By: Cedric <cCleter, Copyright © 2022.

We have been beseeched
To vote to impeach
Associate Supreme Court Justice
Clarence Thomas for his overreach
He has excused
Voting on things for which
He should have been rescued
And those laws he abused

He and his right-wing wife
Are partners for life
And their collaboration
Has been rife
Cutting their deals
With a knife
Causing the court undue
Stress and strife

See they’re cut from
The same cloth
Stuck together like
Wool fabric and a moth
Which they proudly wear
Adoth
And they’ve struck hard
Instead of soft

So I don’t see
Nothing wrong
With both of ‘em
Being gone
Since they’ve been there
Much too long
And that sentiment
Is strong











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By: Cedric McClester, Copyright © 2022.

Isn’t it pathetic
That they’re unapologetic
As a general aesthetic
Yet we see them wax poetic
So we witness them rise
While democracy dies
Like the crow flies
Right before our eyes?

Isn’t it a **** shame
That in their party’s name
They seek ill-gotten gain
By making voting rights wane
Despite the suffering and pain?
They still will not refrain
From electioneering in the main
Which they have made plain

Isn’t it ridiculous
How they’ve become meticulous
At attacking the ventriculus
Of what used to exist
As a basic right
That was clear from
Day and night
Despite our struggle and fight?

Isn’t it passing curious
Not enough of us are furious
And that’s become injurious
In addition to being spurious?
But like Walt Disney’s elves
That’s where we find ourselves
Just like in the past
We’re bogged in their morass




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By: Cedric McClester, Copyright (c) 2017

Am I dating myself
With these words out my mouth?
See, I remember a time
When we flashed the peace sign
And called one another
Sister and brother
Seems we’ve gone sour
On acquiring black power
And black on black crime
Is the new paradigm
When we look in the mirror
It becomes much more clearer
That we hate what we see
Although that shouldn’t be
Remember freedom marches
Before the golden arches

Then ****** entered in
And we start popin’ our skin
Before we shot it straight into our veins
Which probably explains
Why we regressed
Long before the present opioid mess
It was ****** first,
But then it got worst
So let me take you back
To the era of crack
When a nickel or dime
Could trigger a crime
And what really hurt you
Is the women who lost their virtue
But I’m not absolving the men
Who’d engage in all kinds of sin

I remember gangster rap
And how that set the trap
Which brought the stress and strife
From tryna live that gangster life
Then the East Coast West Coast war
That didn’t exist before
Remember when Biggie and Tupac were friends?
Instead of how their story ends
They’ire a classic group today
But I remember when NWA
Used to pull out all stops
When they sang **** the cops
And chronicled their lives
Called their girlfriends and their wives
All kinds of ******* and ******
Then would dance down on all fours

Now let me bring you up to date
Would it be wrong for me to state?
When it was our problem alone
It was the prisons we were shown
There was little sympathy don’t cha see
When it  was just you and me
Who said they had a problem
There were few out there to solve ‘em
But opioids are everywhere
And it’s a disease now, so I hear
That crosses all socio-economic lines
Now there are many telltale signs
It’s now called an opioid disorder
Past the inner city border
And the word is harm reduction
Instead of out and out destruction






















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By: Cedric McClester, Copyright © 2022.

It’s not that he’s
So easy to assail
But Donald Trump needs to be
Perp- walked to jail
Where his thin orange  skin
Can suddenly turn pale
And his lifestyle can suddenly
Begin to fail

Impeachable charges
Lodged against him twice
But his Republican supporters
Wouldn’t roll the dice
This was upon
Mitch McConnel’s advice
Because on the head of his party
It wouldn’t look nice

So twice Trump was able
To dodge a bullet
Cause no one had the courage
To even pull it
And you and i must admit
Nothing about him suggests he will quit
But when the Marshals arrest him
He’ll have to submit

Just imagine
Him doing time
In a six by ten cell
For an assortment of crime
Then life would have a reason
As well as a rhyme
Like it always has
In the annals of time








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By: Cedric McClester, Copyright © 2022.

