVING BEINGS ARE IN PERFECT UNITY

who she be

THE QUEEN of the BLACK DYNASTY

 

TIMBUKTU, EYE SEE YOU

RED, YELLOW AND GREEN..NAH MEAN

Timbuktu is a city in the TOMBOUCTOU REGION in the West African nation of MALI.

It was made prosperous by the 10th MANSA of the MALI EMPIRE, MANSA MUSA and was

an intellectual and spiritual capital and the CENTER 4 THE PROPAGATION OF ISLAM

throughout Africa

 

Truth spit

real shit

from the salt of the earth

all women can come 2 me

be with D'ee

but my destiny

is tied 2 women of African birth

Momma, watch your baby son

once shunned

like an Obeah chant

my knowledge

not from a European college

face the ILLUMINATI

show the stigmata on my free slave body

FUCK a recant

 

I expirate

think of my beginnings

as bounty of PI-RATES

trolling the Carribean Sea

now I'm rollin mental bones

contact high

I defy

any cat 2 fly

with me

checkin the empires of SONGHAY, MALI AND TIMBUKTU

searching the banks of the River Niger

a provider of clues

from Gao

2 Mali

2 Dendi

kingdoms born

AFRICA, AKEBULAN

1ST  BIRTH

MY WET NURSE

from her belly I was torn

scorned

as 3/5ths

fast forward

now I'm delivering this gift

Brother D'ee sired

from the Songhay empire

sent 2 heal the GREAT VALLEY RIFT

ghost face killas came riding on white sails

still I survived

2 HAIL

THE BLACK DYNASTY

 

SONGHAY, SHOW THE WAY

Songhai or Songhay was one of the largest empires in African history. Its base of power was on the bend of the Niger River and was settled at Gao as early as 800 B.C.

 

yeah..2 be GIFTED AND BLACK

AND THAT'S A FACT!

 

I'm out..peace and love..INSHALLAH(if it is God's Will)

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Tue, 18 Jan 2011 09:05:00 -0800 WE REFUSE 2 BE http://dgreaves.posterous.com/we-refuse-2-be http://dgreaves.posterous.com/we-refuse-2-be

How we came 2 be

I, interested in the love of you

your lovers curiosity

Utopia by love's demand

saturated by untruths

manipulated by a manic man

 

Hurt can never intensify

unless tears remain falling

from a lover's eyes

caught in a tempest

who can deny

the bridges burned

when love begins 2 cry

 

Simple 2 those who perceive

a love once full of life

now hopelessly bereaved

what I intended 2 be

perceptions from a mind once profound

now mired in webs of insanity

 

MIRRORS OF CONFLICTED SOULS

REVEAL IMAGES WE REFUSE 2 SEE

WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN

WHO WE REFUSE 2 BE

 

Mornings we forsake

such is love's fate

when Houses of the Holy

are built on land prone 2 quakes

exasperation

4 goodness sake

wish I could give you more

but fate

left nothing 2 take

 

Over rainbows we once wished

ignoring the downpours

from demonic outpours

our pores

now resist

the morning mist

 

Tears drying before

they caress our faces

love torn by jealousy

and other petty

disgraces

 

MIRRORS OF CONFLICTED SOULS

REVEAL IMAGES WE REFUSE 2 SEE

WHAT WE COULD HAVE BEEN

WHO WE REFUSE 2 BE

 

Taught 2 learn life's lessons well

fully prepared 4 the inevitable burns

when escaping our personal hell

blisters begin 2 swell

no one there 2 soothe our pain

2 ashamed 2 tell

 

I'll see you

on the dark side of the moon

hopefully

our communication will one day resume

roses once in bloom

now shredded and left 2 die

by the dog days of an August afternoon

 

MIRRORS OF CONFLICTED SOULS

REVEAL IMAGES WE REFUSE 2 SEE

WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN

WHO WE REFUSE 2 BE

 

