tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65290735127156661662024-03-08T05:48:46.912-08:00I Write What I likeTreRichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01841217810908418786noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529073512715666166.post-9879304384509695862012-04-18T11:58:00.000-07:002012-04-18T11:58:05.615-07:00Young Minds<div class="mbl notesBlogText clearfix">
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Question: What do you see when you look at me?<br />
Because I already know you've got your mind made up.<br />
You've made a decision to judge me off your notions.<br />
And you justify them by saying we're reckless and act criminal.<br />
See, this is where you've got it messed up<br />
Cause you don't even know the half of it.<br />
Just because we are young and courageous<br />
You say what's wrong with them and think we're going to commit violent acts<br />
See, that thinking has got you scared of your own sons and daughters<br />
So, I write to say unto you don't judge<br />
Don't judge a book by it's cover; Ask me.<br />
Ask me what we're really like because we ARE young;<br />
Young and courageous cause we've been told we are misunderstood.<br />
Isn't it interesting that you were told the same thing at your age?<br />
It's quite obvious that some take the hypocritical road.<br />
You need to be remembered that we come from you<br />
So, don't look at me like a thug or a criminal.<br />
I'm not misunderstood, I'm just trying to make it out here.<br />
And hoping that you give me that chance.</div>
</div>TreRichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01841217810908418786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529073512715666166.post-53527881623867748232012-04-18T11:46:00.001-07:002012-04-18T11:50:47.364-07:00I Wanna WriteI wanna write a poem that'll make Bobby Sands say "Damn"<br />
And make Langston Hughes shake in his boots.<br />
All I need is a pen and a pad and I'll write words that make you think<br />
That Walt Whitman ain't got shit on me.<br />
I wanna write something that'll really bring Pac come back from the dead<br />
And say "did you hear what that youngin just said?"<br />
I wanna master the artform like Sonia Sanchez or Nikki Giovanni<br />
Like some scholarly shit that you heard in the 70s.<br />
I wanna write a psalm like the holy ones back in Bible times<br />
But make my lines have meaning<br />
I want my words to be heard from Sarajevo to Soweto, Atlanta to Sri Lanka<br />
I wanna go worldwide with my poems<br />
Change minds with em, strike down the stereotypes with em<br />
Make cats think before they judge us or put words in our mouths<br />
Give young people a voice that they thought they never had
Challenge em to do something better, giving up their rebellious ways<br />
But he only problem is I haven't written it yetTreRichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01841217810908418786noreply@blogger.com0