Once again Clarence
has come up short,
He needs to be removed
From the Supreme Court
Which he has treated
Like a blood sport
That he and his Jinny
Have  overwrought

It’s alright that he’s
A Conservative,
Since that’s the way
That he’s chosen to live
And so with him
It’s always more take than give
But Court secrets
Get revealed like sieve

And Clarence is more than
Well aware
That  with his best friend Jinny
Just sitting there
Court secrets become
A community share
Of which she makes her friends
Quite well aware

Now there’s an uproar
Over a leaked draft decision
That Clarence assigned
To another with derision
While abdicating his own
Rightful position
Now his wife lacks the courage
To make her admission







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By: Cedric McClester, Copyright © 2022.

What’s wrong
With the world today?
It’s really hard to say
If you’re asking me
Then I’d reply, we must have lost our way
Climate change has rearranged the seasons
And war’s declared everywhere
Without adequate reasons

What’s wrong with society
Are you really asking me?
The answer should be pain enough
For a blind man to see
And there’s only one conclusion
That I would postulate
The world as we now know it
Seems to be full of hate

What’s wrong with people
And their priorities
We appear to be acquiescing
To right wing minorities
We’ve abandoned long held principles
Held by our majorities
And we’ve made the far right
Our new authorities

What’s wrong
With the world today?
People we have
Feet of clay
And we let our vulnerabilities
Constantly get in our way
So consequently
There’s price that we’re forced to pay







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By: Cedric McClester, Copyright © 2022.

I’m closer to death
Than I ever was before
But I’m not letting that
Bother me anymore
One day sooner or later
Death and me will meet
And he’ll lay his mantel
At my feet

Then whisper forcefully
Come with me
To a land beyond
What you presently see
Where you will be
For eternity
In a grave
With an endless fraternity

From me ya see
There’s no escape
Once I cover you
In my velvet drape
And take you to
A new landscape
Where your future
Will begin taking shape

Whether it will be
Heaven or hell
Only God up above
Can actually tell
After His angel
Rings your death knell
And you have been faced
With your final bell








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By: Cedric McClester, Copyright © 2022.

Didn’t the thought
Ever occur
That we always knew
Who they really were ?
A leopard doesn’t
Change it’s spots
Nor are its spots
Confused for dots

Didn’t we know
What they’d do
With hegemony
Over me and you?
Roe v Wade
Was the biggest clue
And now they’ve dropped
The other shoe

We voted for the conservative lot
So now we’ve got
What we’ve got
I’m asking you, have we not?
It’s much too late now
For getting hot
Or suggesting
It was all a gigantic plot

I believe women
Should have the right
Not to go gently
Into that bad night
Instead I believe
That they should fight
As opposed to simply
Being uptight




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By: Cedric McClester, Copyright © 2022.

As I turn another page
To embrace advancing age
At times I am engaged
At other I’m outraged
For feeling so encaged
Or even unassuaged
And otherwise upstaged
By my advancing age

But I’m learning to be adept
At trying to accept
Sometimes being inept
And at others just outstepped
By a well-kept
Overriding precept
That’s not a defect
Of my intellect

So it makes perfect sense
That my experience
Might be quite intense
Not suggesting that I’m dense
In a figurative or literal sense
As part of life’s suspense
I’ve learned to carry on
So hence

You deal the hand
You’re dealt
On the conveyor belt
Despite the way
You’ve felt
While fastening your seatbelt
And you refuse to melt
Because of where you dwelt

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By: Cedric McClester, Copyright © 2022.

Hate will consume us all
As one by one we fall
In a church,
School yard or mall
We are facing a brick wall
And it’s become a siren call
Of how hatred
Will envelop us all

Hate will bury us
And turn us all to dust
Like a scab with an oozing crust
Until we all go bust
As eventually we all must
If it’s in God we trust
Then what should be discussed
Is how we remain nonplussed

Hate will not denigrate
Underneath its own weight
So let’s not swallow the bait
That will ensure our fate
Becomes what we anticipate
Albeit too little too late
It’s such a heavy freight
And if you will, a checkmate

Hate is such a heavy load
That it will explode or implode
Ensconced in its abode
While still in hatred mode
As history has showed
When we go down that road
For all that it forebodes
The remaining episodes





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By: Cedric McClester, Copyright © 2022.

Life  sometimes isn’t fair
But no one seem to give a care
So I want you to be aware,
“I didn’t do it, I wasn’t there.”
Despite what certain people have to say
I have an alibi, okay?
And the truth I hope will set me free
From the charges that you’re trying to pin on me’

It’s like I told you once before
I didn’t ****, either or
And so I’m innocent for sure
So must I tell you anymore?
I’m demonstrating I have patience
Against those spurious allegations
But even patience can wear thin
You’re still trying to put me in!