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Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:14:00 -0800 CALL EM B--TCHES U DIE(a sista salute) http://dgreaves.posterous.com/call-em-b-tches-u-diea-sista-salute http://dgreaves.posterous.com/call-em-b-tches-u-diea-sista-salute

Sistas1

 

Black widow spider

Quiet ridda

Don't have 2 providda

Will

Spill blood

In a flood

Runnin like apple cidda

She demands respect

Don't claim no set

Straight priceless

black fist

4 LeShonda, Precious and Isis

The nicest

Nubile Nubians

No hooligan

Skool's in

When

They defend

Black women

Holdin up

Slogans

Don't ask why

 

Make a mistake

Call em B--TCHES

Brothers die

 

Single motha

Got brothas runnin 4 cover

Smother

Dead beat

Daddy's

Set flame 2 the Caddy

Leave his motha sadly

Shook-en

Brothas who take 2 much

Get tooken

On a ride down 2 the airport

shoot 4 sport

No abort

No off button

All or nuthin

Down 4 lovin

Keepin perspecive

Kings don't reign

They get trained

Before being elected

Sista anger can't be deflected

Don't ask why

 

Make a mistake

Call em B--TCHS

Brothas die

 

Carryin

2 twin

Sig Sin

M-24 sniper

Settin coordinates

While changin diapers

Not hyper

Irie like kool

I pity the fool

Cross

Get lost in the Meadowlands

Sleepin wit Jimmy Hoffa

And other Black brethern

Devourin

Black HER STORY

Tomes

Sojourner, Harriet, Madame C.J.

From slavery 2 straightenin combs

House a home

Till a playa cova get blown

The death zone

Don't ask why

 

Make a mistake

Call em B--TCHES

Brothas die

 

Ain't no Extasy

P.O.V

Treat em tenderly

Or scan

Your periphery

Black beauty

The epitome

Of Akebulan

Inspiration 4 the Bible

And Holy Koran

No apology

No fine

Disrespect or flex

Fish will dine

Puncture lungs

No floater

Stay sober

Pay homage 2 the Queens

Keep em smilin

Don't make em mean

Don't ask why

 

Make a mistake

Call em B--TCHES

Brothas die

 

No pork

No souse

Got ghetto dwellings

Lookin like the White House

Cookin collard greens and fish

Black fist

4 Tonya, Tamara and Trish

Got cats from other ethnicities

Thinkin irrationally

Can I get a feel

Disrespect

No appeal

It's real

Allah's seal

On their right breast

Family crest

In Genesis

The beginning of the African Nation

Mother land

A black woman's hand

Raise up 4 this

While brothas applaud

And pour libations

STANDING OVATION

Man..don't ask why

 

Make a mistake

Call em B--TCHES

Red Black and Green fly

You die

 

 

 

Yeah..black queens take a bow

You showed us how

2 walk with dignity and self respect

We brothas you protect

From our stupidity

BROTHAS RAISE THE HENNY

We love y'all

 

I'm out...

 

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Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:24:00 -0800 BURIAL MOUNDS (a take on love) http://dgreaves.posterous.com/burial-mounds-a-take-on-love http://dgreaves.posterous.com/burial-mounds-a-take-on-love

Burial

Play it slow man..

So much you will never see
Disappearing acts
Are my specialty
Learned 2 run away from pain
And toss into the trash
Memories that remain

Fun house mirror
Reflects my smile
Always fools friends
Who don't stay 4 a while
Hush my frantic heart
When it begins 2 pound
Grown fond
Of having heartbreak around

Tears don't make a sound
When they fall
On our love's burial mound

So much you never knew
Words U thought I ignored
Indeed got through
Seen so much
My tear ducts
Are sealed
Never bothered 2 ask 4 an appeal
My final sentence
Always puntuated by a question mark
Crooked as the road I travelled
Relying on a lonely heart

