Marquette Beach Gary

Marquette Beach Gary
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She As Light by Kelechukwu "Vinny Roofe Remix" for the S.L.O. Mixtapepress play to hear poem

Monday, January 31, 2011

Promise To Be Good

I'm so open to...
Loving you...
But I gotta love me...

Sometimes loving you makes me
Forget about all the things that I need
Love's blind but I need to see

Holding you takes away the pain
But I see I'm falling too hard again
I wanna slow it down but I'm in so deep

I'm so open to...
Loving you...
But I gotta love me...

When we make love I'm so clear
All I wanna feel is you real near
But when you're away is when I fear

The questions that I ask complicate thangs
And I don't know if I want a wedding ring
I hold my breathe and try to protect myself

If I don't look out for me then who will
Wonder did I take the red or blue pill
If you ask me I love you unconditionally

If you promise to be good to me
Then I'll promise to be good to you...

I'm so open to...
Loving you...
But I gotta love me...

Friday, January 28, 2011

Like there is no God in me

People treat me like there is no God in me
Like I don't understand there is no limits to my ability
Like I am supposed to be in submission to them for some reason
Like my voice should not be amplified to make any joyful noise
Like my story is less important than
Or some other story is better than
No, I know I am greater than anyone's expectation
Because I know there is God in me
I know God loves me
And I know God does not want me to fail
So I won't
So I will succeed at everything I do
I will never go into any situation plaguing myself with negativity
That seems to be your job and you may be good at it
But I understand that if I don't take my eyes off my goals
I never have to focus on any obstacles
Most successful people are too busy about the business of success
To call themselves that
They are involved in their work and can't address the haters
They have a SWAG that stands for
Showing Worth And Greatness
Contemplate on this if you can
God manifests himself through the spirit of the woman or man
You don't have to tell me what you believe
Let's just go back 12 months and look at your actions
It will SHOW US what you believe
People lie to people and even themselves all the time
But God knows your intentions
I don't have to be mentioned by a soul
As long as my soul is mentioned when the final roll is called
There are always 3 levels in which you can fight the devil
Your heart, your mouth and your hands
Your compassion, your words and your work
And I won't let anyone taint my memory or my ministry
I've seen the fruits of positivity move and grow in abundance
So I know that its much more than just me
I am a vessel full of velocity and viscosity
And I am open to let God use me and those that see me
To get us where we need to be
Ay - Man
You better wake up and don't just take up space
You remember the look on the elders face
When they would hear
The Lord is blessing me right now
He woke me up this morning
And He started me on my way
There are plenty that are absent
That would like to be here today
That would like to hear me say
There is God in me
I am His reflection
I am not perfect but I strive for perfection
So I practice, and practice and practice
See people do best what they do most
So I win
See its been set and ordained
And I don't own it
We all share in the ability to do and be better
So go out and inspire somebody else
Encourage them to accomplish their goal
There is nothing worse than a dream killer
So we are not going to acknowledge that energy
We are not going to be anywhere we are not wanted
Taunted or disrespected
God put us all here on this planet for a purpose
If you would only believe
People treat me like there is no God in me
Like I don't understand there is no limits to my ability
Like I am supposed to be in submission to them for some reason
Like my voice should not be amplified to make any joyful noise
Like my story is less important than
Or some other story is better than
No, I know I am greater than anyone's expectation
Because I know there is God in me
I know God loves me
And I know God does not want me to fail

Everyday

Everyday I have something to say
Some days I write it down
Other days I create concepts
But everyday I have something to say

Some days I don't say anything
And in certain situations
That says everything
Pauses fill space for timing

Your legacy is the only thing you can control
There is integrity in a person's poverty
Because it shows there are things they just won't do

Everyday things run through my mind
Some days they go in slow motion
Most of my vision is in 20/20
I would rather be somewhere alone with my family
Watching my children grow
But I need to earn money to live because
It is only free dumb
Everything else costs

Everyday I have something to say
Maybe not to you in general or specific
But...
Everyday I have something to say

Isometric Isolation

No matter what you say people will believe what they want
So I choose not to say anything to any rendition
What some people will do to keep away competition
What some people will do to the weak mind

I find myself in an isometric isolation
For standing by what I believe
For saying that we all have a voice
And we all deserve to be heard

I am use to gossip
It plagues me like taxes
And I know there is nothing you can do about either
See I keep moving and growing
So they always have something to talk about
I united my haters into organization
But their foundation is on sand
Based on fragile emotions and treachery
Now they pay for their homage and lack of loyalty and unity
With empty promises and jaded fronts
Adding to their biggest handicap
An ego with no work behind it
Wherever you find it
Run from it fast as you can

I am the best me I can be at all times, period
I don't want to be you
And you can never be me
Put your pride aside and get an agenda
Keep it and occupy yourself with it
Its unattractive

