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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By: Cedric McClester

Like leopards can’t change their skin
The enemies within
Won’t twist won’t turn or bend
Like foes or erstwhile friends
And no matter what’s at stake
They won’t relent for heaven’s sake
Their behavior is very strange
Because rules are often changed

Like elephants never forget
It might be to their regret
That they’re making everyone upset
By holding on to their threat
Is it worth the sacrifice
For them to continue to roll the dice
And not take a fool’s advice?
At least give us half a slice

Like the fox is supposed to be sly
That can’t always get them by
When the stakes are extra high
Some foxes learn to comply
Others continue to defy
At the risk that they might die
And we have to question why
They continue to play the bad guy?

Like Cheshire cats smile a lot
When placed on the spot
Some get ******* in a knot
And others become overwrought
Like birds of feather stick together
No matter what the weather
I wonder if they’ll change course ever?
Or is it that they’re not that clever


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By: Cedric McClester

They reported
On the brother
Said he’s broke
Ain’t that a mother
Guess someone had to
Pull his cover
Cuz broke is one thing
Ugly is another

It’s hard to feel sorry
For the brother’
Cuz broke is one thing
Ugly is another

They say he lived
A lavish lifestyle
Made it rain in clubs
That’s not the half child
Until his Chapter 11
Got filed
He was runnin’ round
Acting buck wil

It’s hard to feel sorry
For the brother’
Cuz broke is one thing
Ugly is another

It’s hard for me
To even pity him
Cuz chance are
None to slim
That he would ever
Pity me
In those same circumstances
Don’t cha see

Fancy cars
And big *** mansion
On top of that
A guest-house expansion
How ‘bout the jewelery
He would wear
Medallions gold chains watches
He didn’t care

It’s hard to feel sorry
For the brother’
Cuz broke is one thing
Ugly is another

They reported
On the brother
Said he’s broke
Ain’t that a mother
Guess someone had to
Pull his cover
Cuz broke is one thing
Ugly is another









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By: Cedric McClester

Call it depression
Or even the blues
But I won’t be fodder
For the morning news
However you view it
I do not choose
To end it all now
In fact I refuse

I often feel like
I wanna check out
But suicide’s something
I rather doubt
It’s only an option
That some people flout
But it’s too complicated
To be about

Call it a rut
Or down in the dumps
I’m in a morass
See I’ve had my lumps
I’ve taken my bruises
Along with the bumps
But my heart will keep beating
For as long as it pumps

So I ‘m resigned to living
Until I draw my last breath
And I will not leave here
Until nothing more’s left
How I’m feeling now
Is no more than a test''
That life is giving me
In case you haven’t guessed





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By: Cedric McClester

On the anniversary of
The January 6th violence
Only two Republicans
Stood there in silence
It was almost as an act
Of defiance
Those absent revealed
Their servile reliance

On a former president
Who defies science
Which has been demonstrated
By his noncompliance
With even the most basic
Acts of reliance
On his prescriptions
Of pseudoscience

On the anniversary
Of a fateful date
Most Republicans feared
Being crushed by the weight
Of the former president’s
Penchant for hate
And his innate ability
To complicate

Their present and future
Political ambitions
Which has most of them
On various missions
To avoid being made
Acts of attrition
And having to show
Their true contrition







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By: Cedric McClester

He gave it a yo-man’s try
But democracy can’t be allowed to die
Because of that loser’s great big lie
And there’s no need to wonder why
Because the majority of us deserve it
We must do all we can to preserve it
Despite the efforts of those who misserve it
Doing their best to unnerve it

He did everything he could
To steal the election knock on wood
But it didn’t do him any good
Cos he lost anyhow understood?
Now he tells a lie that gets repeated
About why it is that he got defeated
Which is all the more reason that he got heated
And claimed that the other side cheated

Before the race even began
He claimed that the fix was in
Though incumbents usually win
Challengers do now and then
And that was the case in this race
The incumbent was the one who lost face
Going down in utter disgrace
Having soundly been replaced

Those in the know can detect
The former President’s a primary suspect
And he’s a nervous wreck
Which boggles one’s intellect
So much for democracy
When it’s us against the oligarchy
All the rest is pure malarkey
Like the drumming of Richard Starkey










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By: Cedric McClester

Don’t make me cuss!
He’s never been like us
He was left a trust
While we inherited dust
How could he understand
The average man?
He has a diabolical plan
And a golden can

Don’t make me curse!
He’s the absolute worse
He’s so self-immersed
He places himself first
See that *******
Is for the super rich
And the rest of us
Can just go dig a ditch

Don’t make me use profanity
To describe his insanity
Born out of vanity
And Sean Hannity
He’ll take the 5th
About January 6th
Or pretend it’s a myth
And a Republican gift

Don’t make me imprecate!
The kind of hate
That’s a counterweight
To this debate
But you always knew
He’s not like me or you
He’s just the glue
His party adheres to

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