Now My Name’s NOT Shaggy...
But It’s Clearly NOT ME... !!!
Who Will... EVER Be...

A Star Like Those Who Hold BIG Shows...
Where Droves And Droves of People Go... !!!

To Hear Them Sing And Do Their Thing...
As In... Perform Their Music...
Or Be On Stage... Acting...

Or Be Someone Who Gives...
... Public Speeches...
About How To Live...
Because They Are Rich... !!!

But That’s Okay... !!!
Because What I CLAIM...
Is Worth MORE Than Fame...
And A FAMOUS Name... !!!

What I Claim Is TRUTH...
UNLIKE These Crews...
Who Make FAKE Moves...
Like Those Who Choose...
To Lie And... ABUSE... !!!

While Appearing To Be...

EVER SO... “ Lovely ”... !!!

Who Of Course... BELIEVE...
In Honesty And Philosophies...
That Would Never Deal In ******... !!!

But Now It’s...
... PLAINLY CLEAR To SEE... !!!

That A Lot Of These Peeps...
Are Just... NOT REAL... !!!

And Deal In Lies And FALLACIES... !!!
Like Islands FILLED With FANTASIES...

So They Are...
... CLEARLY NOT ME... !!!

I COULDN'T... Co-Exist...
With Those Whose Business...
Indulges In ABUSING Kids... !!!

Cos’ That’s... CLEARLY NOT ME... !!!

And APPARENTLY...
It’s CLEARLY NOT ME...
Who Writes Poetry of HIGH QUALITY... ?!?

According To...
THESE Judges And Chiefs...
Who Decide Whose Words...
Are Those That Deserve...
BIG Publishing Deals... !!!!!!

That Ensure They’ll Receive...
A FLOOD of Royalties...
LONG AFTER They’ve Deceased... !!!

Because Me... I Speak...
... TOO MUCH REALITY...

For My Speech To Gain POPULARITY...
Due To CLARITY And The PARITY...
That BALANCES... My Artistry...

Because Its CLEARLY NOT ME... !!!

Who Tries To Deceive...
Those Who Choose To Read...
What It Is That I Feed...
Through My Poetry...

It’s LESS Vanity And Material Greed...
And MORE Substance In CREATIVITY... !!!

That I REALLY BELIEVE...
Is What HUMANITY NEEDS... !!!

Instead of BLINKERED CHATTER...
About... Whose Life Matters... !?!

Because It’s PLAIN To SEE...
That We Have BAD Eggs... !!!
As Well As BAD Seeds... !!!
Who Seem To Be The Heads...
of... THIS INDUSTRY... ?!?

Where Talent Is... SEEN...
And Then ABUSED SECRETLY... !?!

But It’s... CLEARLY NOT ME... !!!

Who Is One Who RECEIVES...
APPLAUSE For Being...
One of These SICK FREAKS... ?!?

Or One Who’d SUPPRESS...
Speaking Out AGAINST...
... ABUSIVE MEN...
Who Cause Women DISTRESS... ?!?

ESPECIALLY IF...
I Could... STOP The Trend...
By Simply Being HONEST... !!!

And Thus ENSURING That...
These LECHEROUS Men... !!!

Could NEVER Again...
Give The Same Treatment To Young Women...
Who Could Be NEXT To Have To Deal With Them... !!!

You See It’s Clearly NOT Me...

Who’d Rather TAKE PAYMENT...
And Act As Though Everything Is Sweet...
For... Years And Years...
And Then Suddenly Appear...
To Have Been Shedding Tears... !?!

When I’ve Lived A LIE...
For... MOST of My Life... !!!

You See It’s CLEARLY NOT ME... !!!

Who... Lives In FEAR...
And DOESN’T Make Things CLEAR...
Right From The START...

Because Like The Tin Man...
Have Got... NO Heart... !!!

Because... That’s What...
WEAK Hearted People Do... !!!

ACT Like Everything’s COOL...
And DENY The TRUTH...
And Then Expect To Get...
A Load of Sympathy...

For Lying And DENYING...
THEIR OWN REALITY... !?!

Because That Can Cause...
... REAL TRAGEDIES... !!!

Because Secrecy Leads...
To... PROTECTION For...
These Fiends And Thieves...
And ALL Kind of FREAKS...
Who... Seem To Run...
This World To Me... !?!?!

From Racists To...
These Abusive Crews...