When the pen hits the paper and we talk about the practical
There is a devision of power
And it has been written
The ability to include and exclude reveals itself to reflect who has it
Rabid is the rhetoric
The respect is in the integrity of the work
The ability to fill empty rooms and minds with ideas and feelings
To want someone to leave better
Especially if the someone is yourself
See the ugliness of love is that when you give it
It does not have to be returned
And going to that point of vulnerability
Only opens you up to be questioned why you loved at all in the first place
People only listen to strangers
If they would have listened to you and your requests
You two would still be together
Now they are grasping for straws
They do not want the truth that they had ample chances and forgiveness
And they chose the result that they have now

Responsibility is a burden that most people do not want to carry
They live in the accolades of warm markets and crowds
When will they learn to not confuse the love of their family
With the delivery of their product
Constant mediocrity is just that
Mediocre
Unrelatable
Untranslatable
Mumbo jumbo
But the consumer has become infatuated with the less
And become full on a bad diet of garbage
So they no longer can distinguish the toxic and medicinal
So I guess since good is the enemy of great
Your enemies enemy is your friend
And your enemies friends are your enemies
You have to be your own barometer
And reflect what they project on you back to them
They like to dish it out and not receive it
What you put out on the planet you shall receive it
Most folks only say what they heard I said from what somebody else said
And they say they believe it
Unless its something positive about me
Then they say they would have to hear and see that for themselves

We come in and go out alone
So when I am not here physically
I will leave you with work to last for eternity
So you will never be without me
And you will never be lonely
I can be your champion if you let me
I can take on all comers
I saw what happened to Martin and Malcolm
I see how you treat the Chairman
I see how people acclimate to light in adoration
Deifying the flesh without permission

A wise man told me once
When I finally woke up he was sleep
So peep game
The circle has continued

And now I feel the same...

No matter what you say people will believe what they want
So I choose not to say anything to any rendition
What some people will do to keep away competition
What some people will do to the weak mind

I find myself in an isometric isolation
For standing by what I believe
For saying that we all have a voice
And we all deserve to be heard


Thursday, January 20, 2011

The Alternative

When the times get hard and you feel hopeless I will believe in you
I will compensate for every deficiency and flaw that you perceive that you have
See you may not feel as if you are perfect
But you are perfect for me
The empty hands that I have need to be filled with your physical
See my mind is already occupied by you and your essence
Our luxury is our engagement
Our participation in us even our perception
I keep saying that you sell yourself too short and you are magnificent
I always am grateful that your father and mother created you
I know we all belong to God but it has to be hard for God to see you released
God has to miss you
See as I kiss you I feel something angelic
It calls my nature to attention
It makes my blood rush in a call to reproduce
In a tribute to you I want to recreate us
And I want to weigh heavy on your heart when we are apart
I want you to seek safety with me
Let me shelter you from even myself when I am not right
Let me reflect the sun rays in your eyes and participate in your happiness
Let's adjust to each other and show the world how to love
I am your alternative, your option lady
You do not have to settle for your less
Here is so much more
So much more of what you deserve
And I am pleased to stay inside of you
And only you
Until your view darkens and rests like the setting sun
With your head against my chest

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Please leave me the f**k alone

I long to be faceless on facebook
Because my space is overcrowded
I no longer want to be linked in
Or tweeted

I want to read a book and let my mind go
I want to remove all the hands pulling on me

The price of success in any measure is your privacy
You open yourself up to the scrutiny of every hypocrite
Saying shit about me that they don't live by
Or things that work for your life that I do not enjoy

I'm sick of coming up with new ideas to feed your seeds
Leaving my seeds at home, alone, longing for me

I'm sick of the reckless emotions of immature people
I really don't fuck with people
So it would be advised that you
Stop fucking with me

I don't kiss ass or suck dick
So if you like it then do it
I am not subservient to any human

Just leave me alone

See I want to be faceless on facebook
Because my space is overcrowded
I no longer want to be linked in
Or tweeted

Now please leave me the fuck alone

Sunday, January 2, 2011

It's So Hard For A Soldier

It's So Hard For A Soldier (4x)

It's so hard for a soldier
To server and stay sober
To serve and stay somber
To distinguish the enemies
To fight for freedom
To fight for honor

Your freedom to say you don't need them
I've seen how you treat them
When the world has no need for them

See I've been abandoned
And felt taken for granted
I followed all orders
Went to all borders
Followed every process

The truth they wanted less

A solidier's separated from family
A select few understand me
Holidays I think about something else
I couldn't be there myself
I missed a few funerals
Not a close enough relative

And to me it's all relative

It's So Hard For A Soldier (4x)

Now they want to take over
So you look over your shoulder
Then check in your holster

Remember what they told ya'

It's an issue if it was issued
No need for any tissue
You can't be subjected or subdued

See you're just the soldier
Built to take instruction
A capitalist construction

Built for the world's protection
The enforcement of objections
And an enforcer.

But could you happen to fashion
A little more compassion

I'm not ashamed of what I did
I'm not ashamed of how I lived
I didn't want to die for my flag

Just make my enemy die for his

It's So Hard For A Soldier (4x)