I’m dealing with the stress and strife
Of facing twenty years to life
Away from my children and my wife
And that can cut you like a knife
Especially when they seem hell-bent
In ensuring that they don’t relent

So I will probably go to jail
Without the benefit of bail
And even on appeal I’ll fail
To hit the hammer on the nail
So as they lock me away
Counting the seconds everyday
I have this to say
Life isn’t fair anyway!





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By: Cedric McClester, Copyright © 2022.

Help me if you can
Try to understand
Man’s inhumanity to man
Is it part of nature’s plan?
That we demonstrate
Our innate hate
By trying to annihilate
Those of equal weight

Why do we wage war,
And try to even the score
Like we never did before?
Is hate at the core?
It’s a motivating factor
Or it’s main attractor?
Cos it’s for the birds
And I am lost for words

In a local supermarket
Innocents are the target
Their lives never the same
As a mad man takes his aim
While quenching his desire
For mayhem through gun fire
The situation’s long past dire
As people will expire

So I pontificate
While trying to contemplate
The end results of hate
All over our landscape
And then I weigh the cost
All be it at a loss
Because it isn’t right
In our Creator’s sight

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By: Cedric McClester, Copyright © 2022.

Justice Clarence Thomas
You’re the one who you most hate
Could it be because you know
That you’re second rate?
Or is it because of
Your ultra conservative mate?
Who you so assiduously
Always try to placate?

Justice Clarence Thomas
Reconcile the fact you’re black
And way back in the day
You were a daddy mack
Until you met your wife Jenny
Cos opposites attract
And she’s all the white you need
As a matter of fact

Justice Clarence Thomas
At your dinner table
You and your best friend Jenny
Discuss all that you are able
So is it any wonder
That draft ruling slipped
After all my friend
Jenny had been tipped!

Justice Clarence Thomas
They say that justice is blind
But you continuously
Choose to cross the line
You insist on voting
When you should be recused
It doesn’t seem to bother you
When the law’s abused


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By: Cedric McClester,Copyright © 2022.

Since you asked me how I feel
I’ma try to keep it real
It’s been a hell of an ordeal
Like a prisoner eating their last meal
I’m resigned to my hospital stay
Yet perhaps I’ll come home one day
Ya see I do believe
God will give me a reprieve

My weaken lungs show it
What they call long-haul Covid
Which before I realized
Caught me by complete surprise
Now I can’t avoid oxygen or steroids
Though each and everyday
I’m getting stronger the doctors say

And though it has been long
Ya see, I’m Boston strong
I can weather anything
The  universe may choose to bring
So interstitial lung disease
Can kiss my ***
This too I know will come to pass
The dye has yet to be cast

Let me continue to take my meds
And keep the faith as Adam Powell said
Ever thankful for my daily bread
While looking forward to what lies ahead
Cos’ only God knows
When my show will close
And this is my final reveal
Yes, it’s been quite an ordeal






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By: Cedric McClester

There is no
Stare decisis
Unfortunately that’s how
It slices
The Supreme Court
Is in a crisis
Because they’ve
Rolled the dices

The precedents
That have been set
Are too easy
For them to forget
And don’t seem
To be binding yet
Much to our regret
We have a right to be upset

The Supreme Court
Has become
A political wing
Of an ugly
Conservative thing
Along with
The damage
It can bring

Within the realm
Of settled law
Nothing will
Stand up anymore
The way it
Once did before
And that we can
Bet on for sure


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By: Cedric McClester

Women of America
Proceed with all do caution
The Supreme Court has overruled
Your right to abortion
And frankly speaking their decision
Is a distortion
Of long settled law
That was made a contortion

So, so much for  
Sta’re Decisis
The Latin term
For settled laws like this
Clearly the court
Has to be called remiss
For striking it down
And making you ******

Women rise up
And let your voices be heard
What the Court did
Is nothing short of absurd
Obviously
The thought never occurred
That they would go back
On their sacred word

Women of America
You’re under attack
Sorry, but that’s just
A salient fact
That the law of the land
No longer has your back
Now you must decide
How you’re gonna act!