So It’s... NO Surprise To See...
That In... TWENTY TWENTY...

That MORE CLARITY...
And CLEAR Visions Are Now...
What Are Being SEEN... !!!

Because It’s Time For A CHANGE...
To The Same Old Names...
Who Play The SAME OLD GAME... !!!

of Claiming To Be...
What They CLAIM To Be... !!!

When It Comes To TALENT...
That They Deem To Be CLEAN...

Who Will...
Bring More BALANCE To This Industry...
That’s FILLED With LIES And FALLACIES... !!!

Which Is Why I Now See...
That My Brand of Art And Creativity...
Will NEVER Be What Suits Their Teams...

Because Big V...
Is A Brand That’s UNIQUE...

That’s ABOVE And BEYOND...
The Type of Sheople' They Seek... !!!

Because It’s PLAIN To SEE...
That I’m A DIFFERENT Breed... !!!

Who Could NEVER FIT IN...
With... HOW They Be... !!!

Because One Things For Sure....

They’re...

“ CLEARLY NOT Like ME “... !!!

Bob Said These Words...
So... " OVER - Stand "... !!!

"You can't tell the woman, from the man ?"

And NOW These Words Are RARELY Heard...
Because The TRUTH Is Now IN VIEW...

Transgender Education...
For The Next Generation... !!!
While Peoples' Confusion...
Is Now... POLLUTING...
The World We're Using... !!!

So MANY ABUSING In Institutions...
Where It's CLEAR They Are CONFUSING...

Their Actions of... COLLUSION...
With Those of... AMUSEMENT... !?!

... " Midnight Types "...

Work In The... SPOTLIGHT... !!!
Cos' They Like To Moonlight...
AWAY From....................... "sight".....

You Have To Wonder...
What's In Their Minds...
As They Put ASUNDER...
What's Wrong From Right...

Marley Used MUSIC...
Like These People Use FUSES...
To... IGNITE Midnight...
With Light Personified...
As Confusion In The Heads...
of The... " Midnight Types "...

The FREAKS Who COME OUT...
In The... Middle of The Night... !!!

Because of Who They Be...
When They Look INTO The Light... !!!

The LIGHT That Resides...
In CONFUSED POLLUTED Minds... !!!!

The... " Midnight Types "...
Who Ride Like Knights...
Who Have NO SIGHT...
And Have NO TIME...

To ENERGISE... And FREE Themselves...
of The Passengers They FIGHT... !!!!!

The PASSENGERS They CANNOT Quell...
When DARKNESS Meets Their Light...

Within These Simple Messages...
Are HOMAGES In Rhymes...
To One of Our GREAT Messengers...

... " Bob Marley "...
" Truth and Rights "... !!!

These Words Are Simply...

....... " Vestiges ".......

of What He Saw In Life...
The... " Midnight Ravers "...

Doing Things...
That CLEARLY BLEW HIS MIND... !!!!!!
So Now I'm On... " The Ride "...
THIS One That We Call... " LIFE "...

These Days I Don't Feel Strong...
But Just Like Bob Said In His Song...

I Say...

"People RIDE ON...
That's Right People, RIDE ON...."

Because My Words May Not Be Heard...
But THIS I MUST... Pass On...............

Marley Was A LEGEND...
As Were Bunny And Tosh... !!!

Ravers With Those Flavours...
That Made People... " RIDE ON "...

So As I End This Piece of Verse...
THINK of The Wailers Song... !!!
And REMEMBER My Poetic Vibes...
That Now Speak On These......

... " Midnight Types "...

So YES People RIDE ON...
YES YES People RIDE ON...................

So James Baldwin’s Words...
Would Appear To Be FACT...

If You’re Creative And Black...
And Are Down With The...
Alphabet Gender Pack... !!!

You’ll Get FAST Tracked...
Into... Earning Cash...

And Being Seen On TV Screens...
And Production Teams...
For All Kinds of Shows...
And Be... TV Hosts...

So For Those Black Folks...
Who Claimed That...

“We Don’t Move,
With The Type of Groups,
Like Those Now In View !”

It Would Seem That You...
Have Been DENYING The TRUTH... ?!?

That There Have Been...
... QUITE A FEW...
With... DARKER Hues... !!!

Who’ve Indulged In Moves...
With... Same *** Crews...
And Transgenders Too... !!!

So Now We Have MORE...
Than Race Wars Fa’ Sure... !!!

