My life is on the line

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    My life is on the line

    My life is on the line,

    I gotta write, I have to write

    Cause these lines

    are my life



    I used to dream of being like Fred Wesley playing my bone on stages

    playing notes on stages for top scale wages

    Dreams like these were interrupted

    Deffered by life the moment I lived through crises

    My pen became my vise it..

    comforted me through the darkess days

    It soothed the beast, my violent ways

    It caused me to look and be observant

    Look again at situations

    I’d now become His servant



    So I gotta write

    I have to write

    Cause these lines are my life



    I gotta write because I’m tired of my son listening to Bullshit

    Lyrical nonsense!

    Talking ’bout nothing or what seems quite irrelevant

    If in conscience these words from sound does he take heed

    I’d rather it be from his fathers pen that bleeds

    This "thing" that evolved from the real Hip-Hop

    causing delusions and confusing has to stop

    So I write ryhmes that reflect the real deal

    so that my son will know the difference

    between the fantasy-- and what’s real



    So I gotta write

    I have to write

    cause these lines

    Are my life



    I gotta write because in my lowest point in life God spoke to me

    -Rather through me-See

    The gift he gave me was revealed when I didn’t even know him

    It came through me from him in a poem

    From then on my life has changed

    My focus was now focused

    My path was rearranged

    No more sorrows,No more depression

    My poetry is----My Therapy

    That’s said without question

    My so-called fiends where exposed and replaced

    My lost-loves ..A memory

    My past.. A disgrace

    Words are now my love they come even as I slumber

    Flying around my head like a helicopter

    Forming in my head like a teleprompter

    I gotta write

    Because now I just can’t quit

    I’m now with the Houz of Repz

    I guess that makes me a H-O-R Hor for this



    So I gotta write

    I have to write

    cause these lines

    Are my life



    I gotta write because subconsciencely

    My 9 to 5 doesn’t fulfill me

    Sure, On the surface I am confidence and smiles

    But beneath the surface

    There’s a poet inside

    I’m tired!

    Tired of accepting who I’ve become over who I am!

    Tired of depending on others

    to give me what I can

    My right!

    My right to fufill my dreams it screams out to me

    waiting to be heard

    So much is going on

    And noone says a word

    I -HAVE -TO- RETALIATE..SO - I CREATE

    MY WRITING IS MY FIGHTING

    AND MY FIGHT IS MY RIGHT!!!!!



    SO I GOTTA WRITE!

    I HAVE TO WRITE!

    CAUSE THESE LINES

    ARE MY LIFE!

    AND MY LIFE-IS ON- THE LINE!!!!!!!

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    DeepEclipse commented on My life is on the line

    06-02-2010

    Powerful shit. Damn. The way you ended it captured me. You was repeating the chourus and at the end you yelled it. Passion on fire. Was like a statement of life to be declared. To be had. To be reached. Sink or swim. Enjoyed the read.

    nubianqueen commented on My life is on the line

    04-22-2009

    that is very deep my brother. i feel you! that is why i write also!

    shawndye commented on My life is on the line

    03-06-2009

    wow-thats all i need to say!!

    MagicRock commented on My life is on the line

    03-06-2009

    On point. That was nice. Beautiful. Keep up the work.

    GoldnDiosa commented on My life is on the line

    03-05-2009

    I definitely dig that poem seriously bro and keep doing what u doing Jah bless bro

    Poetry is what is lost in translation.

    Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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