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    THE ANATOMY OF A WARRIOR (who I BE!)

    A simple equation:
    INTELLECT+SELF-RESPECT+INNER FIRE...equals?
    DIE HARD, WITH A VENGEANCE, NO SEQUEL!
    Sister Jill,
    how do I CUSS WITHOUT CUSSIN
    FUSS without CAP BUSTIN
    AND STILL KICK A FI-YA PROSE?

    this is my example of 2 MIDDLE FINGAS and TOES!

    let it drop..

    DON'T HELP ME
    LET ME CRAWL
    DON'T CATCH ME
    LET ME FALL
    GOT ONE THING 2 SAY 2 Y'ALL
    WITH ME OR AGAINST ME
    THAT IS ALL

    Pourin over volumes
    of poor righteous Prophets preachin
    I ain't neva built an Ark
    but I NO-AH teachin
    that I'm seekin
    never sought perfection
    I prefer to be a beacon
    listen
    I don't have time for pointless prose
    or discrete innuendo
    one thing the uninformed should know
    I LIVE AND DIE
    with what I flow
    no place I will go
    that I am not allowed
    I'll get up my gumption
    serve an injunction
    with other BROTHERS proud
    and then I WILL walk in
    strollin bold as a Mutha
    Nooo...aww you flipped da trigger
    callin me a...what?
    BOY
    I'll catch ya when you tan
    shake your head like
    a can
    of Spam
    make the Fam
    say OH MAN
    who turned D'ee
    into the Son of Sam


    DON'T HELP ME
    LET ME CRAWL
    DON'T CATCH ME
    LET ME FALL
    GOT ONE THING 2 SAY 2 Y'ALL
    WITH ME OR AGAINST ME
    THAT IS ALL

    If I use a capital B
    I'm calling you my BROTHER
    but
    If you're an undercover spy?
    TO BAD
    SO SAD
    BYE BYE
    I want a Posse
    like the Apostles
    you gotta have my back
    b'cuz they're Terror-Wrists
    who can't resist
    the urge to attack
    like the siege of Saigon
    tryin 2 make us run
    like the Rubicon
    from the Thrones we sit upon
    so BROTHER
    if your word ain't a blood bond
    you betta...GIT,GIT
    GONE

    DON'T HELP ME
    LET ME CRAWL
    DON'T CATCH ME
    LET ME FALL
    GOT ONE THING 2 SAY 2 Y'ALL
    WITH ME OR AGAINST ME
    THAT IS ALL

    lemme break it n2 pieces...

    I ain't Steven Biko
    NO..NO
    I keep a vial of Nitro
    in my falafel
    try 2 torture me
    I'll flatten ya like a Belgian Waffle

    I ain't Patrice Lumumba
    NO..NO
    you ain't gonna kill me
    in the CONGO
    Nah, I'll make ya dance a samba
    when you corner me
    and I transform from D'ee
    into a Black Mamba

    I ain't Medgar Evers
    NO..NO
    before you train that scope on me
    U GOTTA GO

    I ain't Martin Luther
    a King or a Vandross
    a burning cross?
    if my House can't be my Home
    I'll burn it down
    defray the cost

    I ain't Malcolm X
    NO..NO
    heard you was coming 2 the Audubon
    so I capped ya the
    APOLLO
    made ya Dance to the Drummer's Beat
    at a James Brown Show
    RUN..JUDAS...RUN
    you ain't the only one
    with a gun
    and me and my BROTHERS
    GOT THE FEELIN'

    DON'T HELP ME
    LET ME CRAWL
    DON'T CATCH ME
    LET ME FALL
    GOT ONE THING 2 SAY 2 Y'ALL
    WITH ME OR AGAINST ME
    THAT IS ALL

    Please know
    I won't be a Bastardo
    my conscience will be active
    during the Bardo
    I'll be in Mindroling with the monks
    doin my best Leonardo
    Hiding clues
    for my crews
    in a fresco
    (the Tebetan Book of the Dead)

    Got my Vedas
    for my Raiders
    kickin it 2 the Brahmas
    like a Shaman
    reciting Mantras
    to the mases
    from Fairmount Park
    to Boston Commons
    (The Vedic Liturature:Hindu)


    AS-SALAAM-ALAIKUM
    WA ALAIKUM SALAAM
    for Allah
    the BENEFICENT AND MERCIFUL
    I'll persish on the Death march
    from Philly to Bataan
    (Islam)

    Before reading my Torah
    I give Aliyah to Yahweh
    up above
    REST IN PEACE, my darling Sister
    AT YOUR BEST
    YOU WERE LOVED
    --Aliyah Dana Haughton--
    (Jan 16,1979-Aug 25,2001)
    in Hebrew ALIYAH
    is defined as the RISING TO GIVE BLESSINGS
    Bro, you don't know who you
    MESSING
    with
    (the Torah)

    Christain Peeps!
    REPEAT!

    WHAT IS HIS NAME?
    WHAT IS HIS NAME?

    YESHUA bar YAHOSEF bar YAQUB
    (Joshua, son of Joseph, son of Jacob)
    His title is just as Nice
    THE ONE, THE ONLY
    A TRUE REVOLUTIONARY

    JESUS CHRIST!!!
    (Christianity)

    DON'T HELP ME
    LET ME CRAWL
    DON'T CATCH ME
    LET ME FALL
    GOT ONE THING 2 SAY 2 Y'ALL
    WITH ME OR AGAINST ME
    THAT IS ALL

    hold up
    can't end right here
    lemme break ME down Fam...

    If you read my words
    then YOU KNOW ME
    everytime a joint end
    and I hit that button SEND
    I'm willing 2 live
    and prepared 2 DIE
    for what I say
    it's all in Black and White
    no Gray
    you are either
    my BROTHER
    my SISTER
    or my LOVER
    that's the situation
    no cross contamination
    My love is pure
    It's why I can be in a Love Thread
    with Queen Poco the Mel-lo
    and say HELLO
    2 her man
    why I can profess my MADD LOVE
    for Sister Jill
    b'cuz her husband knows
    WHO I AM
    right or wrong
    the ONLY song
    I know how 2 play
    is in the key of Love
    UNDILLUTED
    UNDISPUTED
    LOVE
    but,
    Iffffff....
    well..2 TEARS IN A BUCKET..y'all know the rest
    if a phony cat put me to the test
    brother bring your best
    'cuz when they open my chest
    they will see
    THE ANATOMY
    OF A WARRIOR!

    nuff said..IT'S ALL OVER
    but the cryin'
    I ain't cuss
    and ain't nobody dyin'

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    • 1 January 2011
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