We’re Now Competing Against....
White Folks And Those...
Who’ve Changed Their ***...
Just For Us To Get...
To Line Up With Them...

But Yet CAN’T Express...
Opinions That OFFEND... ?!?

How On Earth Can THAT...
Be Called... FREEDOM... ?!!!?

But We Should RECOGNISE...
That It’s... ABOUT TIME...

For Us To OPEN Our Minds And NOT Criticise...

Because THAT's IGNORANCE,
of The VERY WORST Kind... !!!

To Be INTOLERANT of Those HOLLERING...

For Gender Equal Rights...
That Matter Like Black Lives... ?

Well As Others Have Said...
It’s A... WORRYING Trend... !!!

To Suggest That Gender...
Should... Enter The Blender...
Where RACISM LIVES... !!!
Because There Is NO LINK... !!!

We’re STILL Being Pushed...
And Being Told To SHUSH... !!!

Like... Well Behaved Slaves...
From Those Days of Chains... !!!

But Can These...

... Alphabet Genders...
REALLY Make THAT CLAIM... ?!?

When They’ve Been Acting Away...
In Their... Day To Day...
On Screen And On Stage...
AND... Getting PAID... !!!

When Black People Were CHAINED...
And STILL ARE... TODAY... !?!

It’s A DANGEROUS Game...
That’s Now Being Played... !!!

Because A War's Being Waged...
On Blacks Who Are Straight...
And Want To... Entertain...

Who Are NOT AFRAID...
To Say What They Wanna Say... !!!

And Then Be Labelled As...
Some... ARCHAIC Clan...

Whose Thoughts Don’t Belong...
In Entertainment Land... !?!

Well If THAT’s NOT Wrong...
Then I MUST BE Ignorant... !!!

And Clearly Must Need...
To Reassess What It Means...
To Actually Be... FREE... !!!

Because That’s Something...
That Black People Can’t Be...

When It Comes To Police...
When It Comes To Our Speech...
When It Comes To Being Seen...
On... Movie Screens...

Or Indeed Now It Seems...
To Join Numerous Teams...

Because of New Policies...
That DEFINE HATE Speech...

So Now ANYTHING Said...
... AGAINST The LGBT...

Oh And... YES The Q’s...
We Can’t Forget About You... !!!

Will Have You Being Seen...
As A HATEFUL Human Being... ?!?

While... POLICEMAN...

WALK Away Scot-FREE...

For Making Black Folks Bleed...
And Choking With Their Knees...
Until Black Men CAN’T Breathe... !!!

DOESN’T ANYONE See...
The Sheer HYPOCRISY...
of Our... Societies... !?!?!

When Leaders DON’T Receive...
Any Form of... REAL Critique... !!!

For Referring To Blacks...
As... PICANINNIES...
When THEY SPEAK FREELY... ?!?

And AREN’T FORCED To Leave...
Or Make... APOLOGIES... ?!?

For The Way That They Treat...
....... ETHNICITY....... ?!!!?

It’s Becoming A FARCE...
ALL THESE PROTEST Chants...
Because Now It’s... " PRIDE "...
That’ll... SAVE Black Lives... !?!

But... ONLY IF...
Blacks Stand Alongside...
New Gender Rights...

So It’s The Same Old Thing...
That It’s... ALWAYS Been... !!!!!!!!!

The Way That WE Think...
Has To Be COMPROMISED...

To Fit In With Whites...
And New Gender Vibes...

Is That How Gays...
Have Had To Sway...
When It Comes To Race...
And What Blacks Create... ???

You’d Better REALLY THINK...
Before... ANSWERING... !!!

Can We HIDE Who We Are...
And Still Play Characters... ?
Like... Homosexuals Do... ?!?
You’d Better Think It Through... !!!

Because... ALL This Talk...
About... Hiring More...
And... Changing Laws...

To ALLOW Black Lives...
To... REALLY MATTER...

Has Factors That CAPTURE...
Just Like... Slave Captors... !!!

These Words I Write...
Will Have Me.......... OSTRACISED...
But That's Alright...
Because That’s How It’s Been...
For... MOST of My Life...

Being Ignored...
And NOT Recognised...
By... ALL Skin Types...
At... Various Times...

Because of The FLAW...
of Having A... FREE Mind...
And A DARK Skin Type... !!!

