Writer's Block # 3

Fear's Constitution

Afraid to be successful

Afraid to be forgotten

To be or not be my mantra

My hollowed skull rotten

On the Beach

Listeners afraid to teach

How can a leader lead his followers

When his enemy is who he sees

In the mirror

Shows the truth

Proof is in the pudding

Could've, Would've, Should've

Simply replaced with couldn't

Leads a frail man on a trail that's decorated with bullets

Always scared to try but never afraid to pull it

Isn't it strange how we close one eye to aim

Because we blind ourselves to reason

Then it's easier to spread the blame?

What if Martin was scared to march

Malcolm paused sparking a revolution

My only choice would be fear

A solution less solution

No theorem to back me up

Against the wall of my failures exist

In my mind I break'em down

Like crab legs

I'm walking sideways

Trying to avoid topplin' on negative waves of defeat

Yeah, I think I'm big me

More talented and blessed

A vision you can't see

Yesterday I had a dream

Crashed in a ravine

Loved one in the passenger seat

Told her not to just breathe

For goodness sake, awake

Don't want you to see sleep's cousin yet

But instead of being paralyzed

Got my angel wings, pair-a-fly

Use the darkness to fuel my journey past the sun

Past the milky ways and Sector 9

Never hesitate to be great

Make them fear your evolution

Never pledge allegiance

To fear's constitution.

Writer's Block # 3

In Security

Thank God I'm in security 

Securing me 

Keeping in all my hesitation and fear

My safe haven

From all my future successes 

Holding back my progression from touching me

Surrounded by so many faces

Marked with distrustful eyes

And I can't tell the difference

Amazing soothsayers of words

Baiting their traps

To capture the naive

Using their backs for target practice

So my thoughts are spinning counter-clockwise

For all you wise-guys

Conspiracy theorin' the reasons

Why we stand on the same plane

But we ain't even

So imma stay in this fortress

And take no sides just 

Stay silent and never care 

Why I'm the only one standing there

So thank God I'm in security

Securing me

Keeping in all my hesitation and fear

Music to my ears

My safe haven

From all my future successes

Holding back my progression from touching me

I just want you to put trust in me

Take my advice

Realize I'm not being jealous

But I don't know how to reach you

This ain't plastic I'm wrapping to ya

But see through the silence

My dreams to be on the same team

And shoot down the stars together

But every time the ink dries, 

You write another letter

So imma watch you from over here

In my fortress

Because it's easier to lead you from afar

On the same path

Why are we throwing stone faces?

And we can't laugh

About the old times

So I hesitate

Running back to an illusion

Finding comfort in the confusion

But thank God I'm in security

Securing me

Keeping in all my hesitation and fear

Music to my ears

My safe haven

From all my future successes

Holding back my progression from touching me

Falling for the things right in front of me 

You always had my back

Led me to a heart attack

Shiftin' in my system

You saw the greatness in me

Said my words had power

To bring children from building edges

And inspire millions

Being my biggest fan

I still hesitate

To write down my own feelings

That's why I hate being in security

Keeping me from all of God's graces

Protecting me from my own destiny

Never reaching for success

Settling for a stagnant existence

I just wanna move past the masses

To the front to see

What's been holding me backwards

Back to the grind

I don't need insecurity

To put in its perspective

See, I got the recipe

So the next time I walk past

Your assistance I won't ask

So don't even mention me

Keep holding back.

Writer's Block #2

Some more from the stash.....

 Arrows Pathways, Tears Descent

When I'm in bed at night with the lights off,

I shoot arrows laced with questions into the sky 

Aiming for the holes in it

Hoping one will get through 

And God will see it

But none ever return

While I wait for answers,

The pump on my heart loosens

Tears from unknown destinations escape my eyes

Like tadpoles upstream

Trying to bring messages to my mouth

But they're whipped away before I taste them

Only dried pathways in soft clay reveal their existence

I spent so much time with my head in the sky

I lost my way

That my heart memorized

It led me back home

And there I realized that God doesn't reply using arrows

But with butterflies when you are ready to look for them. 

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Writer's Block

Honestly there was nothing I felt like writing about today in the world of hip hop. So rather than do that, I thought I would share some of my poetry with you guys. Yeah I have emotions too.

Death of A Dream

I wasn't meant to be under this long

The silence has begun to set in

And all the color has seeped out of my perspective

How beautifully eerie the sound of a dying dream

As it struggles for hope to survive

Fighting against all doors closed

Crawling over obstacles as if swimming through an ocean

With no current to fight against

Ignoring the unspeakable pain

Gnashing against all predators who wait patiently for it to die

What keeps it going?

What gives it the strength to traverse impossible odds to survive?

It's chance.

The chance to be realized.

The chance to become an accomplished goal.

As long as this thought is alive,

A dream will continue to live

And ignore how utterly destroyed it truly is

A dream never dies quietly...

Sidenote: Wale is going to have a great 2011. Two albums this year? You're gonna see a lot more than Attention Deficit eluded too. More About Nothing is available for free at Datpiff.com.

Thanks for taking your time to read. More to come depending on the feedback. As always, you can reach me at hiphoppolitician@gmail.com. You can also follow me @HipHopPoli.