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By: Cedric McClester

Vlad “The Destroyer
Is wreaking havoc
On Ukraine’s foyer
As a bomb and missle
Deployer
And an international
Annoyer
And a grave digger’s employer

Vlad “The Destroyer”
Couldn’t be coyer
Than an unemployed lawyer
Who’s labeled a ******
And a force majeurer
In an unnecessary war
Of his own undertaking
And his own making

Vlad “The Destroyer’s”
Inhumanity and insanity
is there for all to see
And what’s also key
Is no mystery
Cos it doesn’t have to be
Shaping modern history
That’s gotten blistery

Vlad “The Destroyer”
I’ll always insists
Has to be
Some kind of narcissist
So as he evaporates
Into the mist
Guess whos ***
He can kiss?









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By: Cedric McClester

If I accept him
As my Lord and Savior
Could you tell
By my behavior?
Would that give me
Some kind of waiver?
That endows me with
Special favor?

If I accept him
As my God
Would that not be
Kind of odd?
Or by definition
Flawed?
And would that not be
A tad too broad?

If I accept the trinity
Or claim that he
Is one of three
What would that then
Say of me?
When one has never
Equaled three
Nor does it fit mathematically

If Holy Mary is
The Mother of God
Instead of an oft repeated
Facade
Let her strike me down
With her awesome rod
Upon the ground
In which she trods








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By: Cedric McClester

The war in Ukraine
Has turned sour
And it’s gettin’ dire
By the hour
Putin must not
Remain in power
Because his demeanor
Is very dour

The war in Ukraine
Has reached a stalemate
Buttressed by Putin’s
Unique brand of hate
See his endgame
Is hard to calculate
And the bombs that he drops
Changes everyone’s fate

The war in Ukraine
I sincerely fear
Will not be limited
Nor will it stop there
And threats of nukes
Gives us quite a scare
For those wolf tickets
We need to prepare

The war in Ukraine
Has demonstrated
That “Vad The Destroyer”
Has miscalculated
The resistance he’s met
Was not anticipated
And that salient fact
Can’t be overstated











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By: Cedric McClester

Between Uncle Clarence and
Wife Jenny
Integrity they haven’t
Any
But nerve they have
A plenty
See neither one of them
Are worth a penny

Between Uncle Clarence and
His errant spouse
Which one is running
Their house?
And  who’s quiet
As a church mouse?
The same one who’ll
Never grouse

Between Uncle Clarence
And his wedded mate
There’s a bond of love
And lot of self-hate
That’s easy to
Calculate
By the one who carries
The most weight

Between Uncle Clarence
And his beloved
It had long ago been
Discovered
That one of ‘em was
Totally smothered
Underneath the dark wings of
A buzzard.







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UNCLE CLARENCE
By: Cedric McClester

Between Uncle Clarence and
Wife Jenny
Integrity they haven’t
Any
But nerve they have
A plenty
See neither one of them
Are worth a penny

Between Uncle Clarence and
His errant spouse
Which one is running
Their house?
And  who’s quiet
As a church mouse?
The same one who’ll
Never grouse

Between Uncle Clarence
And his wedded mate
There’s a bond of love
And lot of self-hate
That’s easy to
Calculate
By the one who carries
The most weight

Between Uncle Clarence
And his beloved
It had long ago been
Discovered
That one of ‘em was
Totally smothered
Underneath the dark wings of
A buzzard.







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By: Cedric McClester

My sister
It’s not happenstance
That you are here
It’s been a struggle
But you persevered
And yes at times
You may have been scared
But no one can say that you weren’t prepared

My sister
They attacked you
With blatant disrespect
But they couldn’t diminish
Your dignity or your intellect
See all of their questions
Were suspect
Which everybody watching could detect

My sister
We won’t let them
Steal our joy
Because they’ve mastered
How to be coy
And we can see that it’s
Just a ploy
Used against you in order to annoy

My sister
Please don’t let ‘em
Sell you short
Cos’ you were born to sit
On the Supreme Court
All you have to do is to
Hold the fort
And wait until it’s your turn to report






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By: Cedric  McClester

You call yourself
“The greatest artist
That God ever created”
But what you post on social media
Has become so hated and dated
That our objections to them
Must be stated
See you shouldn’t be placated

Too bad you placed yourself
In a situation
Where you feel that you don’t need
To take your medication
Because you’re so high
On your own elation
Guess the rest of us will
Just have to remain patient