NO CLOSETS Were In Sight...
That I Could of Lived BEHIND...
Where My Black Skin...
Could of Been... “Hidden”...

So Big V... Tell Lies...
So I Can Get Inside...
Their New Club of Letters...
Now Defining Genders...

Well... NOT Now That I...
Have Recognised...
That... Artistic Fame...
Has The Type of Chains...
That Are Used To ENSLAVE...
And In FACT... DICTATE... !!!!

What It IS That You Say... !!!
Or Choose To Create...
When You Are Black...
And That’s A FACT... !!!

Sometimes You’ve Got To Say...
What It Is You Want To Say... !!!!!

Rather Than...
... “ Play The Game “...

That THEY...
WANT You To Play...

For You To End Up Being...

ANOTHER...

....... “ New Age Slave “...... !!!

Now Construction Is A Word...
When Applied To... " Verse "...
That NEEDS PROPULSION...
For Your Words To Be Heard... !!!
  
To Construct Or... BUILD...
... DEMANDS REAL SKILL... !!!
  
If You're Trying To... ENLIGHT...
Through The Words You Write...
  
Which Is Why Hip Hops'...  
Standards Have... dropped... !!!
  
Cos' It's Now Gone... " POP "...
When It Used To ROCK Spots... !!!
  
... ROCK Foundations...
Constructed By Stations...
  
Whose Radio Shows REFUSED To Go... !!!
To Playlists Built With HIP HOP Flows...  
  
Well It Seems OTHER Scenes...
... STILL REFUSE To SEE... ?!?
  
That When Built WELL...
... Hip Hop Can SELL... !!!!
  
CLEVER Word Constructions...
Feeding... NUMBERS... !!!
CLEARLY Now EXCEEDING Hundreds... !!!
  
MILLIONS Now Across The Globe...
CONSTRUCT SLICK Flows...
To EARN Them DOUGH... !!!!!
  
But As I Said.....
Some Heads Constructions Are WORTHLESS... !!!
And Send CONVULSIONS Through Poems...
That Make NO SENSE Or INSIGHT VIOLENCE... !?!
  
WHY Construct Things That Lead To DEATH... ?!?
This CONTRADICTS CONSTRUCTIVE Trends... !?!
  
Construction IS The SAME AS CREATION...
So WHY Enlist What FEEDS DESECRATION... !?!?!
  
Construction Through The Words We Use...
Can HELP YOU FUEL What's GOOD In You... !!!
  
DON'T Get Me Wrong Sometimes SAD Songs...
Can HELP Someone Learn To... Move ON...
  
But MURDEROUS Words Can Motivate Herds...
To Try To HURT Or Do... MUCH WORSE... !!!
  
If You Just Create...
To Make Some CHANGE... $$$$...
  
Through ANY OLD Phrase Or VIOLENT CLAIM...
What You CONSTRUCT May SEAL Your Fate... !?!?!
  
And May Result In FUELLING... HATE... !!!
  
That's Why I Choose CONSTRUCTIVE Tools...
To HELP REDUCE My... ANGRY MOODS... !!!
  
Of COURSE I've Written ANGRY WORDS... !!!!!
  
But What You QUOTE...
And Choose To PROMOTE...
May One Day... BURN...
And Leave You CURSED... !!?!!
  
I'd RATHER SEE... POSITIVITY...
In Poetry That Comes From ME... !!!
EVEN WHEN... I Face PROBLEMS... !!!
  
CONSTRUCTION Lends Itself To BLENDS...
That CREATE MORE And DESTROY LESS... !!!!!
  
Which I Am FOR And NOT Against... !!!!!!!!!!!!
  
SO MANY SELECT DESTRUCTIVE Styles...
To Get A CHEQUE FAKE Hugs And SMILES...
  
That POSITIVE Rhymes Are Now RESIGNED...
To Being KEPT............. From Minds...
ESPECIALLY When The TRUTH's Outlined... ?!?
  
I Guess That's WHY We Now... " Accept "...
CONSTRUCTED LIES From Governments...
And................................ ........ OSTRACIZE.....
  
Those Who EXPRESS...
Their Arguments Through Common Sense... !!!
  
My Intellect YES... IS Down With Them... !!!
So Construct Words In Their DEFENCE...
  
While Most PREFER To FOLLOW The Herds...
of Writers Whose Constructions... PROVE...
That What They Do AIN'T Good For You... !!!
  