The Lions seem rather bored
Or is it me
Refusing 2 believe
In things I once adored
So many times confidently
I strode 2 the plate
Once up 2 bat
Took too much time 2 deliberate
Strike
One
Two
Three
A disappearing act
Is what I've come 2 be

Come one
Come all
Laugh at Dee the clown
Ignore the echo is his heart
That still resounds

Tears don't make a sound
When they fall
On love's burial mound

..that's it..one take
Let it fade
I'm out

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Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:44:00 -0800 LA BANDERA (the flag-free style volume 6) http://dgreaves.posterous.com/la-bandera-the-flag-free-style-volume-6 http://dgreaves.posterous.com/la-bandera-the-flag-free-style-volume-6

Latin_flag
D'EE DON'T MEAN 2 BOAST
DON'T MEAN 2 BRAG
LATIN AMERICA
LA BANDERA!!!
THROW UP YOUR FLAGS

UNA SALVA DE DIEZ CANONAZOS
PUERTO RIIIIII---CCCOOOOO!!!

who say Brother Dee
Si
I can flow
Puerto Rico
Guatemala
Mexico
yoooo
got so many flips
SH--T
boy don't ya
know
eat alphabet soup
make my vocab
grow
go
slow
baby come
baby come
baby come
2 my
show
Mic
my words strike
the Mic
go blow
A B C DEE
effortless elemental
flow
a black cat
with a black hat
fly like a black
crow
yo
Jelly co-sign
no dues I
owe
my airflow
creating
an afterglow

DEE DON'T MEAN 2 BOAST
DON'T MEAN 2 BRAG
LATIN AMERICA
LA BANDERA
THROW UP YOUR FLAGS

Sao Paulo
Buenos Aires
Rio de Janerio
Lima
Caracas
Santiago
stange
bedfellows
down in the
barrio
piercing with my
arrow
2 Columbia and Ecuador
I
bestow
fore score
fore swore
before
my black shadow
a day
glow
dynamo
droppin death blows
got heap plenty rhymes
in
escrow
my Flikka Bikka
get aroused
my brow
do
furrow
in flow
interflow
when I enter the
hedgerows
soft like
marshmallows
leave the ladies
mushy
mellow
possessed like
Cujo
my lyrical shower
produce
mudflows
out flow
out blow
leave ya singin like a
sparrow

DEE DON'T MEAN 2 BOAST
DON'T MEAN 2 BRAG
LATIN AMERICA
LA BANDERA
THROW UP YOUR FLAGS

UNA SALVA DE DIEZ CONONAZOS
PUERTO RIIIIII-COOOOOO

born 2 be the best
feel it in my
marrow
don't ya dare bite
baby don't wanna
over blow
don't want your ovaries
2
overflow
until I burn up
Mic Row
don't sleep
Mami
this ain't a peep
show
let's pow wow
playfellow
with your head in the
pillow
don't wanna
overshadow
meet ya Post AL
show
my rhymes
on time
you will swallow
don't be a scare
crow
no
sorrow
tomorrow
is the slide
show
in my knapsack
keep a diamond in the back
my words I stow
the sun
glows
when I cross
bow
and super size the
flow
crossed many rivers
never caught in the
undertow
throw up
up chuck
can't duck
my
up flow
DAMN
it's kinda
yellow
clean ya
window


DEE DON'T MEAN 2 BOAST
DON'T MEAN 2 BRAG
LATIN AMERICA
LA BANDERA
THROW UP YOUR FLAGS!!!

MORALES! PAPI YOU KNOW I GOT 2 SALUTE YOUR LAND DAWG

UNA SALVA DE DIEZ CANONAZOS

PUERTO RIIII-COOOOOO!!

yeah..a ten gun salute to my Rican brother

I'm out
JILLLLLL!!
ANOTHER MIC PLEEZE!