You are so ****** egotistical
That at times
You even think that you’re mystical
Your Sunday services are becoming
Statistical
So many attend
That you have to be logistical
Since you’ve embraced the metaphysical

What it is that you don’t comprehend
Is that you have gone off
The deepest end
Until you’ve become
Such a big bag of wind
That you have to search
Just to find a friend
Among your acolytes who just pretend




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By: Cedric McClester

You don’t own that woman
She’s not your property
You don’t wanna hear it
But that’s not stopping me
It’s just a bit of wisdom
That I’m dropping, see
You don’t own that woman
She’s not your property

You don’t own her body
It’s merely on loan to you
Although this revelation
Is a hard pill for you to chew
I’m here sharing some things
That I don’t think you knew
You don’t own her body
It’s merely on loan to you

You didn’t chose her
It was she who chose you
Before your seductive words
Started getting through
You made an impression
Whether or not you knew
You didn’t chose her
It was she who chose you

You should show your gratitude
In all you say and do
If you want it to last forever
And have your dreams come true
You’ve gotta work on it
Like something you must see through
You should show your gratitude
In all you say and do




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By: Cedric McClester

Jussie Smollett
You’re innocent I bet
If only in your own mind
But you should regret
Making us upset
Just because you’re inclined
To prevaricate
About that alleged crime of hate

Despite all your chatter
The truth of the matter
Definitely needs to be mentioned
You clearly were seeking attention
The story you conceived
Is hard to be believed
Because it defies convention
And causes nothing but dissension

You did a week
And are out as I speak
While awaiting your appeal
But for a moment let’s be real
You’re gonna find
That your appeal will be declined
Based on lack of merritt
You’re lucky a judge agreed to hear it

But you won’t relent
And take your punishment
Because you think you’re an exception
You’re practicing self-deception
Consider what it took
In order to close the book
See thirty months isn’t that bad
You’re lucky that’s all you had





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By: Cedric McClester

Let’s not pretend
As his madness
Descends
That we don’t know
How this saga will end
The epilogue already
Has been penned
Yet too few comprehend

The telltale signs
Are there to see
So it shouldn’t be
That much of a mystery
The potential ending
Has a long history
So let us gather
At a consistory

We need to pray
That it doesn’t happen
Though it’s not a leap
To envision him snapping
Resulting in some kind
Of misbegotten kidnapping
Brought to an end
By somebody clapping

He’s three cards short
Of a full deck
And I’m not saying this
Out of disrespect
I’m only revealing what
We should detect
That he is
A pending train wreck










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By: Cedric McClester

A rap debate is
One thing - Ye
To decapitate is
Another (let’s say)
If I were Pete Davidson
I would run for cover
Cos I think he’s up against
A *****-whipped brother

It’s one thing to
Be hating - Ye
It’s another to be
Insinuating (Say)
You wanna ****
The guy your ex-wife’s dating?
Is that something we should be
Readily anticipating?

Your moves have all
Been childish
You’re coming off
Very Billie Eilish
For a man of your talent
That’s not very stylish
And it ain’t gonna get you
Any mileage

It’s obvious that
You’re hurting
Of that the world
Can be certain
So how do you show it
By flirting?
Better take your bow
Kim’s lowered the curtain







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By: Cedric McClester

Let’s pull the rug
From under that murderous ****
Who clearly needs a hug
Or some kind of drug
Some say that he’s crazy
And while that well may be
He’s not a human being
Judging by what we’re seeing

Let’s sit him down
With both feet on the ground
Cos he’s too muscle bound
And his judgment isn’t sound
Even when he’s at his best
He is still one hot mess
And I guess he always was
That’s why he does what he does

Let’s whip his ***
Now that the dye’s been cast
And his future is his past
See his dynasty can’t last
We need to hobble him
Or tear him limb by limb
Until he’s incapacitated
Lord knows that man is hated

Let’s just commence
Since the battle is intense
And it makes perfect sense
For us to get off the fence
We can’t let him succeed
So let’s give ‘em all they need
The righteous shall prevail
As his ship looses its sail






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By: Cedric McClester

Send a cable
To the man at the head
Of the long table
Who was ready willing
And able
To launch an unprovoked war
He deserves
His madman label

Send him an
Urgent text
As he decides
What to do next
Under whatever
Pretext
Let him know that
His mission is hexxed

Send a letter
That perhaps might
Explain things better
To his inexplicable
Built-in forgetter
He’s a pariah
And an abettor
As well as an international debtor

Send him
A hand grenade
That could serve
To make him afraid
Because of the mess
That he’s made
Let him know that
A price must be paid









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By: Cedric McClester

Their child is gay
But who knew
We can’t talk about
LGBTQ
So what are parents
To do?
Tell me truthfully
What would you?

