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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