Black Poetry : Be Like You (for da hataz)

dadachango69

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like the powerful "Hubble"
turn the lens IN on my people
like a "Romper Room" mirror
your sh*t ALWAYS seems see-through

welcome to America
"land of the free"
population of hataz
DOUBLED in 2003

where many lack da confidence
ta say sh*t ta ya face
but, stand poised, aimed an' ready
ta turn a life inta disgrace

why you hate me?
cause you hate you?

don't know how ta cope?
wash ya mouf out wit soap
…or "Borax"
now it seems like ya thorax
keeps producing caca
squeezing it hard
cheesing it hard

RUN… get da plunger
prepare for da tundra
cause thas where I'ma send you

can't get out da ghetto?
so, you can't even let go?
…of my name?
it seems like wit me
you got dis desire ta shame?!

subway ride through da caves
seeing rats an' bums dat ain't bathed

I see FAR
I ball HARD
my Sagitarrius is risin'
the constellation's on da horizon
so, stop jivin' an' cryin'
ya need ta SHUT ya mouf an' stop lyin'

you fake a'zz drone
out there smackin' on bones
like some lyric-less wannabe
wit rhymes as cheesy as brie

but I
the Marquis
the word-banging emcee
hereby speak FORTH a Decree
and simply roll OUT my Degree

to leave all your "caquita"
in a stinky PILE of debris
and walk out into the open
my Buddha eLEVAted an' freed

why you want me ta…

act like you?
think like you?
be like you?

you can't stand my resistance?
you can't stand my persistence??
…ta be me?
…the tree?
…forever I'm free?!

I don't live in a box
6 squares got me locked
unlike all of you hataz
I DARED ta get off da block

so, don't sit there an' hate
you should learn ta relate
wit ya mind
open up
let da breathin' align

your coiled-up spirit
ain't no need ta fear it

like Kundalini
breathin' colors dat spin
like Capoeira
kickin' culture dat wins

I DON'T have ta be like you
I am unique
I am confident in my ways
I seem to give OFF all these rays
instead of B's… I get A's
your consciousness is LEFT in a daze
…da haze
…da fog
wandering around like a dog

where's ya license?
ta kill
ya ain't got one?!
so chill

you have no reason
ta execute treason
…on me
cause we BOTH of dis tree
and we BOTH can be free

so, you don't need ta be swipin' muthaf*ckas wit ya "Metrocard"
you ain't gotta tell a muthaf*cka dat times have gotten hard

cause I know
…bro
it's time ta GROW
like a "Chia Pet"
or a violent 'fro
sit down by dis tree
an' toke on dis "Indo"

no drugs
no liquor
dis is something much quicker

…an' na-tu-raaal

slow dis sh*t down
turn ya beat inside around
an' revolve it
…evolve it
let da herb help ya solve it

as da stars continue ta gyrate
an' twist around this globe
turn our attention inwards
and let all of da neurons probe

you not hatin' no more
cause ya tastin' da seed of all life
an' now ya peeled off away
all those irrelevant layers of strife.

smoke and be MERRY
FORGET all da worry
an' be more like me
da wandering tree
my roots stretch ALL OVER
universal in creed.


copyright 2003 Hiali Quiñonez & SoulChango Productions
 

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