Their child is
Considered queer
And that’s their burden
To bear
Cos they’re not
Allowed to share
Though other people
Stop and stare

Their child
Is suicidal
As we stand by
Being idle
And discussing it
Has been bridled
It’s been outlawed
Cos they’re not entitled

Their child is told
Don’t say gay
Whether or not
They feel that way
Which to them suggests  
They’re not okay
See their identity
Gets in the way











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By: Cedric McClester

A small word
For a big disease
Has me buckled
To my knees
And I feel challenged
If you please
While hoping to get
A reprise

A war is raging
Deep inside
As red and white
Blood cells collide
And my demise
Can’t be denied
Yet I still feel
God’s on my side

Today I hold on
To the hope
While clinging tightly
To God’s rope
That I have strength
Enough to cope
Without being shot
Full of dope

There are treatments
But no cure
Along with the promise
Of so much more
As science continues
To explore
It’s not as hopeless
As before







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By: Cedric McClester

Ye - what kinds of meds
Are they feeding ya
You harass Kim
All over social media
Change her profile
On Wikipedia
We all know how much
You be needing her

Ye - your way
Of making up I suppose is
To give Kim
A truck full of roses
But all that goes
To show is
That’s how
A true loser closes

Ye - what the hell
Does it take
For you to give
Kim and him a break
From all the noise
That you make
Just stop it
For heaven’s sake

Ye - they say
You should forget it
Your bravado
Is merely cosmetic
In reality
You’re so pathetic
And you’re giving us all
A big headache




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By: Cedric McClester

One day we went
Through a door
Called No Return
To come back no more
We were headed
For a far off distant shore
To be bought and sold
And what’s more

Those not lost in
The deep blue sea
Were robbed of their language
And identity
Much much worst
Is we were not free
From the chains of *******
And we had no key

You controlled me
By the fear of death
Robbed me of my dignity
‘Til there was nothing left
Separated me from my family
And though you’d never guess
Despite all of this
I still am blessed

You may not have done it
But the fact remains
You benefited anyway
From the whips and chains
That your forebears used
Which perhaps explains
Why you were advanced
By your undue gains


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By: Cedric McClester

You’ve given it thought
And you’ve decided
To throw in the towel
Though you’ve long denied it
You’re done forever
But at least you tried it
Never say never
If you can’t abide it

Never say never
Cos you never know when
You might wanna
Try it again
Never say never
Though you can pretend
That this is it
And you’ve reached your end

We can’t say for certain
What the future will be
So it’s best to say
Let’s wait and see
In all circumstances
Flexibility is the key
So never say never
Are you listening to me?

Never say never
Ever again
Though it might appear
That you’ve reached your end
‘Long as you’re in the game
Then you have some skin
So never say never
Ever again

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By: Cedric McClester

He calls her his girlfriend
Did he say something wrong?
See what he feels for her
Is so genuine and strong
And he sincerely believes
It’s with him that she belongs
They have the kind of relationship
That’s written about in songs

She makes him feel good
And he returns the favor
The feelings that they share
Is for both of them to savor
She shows off the ring
That he lovingly gave her
He rubs her down with scented oils
Every time he bathes her

He calls her his girlfriend
By now that’s what she is
Though he has his own place
And doesn’t live where she lives
They’re always together
So their relationship doesn’t fizz
Though her ex is jealous
‘Cos her boyfriend takes care of biz

He calls her his girlfriend
As a term of endearment
And doesn’t find that label
To be an impairment
To how they’re perceived
Cos their public believes
Neither of them have
Anything up their sleeves



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By: Cedric McClester

No need to add yeast
To the Catholic priest
Who were savage beast
To say the very least
They sexually abused
Those they confused
Children were misused
And their diocese refused

To prosecute
No, they remained mute
Or chose to refute
The many accusations
To which they showed patience
Our research has found
And moved the priests around
Most times out of town

Even a former Pope
Who knew the full scope
Of the slippery *****
Didn’t tighten the rope
Though it blows the mind
He simply resigned
To be deaf dumb and
To what they would find

Now he wants ablution
For his contribution
To the churches pollution
Though he wasn’t the solution
And as you might have guessed
The victims nonetheless
Continue to protest
The whole **** mess






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By: Cedric McClester

On city streets
It ain’t no joke
You can choke
On all the gunsmoke
From young men
Who go for broke
But how many of us
Can say that we’re woke?