Each To Their OWN Of Course OF COURSE... !!!
But Watch Them CLOSE And DON'T Get CAUGHT... !!!
  
In Zones Where Souls Are Sold Then BOUGHT... !!!
  
Constructions Built Should HOLD The Fort...
NOT WILT Like Stilts On BURNING Floors... !!!!!
  
WEAK Constructions WILL MALFUNCTION... !!!
Like Those With Men WIELDING TRUNCHEONS... !!!!
  
I Like Things BUILT And Constructed WELL...
Like Women With... Bodies That SELL... !!!!!
  
And A MIND With Which We Could ENRICH...
Our Lives With LOVE We Could CONSTRUCT... !!!!!
  
A CONSTRUCTION Like THAT Would Be SO NICE...
I'd Be Her Man For The Rest of Our Lives... !!!!!!
  
MAYBE Construct A... " Family "... ???
  
"Hold on there V, You're in a dream !
You know that's not reality, and probably, is unlikely !"
  
What I Construct May One Day See...
A Woman Who LOVES My Poetry...
Become THE ONE Who FILLS My Dreams... !!!!!
  
UNTIL That Time I'll Write My Rhymes...
Because This IS My... COMPULSION...
To Touch EVERYONE Who READS My Stuff...
  
Through Simple Use of...
  
... " CONSTRUCTION "...

It’s Pretty Clear That I’m LETHAL... !!!
When It Comes To My CEREBRAL.... !!!

And How Its Applied...
When I’m Now Inclined...
To Sit Down And Write...
Rhymes Built For The WISE... !!!

My Cerebral... FLIES...
And Reaches Great Heights...
WITHOUT The Need...
For ******* Supplies... !!!

I Deal With The Green...
That's Grown NATURALLY... !?!
That Supplies Me With HIGHS...
That Then HEIGHTEN My Mind...

... Know What I Mean... ?!?

It Then... INSPIRES Me...
To Be Expressive On Themes...
That Poetically Deal...
With Our REALITY... !!!!!!!

So Indeed My Cerebral...
Flies High Like An Eagle... !!!

So Thats Right CLEARY Sees...
What We Call FALLACIES... !!!

Because of Glands PINEAL...
That See Right Through...
The Eye of A... NEEDLE... !!!

So That’s Right My Cerebral...
Is FAR From........ Feeble... !!!!!

REFUSES EVIL...
And IGNORANT People... !!!

It’s Looking For Partners...
Like Those From Wakanda’...
With Names Like T’Challa...
Panthers Much SMARTER...
Than CERTAIN Forefathers...
Who Dealt With Slave Masters...

And Made Black Lives HARDER...
Than ANY White Charter...
Could Ever NOW DO...
And That Is THE TRUTH... !!!

If You Don’t Believe Me...
Check The History...
of The FIRST African Dude...
To Learn In ETON School... !!!

See My Cerebral Goes Farther...
Than... Marathon Markers...
It Goes WAY BEYOND Miles... !!!
And Rappers Whose Styles...
Profile What Is WILD... !!!

Because of Weak Minds...
That Are FAR From Refined...
And What Some Call... WISE...

These Days I Now Find...
My Cerebral’s Inclined...
To Give Berths...... EXTRA WIDE... !!!

To The The Type of Black Guys...
Who Are TOO FULL of PRIDE And Attitudes Like...
Supremacist Types Whose Skin Tone Is Light... !!!

That’s Right I Mean... WHITE... !!!
Because... Only A SUCKER... !!!
BelIeves That EVERY Brother...
SEES THEM As THEIR Brother... ?!?

And Those Words APPLY...
To ALL Creeds And Colours...
Within... Human Kind... !!!

It’s FOOLISH To THINK...
That You Know EVERYTHING... !?!

But EVEN MORE Foolish...
To Let Your Mind SINK...
Into... DAMAGING Links...
Because They DON’T Think...
In The Way That YOU Think... ?!?

ESPECIALLY IF... !!!
The Way That YOU Think...
And INDEED How You Live...

DEFINES Words Like THIS...
That’s Right HYPOCRITE... !!!

It’s Lyrics Like THIS...
That Prove That My Skin...
Is NOT What Defines...
The Depth of My Mind...

Because Like E Said...

The Rhymes That I Kick...
Come From MY CEREBELLUM... !!!
So Are Balanced And Levelled...

