If words can move mountains these words can move you
if you want them to. Yo, a femme once said I was too real.
My reaction? She ain't with me now nah mean.
Because if being real is wrong then I'm the wrong man
for women like her. So this joint is for a woman like you.
Some say I'm prolific
to be specific
I just think alot,
but this joint ain't about makin heads bop
grabbin my mop top
or rockin the block
with my skillz,
this is about the gift on arrival
you entrusted me with survival
and I almost killed
You always said you wanted
a brother with intelligence
and just a pinch of Thug mental,
but the fundamentals,
of being a Thug residential
is that you one forever,
Holla If You Hear me brothers
Even though I'm older,
I still look over my shoulder,
and face the door when I'm in restaurants,
to me, it's elementary,
some cats have long memories,
view my life as a documantary,
most of it wouldn't be complimentary,
I'm just being real
When we met I tried alot of vibes
that just wasn't me,
with your Improve D'ee Course
I was a consignee,
maybe that was the rub,
I come from a place where you don't eat politely,
you bust a grub,
most of the time after smoking a dub
Anyway,
I played the role for a while,
changed my agressive style
into that "Reach Out and Touch Somebody's Hand" mess,
that was stress
no doubt,
I stopped going out
with my partners,
that was wrong for starters
because all couples need space,
if not the little things that used
to amuse you,
you start looking at with distaste,
like when I'm being sexually suggestive,
at least that's my persepctive
I'm smooth when I need to be
but most of the time I'm rough,
you once said you dug that,
said I was being real,
but then you judged my conscience
and didn't offer an appeal,
so there you have it,
only to the Great Spirit I kneel,
so what began with lust and zeal,
slowly became an ordeal
I WASN'T FIT FOR THE ROLE YOU CAST,
I WOULD'VE LET THE RELATIONSHIP PASS,
BUT THEN,
I SAW YOU CRYING THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS,
AND IT HURT ME,
BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW YOU FELT ME LIKE THAT
REAL RAP
Ain't no recovery,
when the discovery,
of two people who was meant to be,
take an obligatory
standing eight count,
no amount
of love can repair bridges burned,
that's why I told you no matter
what direction you turn,
keep the bridge intact,
strange events can occur when love reacts,
and interacts
with the future
We both been through enough
that we learned not to let the world see us down,
but when ain't nobody around
we both sagging,
one night I'm out with my boys braggin,
trying to find a femme for shaggin,
and then your face enters my mind,
and it's distracting,
I guess that's what love can do
Ain't like you would ever know,
unless I did something stupid,
and I've been with enough women
at one time I can prove it,
but that's not the point,
I neve felt responsibility for someone
like this before,
on the real the way you get angry
and come at me,
other women I would have kicked out my door,
not literally touch a femme,
but you feel me
To me it's not about my intelligence,
or avoiding residence,
in the Pen,
it's about my soul
and what I can do with this pen,
people say I was lucky
to me it was God's Grace
so I don't buy that,
where a bullet hits
depends on the time and place,
everybody in the ghetto know
that science is inexact,
for real for real
I know God let me live
so I could give love
like the love I never had,
sometimes I think about my ex
and it makes me sad,
because she had me before I was a grad student,
I'm more mature now,
so to me it's prudent
to lay it all on the line,
will we be fine?
who knows,
I mean. sometimes grass don't grow
in the ghetto,
sometimes it does,
sometimes a man can't escape
what he was
At least I'm smart enough to know,
before you go wherever,
and do whatever with whomever,
can I be arrogant for a minute,
AIN'T NO BETTER THAN ME,
because at least I try to relate to you,
know what I'm saying?
them cats you know who say all the right things
is playing,
they got the game down pat,
and like the Godfather Rakim said,
"It ain't where ya from, it's where ya at"
and right now I'm here chilling with you nah mean,
so if the proof is in what you do,
not what you say,
then I got nothing left to say
except I love you for real
I WASN'T FIT FOR THE ROLE YOU CAST,
I WOULD'VE LET THE RELATIONSHIP PASS,
BUT THEN,
I SAW YOU CRYING THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS,
AND IT HURT ME,
BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW YOU FELT ME LIKE THAT,
REAL RAP
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