only through new words might new worlds be called into order

They say that I am a poet I wonder what they would say if they saw me from the inside I bottle emotions and place them into the sea for others to unbottle on distant shores I am unsure as to whether they ever reach and for that matter as to whether I ever get my point across or my love

Why shouldn't rap be esoteric, able to take in current events, history and criticism? I guess it's this old idea of containment - that rappers, because they're black, can't and shouldn't aspire to look outside the ghetto for influence.

i laced my shoes with sorrow and walked a weary road dead end streets don't come undone with double knots wing tipped shoes that walk on air through vacant lots

There's so much to be found in literature, especially if you don't have the money to travel or the means to get out of your neighborhood or get off work.

I think that heartbreak is a good thing.

intelligence is intuitive you needn't learn to love unless you've been taught to fear and hate