That’s Right... Like My Head...
And... Are Indeed LETHAL... !!!
Because They’re NOT Feeble... !!!

ILLEGAL... Deceitful...
Or Infected By EVIL...

Because They Are.....

........ “ CEREBRAL “........ !!!

Now The Learning Curve...
Within THIS WORLD...

When It Comes To How We Live...
Is A..... SERIOUS THING..... !!!

You Might THINK You Know A Person...
But It’s Clear That HIGHER LEARNING...
Means You Need To Be OBSERVANT... !!!

Because People Tend To Show...
What They WANT You To Know... !!!

Because What They Hide...
About Their Lives....
Could DENT Their PRIDE...
When What You FIND...
Is HOW MUCH They LIE... !!!

So This Is A Line Built For The WISE... !!!

You Really DON’T Know...
What You THINK You Know... !!!

And Are NOT As SMART...
As You Might THINK You Are... !!!

See I’m A Man of Verse...
And... Poetic Words...
So You’d Think That I Know...
An ABUNDANCE of Words... !!!

Well Today What I Got...
Was A Comment That SHOCKED...

Because The Word...
..... “ GROKKED “.....
Left My Head In KNOTS... !!!

Because My First Thought WAS...
Had They Spelt The Word WRONG... ???

Because It Didn’t Look Right...?!?
But I Figured That I...
Should Just Look This Word Up... !!!

And To My SURPRISE...
What Did My Eyes FIND... ?

That This Word Exists...
And Simply Means THIS...

“To Understand DEEPLY...
And Have Empathy...
That Feeds Intuitively... “

Which Was News To Me... !!!

Cos’ It’s A Word..
That I’d Never Heard...
And Had Never Ever Seen... !!!

Until This Persons Comment...
Came From My Poetry... !!!

The Poem Is Called... " DEAL "...
And This Comment Made Me See...

How LITTLE That I Know...
Even Though I’m One Who Reads...
And Has Good … Literacy... !!!

Well At Least...
That’s What I BELIEVED... !!!
You See Knowledge Is DEEP... !!!
Like The OCEAN's SEAS... !!!

And Knowledge Indeed Has So Many Seams...
And Different Levels Within Our Mental...

That It’s IMPORTANT NOT To THINK...
That You Know... EVERYTHING... !!!

And To Be More Humble... !!!
Before You Stumble...
Upon Something...
That Makes You Think...
That You Are... STUPID... !!!

Because Maybe You ARE... ?!!!?
To Think That You CAN'T GROW...
Even When You Get OLD...

Cos I’m... Fifty Now...
And Have Seen A Lot of Towns... !!!
As Well As LOTS of Clowns...
Who Have Run A LOT of Mouth... !!!

About How Much They Know... !!!
From... Women To Men...
And Even Some Children... !?!
Have... PLENTY of Talk...
That Seems... ASSURED... !!!

But Is DEEPLY FLAWED...
And That’s For SURE... !!!

I’ve Heard Too Many Make CLAIMS...
That Are... CLEARLY INSANE... !?!

About Relationships...
And... Historical Links...

When There’s SO MUCH To LEARN...
And Indeed DISCERN About This World...
And How It Turns That Requires RESEARCH... !!!

NOT Words With NO WORTH...
That CLEARLY DON'T Serve...
ANY DEPTH of Purpose... !!!

UNLIKE This Word... GROK...
That’s Inspired This Verse....
That Made Me Jot This Set of Words...

That Have PROVEN To Me...
That EVEN At... FIFTY... !!!!!

With ALL The Things...
That I’ve Lived To See...
And Indeed OBSERVED...

That NO MATTER How WISE...
You See Yourself As Being...

That There Are Things In This World...
That You May NEVER See...
So Show... HUMILITY... !!!

When It Comes To This Thing...
That Is... DEEP And STEEP... !!!

That’s DEFINED By These Words...
AMAZINGLY... Just Three...
That Are... Simply THESE...

“ The Learning Curve “...

I Like A Good Poet...
And LOVE A GOOD Rap... !!!

But How Many People...
Can Say They Do That... ?!?

Many Write Stuff...
That Huffs With NO PUFF... ?!?

Others Write Stuff...
That... HITS Like A CUFF... !!!

So Which Do You Prefer...
Poetry Or... Rap... ???

Let's Take A Sec'...
And Look Into That... !!!