The innocent die
For no good reason why
With families and loved ones
Left to cry
While perpetrators
Seek their alibis
Because what they did
Makes them despised

Their calling card is
The reckless disregard
They have for others
Their sisters and brothers
And what of the mothers
Who if given their druthers
Would prefer that reason
Ruled over all others

But it’s the innate
Examples of self-hate
That gives this debate
Such added weight
The consequences of which
We can easily state
Are readily apparent
For us to calculate







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By: Cedric McClester

Ye, I’ll be ******
Yet another message
On Instagram
How many messages
Can you cram
On social media
Concerning your fam
While you remain on the lamb?

Sadly your marriage
Has run its course
And now you’re headed
For a difficult divorce
Perhaps your madness
Is at the source
Of the problems you’re having
So where’s your remorse?

Your kids are porns
On your chess board
Where your wrath for Kim
Seems to be stored
But I don’t think
Your family can afford
Having you
As their overlord

What kind of game
Are you now playing
You gotta be careful
Of what you’re saying
And to be truthful
You’ll have to admit
She never said
You took out a hit














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By: Cedric McClester

Jim Jones
Listen to this
Ain’t no way in hell
You beat Jadakiss
Either with your mouth
Or with your fist
When it comes to style
You ain’t got his gift

Jim Jones
Let's be for real
In your heart of hearts
You know the deal
Ya don’t have that kind
Of mass *** appeal
So dog it’s time for you
To sit down and heel

Jim Jones
For heaven’s sake
You never had
What it would take
To be an up
And coming Jake
So it’s high time
You step on your brake

Jim Jones
Was that a gaff
Or were you just trying to
Make us laugh
You versus Jadakiss?
Go to mass
To ger your Last Rite
He’ll lay out your ***!











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By: Cedric McClester

Believe and trust
As you must
But another one
Has bitten the dust
Who wasn’t vaccinated
Against the virus
Which  of course
Wasn’t desirous

I know that the virus
Is scary
And he whole world is
Probably weary
So you have a right
To your theory
And I understand
You being leary

But abandon
Your reliance
On conspiracy theories
That oppose science
Which is supporting
Your noncompliance
And your senseless
Acts of defiance

The object is
To avoid death
Because you
Ran out of breath
So abandon
Your inner Macbeth
While you stil
Have a life left














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By:: Cedric McClester

Ye now you’ve doubled down
In spades
By telling everyone that he
Has AIDS
Talk about throwing
The shades
You’re cutting him
With razor blades

Ye I know it’s hard having
Been tossed
You loved the one that
You lost
You were made to pay
The ultimate cost
And now you’re out
In the frost

Ye I know you’d like
To get her back
But she’s not coming
As a matter of fact
It might be better if
You used some tact
If you wanna have
A  better impact

Ye I don’t know what else
To say
You’d be bi-polar
Anyway
But if you took your meds
You might be okay
If you wanna keep your
Madness at bay











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By: Cedric McClester

I’d havta be
A dounce
To wanna see it again
Having seen it once
You and Britney
Locking lips
After y’all have already
Cashed in those chips

Madonna I’ll  try
To explain
Y’all left the station
On that train
To do it again
Would just be insane
And I’m simply tryin
To make it plain

It was shocking
Once upon a time
Since then many
Have copied your paradigm
To reenact it
Would be a crime
Like words out of
The mouth of a mime

Madonna please
Listen to me
You’re no longer a teenager
You’re in fact sixty-three
Though a rebel
You might always be
Age has caught up with you
Don’t cha seee









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By: Cedric McClester

Where the hell
Should I begin
She’s ugly
As homemade sin
Though she used to be
A man among men
But that was
Way back when

What in tarnation
Can I say
She threw her wife
And kids away
Cos she felt like
A woman okay
But that was
Yesterday

Now I’m not tryin’
To be cruel
But to confuse her for  a woman
I’d have to be a fool
Though what I’m saying
Might not be cool
It’s high time that she
Be taken to school

