Apr 19, 2005 19:28
OK SO GOOD NEWS A LIL BIT I GUESS. I MET UP WIT SOME KATS AT THIS POETRY CAFE I GO TO. THEY DO DEF POETRY JAM. AND WANTED ME TO AUDITION FOR THIS LITTLE WESTERN US TOUR. JUSS MAINLY LA, SAN FRAN, OAK, DAYGO, VEGAS, PHEONIX, SEATTLE, AND AUSTIN SHIT LIKE DAT. SO I WAS LIKE HELL YEAH. AND THEN THEY SAID IF I DO THAT THEY'RE COMING OUT WITH A DEF POETS THOUGHTS. ITS BASICALLY A BOOK FULL OF POETRY. AND I CAN CHOOSE UP TO 5 POEMS I CAN PUT UP IN THERE. SOOOOO IMMA BE WRITIN ALOT. HERES SOMETHIN I WROTE RECENTLY DEDICATED TO MY LIL NEPHEWS. ALSO I WAS INSPIRED BY THEM TO WRITE THIS JUSS SITTING OUTSIDE AND LOOKING AT THEM REMINDED ME OF CHILDHOOD SUMMERS.
SUMMERS SONG
LET ME TAKE YALL BACK TO WHEN WE WAS ALL KIDS ON DA BLOCK/YOUNG OR OLD WE ALL GONNA RELATE TO DIS/CUZ IF U CLOSE YA EYES AND RETIRE YA MIND/ITS GONNA BRING YOU TO THE PAST THATS NEVA TO FAR BEHIND/..... NOW LISTEN............
YOU REMEMBER THEM HOT SUMMER DAYS/ WITH THE SMELL OF HOME IN THE AIR/ LOOKIN UP IN DA SKY PAST THE WIRES WIT THE CONVERSE HANGIN/ THEY WAS LIKE YA OLDEST PAIR/YOU CAN HEAR OTHER KIDS LAUGHTER IN DA AIR/ SIGH OF RELIEF CUZ SUMMER WAS HERE/ ALL DAY PLAYIN OUTSIDE/ GOIN THROUGH YA LATEST MAKE BELIEVE ADVENTURE IN YA MIND/ SMELL OF HOT GRASS/QUICKLY FADED BY CONSTANT WATER FIGHTS/ GIRL VS. BOYS/ YOU KNO DA BOYS USE TO SLAUGHTER DA GIRLS/ BUT YOU WOULD LET THEM OFF EASY SOMETIMES/ CUZ THERE WAS ALWAYS THAT GIRL THAT U LIKED THAT WASNT TRYIN TO HEAR YA LINES/ BUT EVERY SUMMER U TRIED/ GIRLS TOO..../ DONT THINK YALL SLICK/ ALWAYS WAS DOWN FOR HIDE GO GET IT/ BUT MAD AS HELL IF U DIDNT GET A CUTE BOI/ U WASNT WIT IT/ LATE NITE CREEPS WHEN THE STREET LIGHTS WAS THE NIGHTS SUN/DING DONG DITCH WAS DA GAME U PLAYED/ OR SITTIN ON DA STOOP IF MOMZ DIDNT LET IT GO DOWN DAT WAY/ WAKE UP DA NEXT MORNIN TO SMELL OF BURNIN MEAT/ BAR B QUES, COOKOUTS, PICNICS AT DA PARK WHILE DA OLD FOLKS JAMMED OUT TO OLDIES BEATS/ ALWAYS SAYIN "BOI WAT U KNO BOUT THIS, GROWN FOLKS MUSIC RIGHT HERE"/ SIPPIN ON MGD AND SMOKIN NEWPORTS/ PLAYIN DOMINOES OR SPADES/ THE LOUDNESS COULD NEVA FADE/ "GIVE ME MY DIME"/ "WELL SHIT DEN I GOT A DUB"/ :SMACK: THAT IVORY STONE ON DA WOODEN TABLE/ SOUNDS IN YA MIND THAT GOT U STABLE/ SITTIN THERE LEARNIN THE GAME/ TILL THAT SWEET MUSIC HITS THE AIR/ THEN KIDS FROM ALL OVER START RUNNIN TOWARDS THERE/ I WANNA ICE CREAM SANDWICH/ I WANNA STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE/ I WANT A BIG STICK/ I WANNA CAP GUN/ THEN AFTER HE'S ALL CLEANED OUT AND HE'S BOUT TO BE GONE/ HE STOPS, TURNS IT ON.... AND THERE IS YA FAVORITE MELODY...THE SWEET SUMMERS SONG/
WROTE THAT IN LIKE 5 MINS. BUT I GOT THIS DEEP ONE IMMA PUT UP LATER TONITE YALL GONNA FEEL