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Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:08:00 -0800 Stranger in a Foreign Land http://dgreaves.posterous.com/stranger-in-a-foreign-land http://dgreaves.posterous.com/stranger-in-a-foreign-land

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Never took a chance
That wasn't mine
Momma always said
A hard head
Make a soft behind
Was raised 2 always remember
Christmas day 2 many
Is just another day in December
I don't need reminders on a calendar date
Always felt
The love U save
Is the love U make
U see,
I've been molded 2 never forget
And always understand
I'll always be
A Stranger in a Foreign Land

If I commit a felony
I can be deprived
The Act of Patriots
Doesn't exclude me
From drug dealing and homicide
In this country I'm naturalized
Could be stripped
Of citizenship
Right before my eyes
So I learned as child 2 walk
In silence
Though I've been stalked
Never resorted 2 violence
But if my family bond is distorted
2 avenge my Bajan Bond
I'd gladly be deported
Always stood tall
Proud 2 be a man
But never forgetting
I'm a Stranger in a Foreign Land

U invite me 2 the table
I will accept
Always on time
Never overslept
I will only eat 2 be polite
Never want U 2 feel
I took 2 many bites
Folks say I take things 2 seriously
But I must 2 maintain my civility
Can't let U see my tears in any instance
Best way 2 protect myself
Is 2 keep my distance
No one knows what's in my heart
People read my prose
And think they've hit the mark
But when a thought is finished I move on
Never been a king
Refuse 2 be a pawn
Never been a part of the Native plan
Always been
A Stranger in a Foreign Land

I had a choice
Whether 2 be a Black brother
Or accept being labeled as an other
Many times an apodted child
Only desires 2 make his parent smile
Knew I could never dream of being President
Only 4 Natural Born
Not permanent residents
Since the age of three
My dreams have been shaped
By that reality
How could U know
That left a pain in Brother Dee
So I remain in my pocket
People throw
Blows
I attempt 2 block it
You never took the time
2 see the faded bruises on my hands
From reaching out
As a Stranger in a Foreign Land

2 each and all on the Set
With all due respect
An open heart
I will never reject
But please know mine I must protect
So when I come strong
I've got 2 come correct
2 U what seems like a petty slight
Can change my sunny day
Instantly 2 night
Exile is a possibility
That's real 2 me
I am who I am
Your Brother Dee
Never curse Allah
But GOD D--MN
All my life I've been
A Stranger in a Foreign Land

Dear Lady
I accepted love at your behest
We share a love beyond words
Or this Set
Yet
It's best
If I remain a guest
'Cuz any family joined by adverbs and conjunctions
Only requires a dangling participle
2 cause dysfunction
I believe in the words of Lady Liberty
Thank Allah for her providing
My mom the opportunity
But instinctively
Those from across the sea
Know where they are from
And where they be
So I have taken blows
No other man man would honestly withstand
Comes with the territory
Of being a Stranger in a Foreign Land


Taken blows
No other man would honestly withstand
I know who I am
D. Greaves
A STRANGER IN A FOREIGN LAND

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Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:44:00 -0800 The Final Call http://dgreaves.posterous.com/the-final-call http://dgreaves.posterous.com/the-final-call

Last_call
(Final and Last Call)

 

All due DISRESPECT
when I say this SH--T
some who bow before God
are really suckin the Devil's D--CK
spit
then grip
a banger
hang black pride like Fruit of Allah
from Southern trees
puncture so close 2 the heart
of Akebulan
you can't sneeze
brain freeze
tryin 2 join the B.M.C
refusing 2 pay the fees
the Diasporan disease
of envy
and jealously
heed the Final Call
in Dee Homily

Can't come at Shay-tan
with alms
so I traded love 4 two sparks
and a cache of napalm
read Surahs from the Koran
consulted with David
in the Pslams
purified my soul
during Ramadan
apon
this Rock of Ages
I shall stand
bow 2 NO ONE
yet
respect
the essence of the Black man
time 2 fulfill the plan
are you a true brother
or a N-GG--A
with a tan

Rain..2Bee..Sea..I.C.
y'all riding with me?
lemme tell the pseudo punks what up...