She’s six feet
Two inches then some
Even with makeup
She looks dumb
Though she might be attractive
To some
She’s confused for a woman
By none












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By: Cedric McClester

America has an aversion
To the truth
To which she has always
Been aloof
The fight against
Critical race theory is the proof
Just ask indigenous people
And become a sleuth

We’re so busy trying to be
Politically correct
Which isn’t as innocuous
As one might suspect
That sometimes it bogs
The intellect
Which on the surface
One might not detect  

Students are being
Lulled to sleep
By being discouraged to
Dig too deep
When it comes to true history
That can keep
If it makes some feel guilty
Enough to weep

We have nothing to fear
But fear itself
The truth will free us
Like nothing else
The whip *******’s whip
Might produce welts
The scars of which
Hardly ever melts


















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By: Cedric McClester

He didn’t win,
“So they say”
What constitutes a win
Anyway?
She got 60 percent of the vote
But then hey
I think he sued her
Just yesterday

How can she win
If he won’t concede?
She’ll be sworn in anyway
I hope he takes heed
Declaring victory
Doesn’t make him a victor
And the Supreme Court
Won’t be his interdictor

Election lying is
The new paradigm
Republicans use
Who commit that crime
Though it hasn’t worked
None of the  time
Yet that doesn’t stop ‘em
From hitting rewind

See they don’t believe
In the ballot box
Nor do they believe
In bagels and lox
And you can’t engage them
In rational talks
They’re more inclined
To do what shocks













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By: Cedric McClester

A robbery with
Few words said
Now their daughter
Lies there dead
From a bullet wound
To her head
Mortally wounded
Is how she bled

It was Burger King
On 116th and Lex’
After rounding up
The usual suspects
Caught on camera
So you were next
Facing the charges
One expects

Robbery
And ****** 2
All the evidence
Points back to you
Cos the police had
More than one clue
Now your life on the outside
Is all but through

Flowers and candles
Line the front
Of where you pulled
Your tragic stunt
More than police
Joined in the hunt
You deserve what you get
Just to be blunt













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By: Cedric McClester

I often ask myself why
Did Tupac and Biggie havta die?
Or when it comes to either guy
Did the law oƒ karma apply?
Time has long since evolved
And neither ****** has been solved
So no one can be absolved
Of not having been involved

Tupac and Biggie are history
But they’re an ongoing mystery
Though their relationship was blistery
They’re not worthy of a consistory
But many of us still morn
The fact that they both are gone
And though our hearts are torn
We’ve been forced to just move on

Tupac and Biggie were friends
Who came to bitter ends
Both were guilty of their own sins
And they fell like candlepins
They were masters of the rap game
Who one time or another lit the flame
That’s not to say they were the same
But they both achieved their own acclaim

Tupac and Biggie waged a war
The likes of which we’d never seen before
Between the West and East coasts for sure
But one that we couldn’t ignore
Both met tragic ends
When they became erstwhile friends
And battled like shirts and skins
In a contest in which no one side wins


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By: Cedric McClester

Flowers at their doorstep
Cards of sympathy
In recognition of a loss
That didn’t have to be
We’ve seen this movie played out
A million times before
It always ends the same way
They’re carried out the door

Flowers at their doorstep
Cards of sympathy
Their bittersweet endings
Stay in our memory
Was it their addictions
That they could not control
Or the money they received
From the records bought and sold?

Flowers at their doorstep
Cards of sympathy
But it’s the wasted talent
That becomes their legacy
Flowers at their doorstep
Cards of sympathy
Now that it’s too late
They’re where they wanna be

Flowers at their doorstep
Cards of sympathy
In recognition of a loss
That didn’t have to be
We’ve seen this movie played out
A million times before
It always ends the same way
They’re carried out the door










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By: Cedric McClester

The drums are beating louder
And they’re saying
I’m not worth the powder
That you snort up your nose
And that
You obviously chose
Over me  
As I can plainly see

The drums are beating louder
And to be exact
They’re telling me
That crack
Makes you act
The way you act
And as a matter of fact
I’ve given you enough slack

The drums are beating louder
And I don’t like the sound
Because you’re
Not around
In fact
You can’t be found
Have you
Gone underground?

The drums are beating louder
And you’ve been
Acting strange
They say that
You’ve changed
And I don’t like
The sound of the drum
Nor the person you’ ve become








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