I WILL DIE 4 U
N-GG-A
IF YOU LIVE 4 ME
FINALLY
WE WILL SEE
IF YOU'RE PREPARED 2 LIVE AND DIE
FOR BLACK UNITY

Waiting in black camouflage
triangular position
'tween Caddy the Bro-ham
and Avenger the Dodge
Shay-tan tried 2 breach the birth
of Jesus
on the Immaculata Maria
I perfomed a cervical cerclage
the Prophet speaks
may all those with ears listen
can't be victorious
in this mission
if we out of position
tension stressin the bridge
we built
the pool of purification
polluted with gossip and silt

Braced for the battle
my origin in Santeria
ate the jelly of the Guav-ee
pay
homage
2 Ave
Maria
dialect of the Yoruba
Le Regla Lucumi
Brother Dee
now you see me
now I'm in your brain
taking your hate
and makin you insane
no membrane
can resist the Shaman's spell
think you in Heaven
welcome 2 Hell

Maji..LoveisLove..Goodlove..To ban
y'all riding with me?
lemme tell the pseudo punks what up

I WILL DIE 4 U
N--GG-A
IF YOU LIVE 4 ME
FINALLY
WE WILL SEE
IF YOU'RE PREPARED 2 LIVE AND DIE
FOR BLACK UNITY

Babalu-Aye
try-ya
no way
Brother Dee is here 2 stay
no pay
no play
Armageddon or Armistice
is the only way
no delay
I say
plastic melts in the heat of the Son
mess with me
you picked the wrong one
battles I shun
until the war in won
no pun
no gun
just a Spritual
lyrical run
don't you know I can see you sleepin
thinkin you corrupted the Black United
but we creepin

Let no man doubt my heart
corrupted by Shay-tan
at the start
first 3 years of my life
spent with an Orisha
my momma couldn't tell her son
from a geisha
had 2 most important women in my life
choose separation
now we're at peace
praise Allah
for Spritual reperations
paid my dues
question my views
BUT
not my virtues
unless you're ready 2 call my mother a B--TCH
you do that
there will be
too many
holes 4 the doctors 2 stitch
no covert
no snitch
time 4 the Final Call
Black man
with a plan
2 be
Spritually rich

Ladies..I ain't forget you
y'all ridin with me?
lemme tell the pseudo punks what up
ONE MORE TIME

I WILL DIE 4 U
N-GG-A
IF YOU LIVE 4 ME
FINALLY
WE WILL SEE
IF YOU'RE PREPARED 2 LIVE AND DIE
FOR BLACK UNITY

yeah..write it on the tenament wall
THE FINAL CALL

May we walk in the light of God..Inshallah

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Sat, 08 Jan 2011 23:43:00 -0800 One Night ( In The Dark) http://dgreaves.posterous.com/one-night-in-the-dark http://dgreaves.posterous.com/one-night-in-the-dark

Dark_knight

 

One Night
In the dark
A final curtain fell
And my heart found no reason
To applaud
For what a fraud
It had become
So terse
And bitter as it
Cursed
The setting sun
Feeling a solitary heart
Was the only one
To be deceived
Oh, what a fool
Believes
When love can no longer
Move mountains
And a Fountain
Of Hopeless Tears
Cascades over
Our Forgotten Years

One Night
In the dark
I called your name
Ony your shadow replied
Believing in soul if faith
Was applied
You would trace the tracks of my love
And embrace my smile
But, as I patiently waited
At the trunstiles
Cupid chose to rebel
And the final curtain fell
Upon our show

One Night
In the dark
A stranger's arrow pierced
The apple of my eye
No matter how hard
I try
I can't escape the image
Of you and he
Dancing tenderly
Of all the doubts we denied
Of all the gods of love
We defied
So hard
We tried
To survive
The Urban Hurricane
Now in the aftermath
Of our destruction
My back is pained
By sifting through the rubble
Of my fractured heart
Tell me Love
How could his arrow have
Found the mark
So perfectly
And suddenly
It seems you and I
Shall never again be
Making love...in the dark

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Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:03:00 -0800 Love Sweet http://dgreaves.posterous.com/love-sweet http://dgreaves.posterous.com/love-sweet

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Love Sweet

D.Greaves the Poet gives us a tastes of the ultimate Love Sweet. Creative writes shared tonight are as follows :1) C'mere Here My Dear, 2) You Will Like It 3 )Was U 4)Nocturnal Rhaspody and 5) You and I ,I and U.

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Sun, 02 Jan 2011 12:48:00 -0800 The Shakespeare in DEE! http://dgreaves.posterous.com/the-shakespeare-in-dee http://dgreaves.posterous.com/the-shakespeare-in-dee

Shakes
Had a great time doing another recording with The Poets.Unplugged. I decided to show my love of Shakespeare by reading one of my original writes which was inspired by Shakespeare( The last piece read).Hope you enjoy it and thanks for reading and listening Recorded 1/1/11~D.Greaves

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Spanish Love Songs

We danced
I entranced
by the succulence of your lips
your hips
swayed
as the band played
a Spanish tune
soon
my anticipation would meet our desires
and a fire
once contained
would burst aflame
illuminating the night
I fight
to regain a modicum of self control
and yet
being somewhat bold
I allow my hand to brush
against your breasts
a test?
how far will I be allowed to go?
you smile
and I stand bewitched and beguilled
I file
the moment
your succulent lips
the hips
that sway
the promsise of a foray
into your gorgeous garden
eating of a ripened fruit
containing the sweet nectar of the gods
Apollo, Isis and Zeus
a truce
my friend
for, until this Spanish Love Song
ends
we cannot begin
to send
messages our bodies long to receive
and so, for now,
I shall let you breathe
a brief reprieve
if you will
to chill
and contemplate
the love we most certainly
shall make
I peer into your eyes and imagine
a lake
canopied by tress and ferns
two bodies intertwined
searching for signs
of souls that yearn
to discern
lust from love
a dove
settles upon a gazebo
a stone's throw
from where we stand
as a man
in a tuxedo admires your lovely outlines
but tonight
you are mine
and it shall not be long
for the band is ending
their beautiful rendering
of a Spanish Love Song
Imagine,if you will
a world with no pain
with you and I having the right
to spend night upon night
discovering special places
a world with no traces
of bitterness
a world where only tenderness
shall suffice
a slice
of Paradise
with no illusions
nor intrusions
nor wrongs
a world of a lovely glade
in the late afternoon shade
where our love is made
while listening to
SPANISH LOVE SONGS


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Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:41:00 -0800 New Years Day http://dgreaves.posterous.com/new-years-day http://dgreaves.posterous.com/new-years-day

Baby,

Don't file it away

Don't cry it away

Don't shy away

It's a New Years day

Say

What u gotta say

Stay don't run away

Stand

And decree

Your rightful destiny

Walk with

Talk with

Always be with me

We'll watch the ball drop

Make love never stop

Love all of our hurt away

Into New Years Day

Receive blessings from above

You're my Angel

You're my Dove

Always commit to you

My best friend

A love so true

With you I believe

Always will I need

Your body next to me

On New Years Eve

So

Don't file it away

Don't cry it away

Don't shy away

From my love

On New Years Day

 

 

Happy New Year~ D.Greaves the Poet

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Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:07:00 -0800 D.Greaves on The Poets.Unplugged. 12/29/10 http://dgreaves.posterous.com/dgreaves-on-the-poetsunplugged-122910 http://dgreaves.posterous.com/dgreaves-on-the-poetsunplugged-122910

Take a listen to D.Greaves on The Poets.Unplugged. Show. Had a great interview and shared the stories behind a few of my writes and recited them as well.Take a listen and enjoy. ~ D.Greaves

 

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