Aren't They The SAME... ???

As The Saying Goes...
" What's In A Name ? "...

What Makes Them Different... ?
Does... Anyone Know... ?

Well Here's ONE THING...
Their... Rates of PAY... !!!
Rappers Get MILLIONS...
For Things That They Say... !!!

Which Poet Gets THAT...
At The End of The Day... ???

This Doesn't Seem...
Very FAIR To Me... !?!

Rappers Use A Tune...
To Flow... Poetry...

But Many DON'T Help...
Our... Societies...

Of Course Some DO...
And THAT IS COOL... !!!

But Many Get Paid...
For... Acting The FOOL... ?!?

That's... NOT COOL... !!!

They Need To Be SCHOOLED...
In... How To Make Moves...
Before They... "DROWN"...
In Their New Swimming Pool... !!!

But Poets DON'T Help...
Themselves Sometimes...
Can't A Poet Be GOOD...
If They... Utilise Rhyme...

To Say Things That...
UNSETTLE Weak Minds...
By Talking About...
Humanity's Crimes... ???

That's The Way I'm Now Inclined...
Even Though This Route...
Has Got... LANDMINES... !!!

I'll Say NO MORE...
Cos' I................ Ignore...
Those Who CLEARLY...
... " KEEP The Score "... !!!

So... Poetry Or Rap... ?
We're Back To THAT... !!!

They Are The SAME...
And That's A FACT... !!!

I'm Making A Case...
For RAISING The Face...
of Poets Who Talk...
About... TODAY...

To Ensure That They...
Can Get The PAY...
That Makes Them Hit...
Tomorrows' Front Page...

Just Like RAPPERS When They RAGE... !!!
And End Up In A Prison... "CAGED"... !!!

Would Poets Ever Be THIS Way... ???
It's Clear They ARE Cos' Rap's The Same...
Which Means That... " A RAPPER "...
Is Merely A POET With A DIFFERENT Name... !!!

Do I Have To Say...
THOSE Words... AGAIN... !!!

Well Here They Come...

" What's In A Name ? "...

Come ON People USE Your BRAINS... !!!
Poets Have To Share The Blame...
For USING Art To Bring Them FAME...

Instead of RAISING Poetry's AIM...
The Usage of Words To ELEVATE Brains...
Or MINDS You See... " What's In A Name ? "...

SORRY... I've Gone Back Again... !!!
Let's MOVE ON To The Question Chaps...

" Poetry... or... Rap "

We Should LOOK BACK...
Shelley Or Keats...
Or Rhymes To A Beat...
BOTH Are Forms of Poetry... !!!

... As ARE THESE... !!!
Dylan, Simone, Marley To Ali... !!!

And What The Hell YES... EVEN Me...
Have Used This Art Called... " Poetry "... !!!!

From Blues To Calypso...
To... Jazz Laden Beats...
ALL Have Been Touched...
By Some GREAT POETRY... !!!

See Poetry Could EVEN Be...
As Obscure As THIS...
A... SPORTS Victory... !!!

"Float Like A Butterfly !
Sting Like A Bee !"

Words of... " Ali's "...
Were... TRUE Poetry... !!!

Just Like His Fights...
When He Was At His PEAK... !!!!!

He Used Poetry...
When He Chose...
... NOT TO SPEAK... !!!!!

Cos' Ali In Motion...
Was Something To See... !!!

So What Was The Question... ?
YES... Poetry Or Rap... ???

Or For You Hip Hoppers...
Rappers Or... Emcees... ???
Come On People PLEASE... !!!

I'm With KRS...
I PREFER... Emcees... !!!

Those Who In TRUTH...
Master Ceremonies... !!!

That's Something I Hope...
To... One Day Achieve...
A Day When The MASSES...
... KNOW My Poetry...

Call It What You WANT... !!!
They're ONE And The SAME... !!!

DON'T Fall IN... " The Trap "...
of... ISSUING Names... !!!

Or Giving Out CAPS... !!!
Cos' There ISN'T A Difference...

Between....

... " POETRY And RAP "...

Now I'm An UNTOUCHABLE... !!!
UNLIKE.... Cliff Huxtable... !!!
Or YES I Mean... " Bill "... !!!

I'm UNTOUCHABLY... ILL...
When It Comes To My Will... !!!

I Lyrically ****...
Well I Hope... NOT ****.... !!!

But WILL- FULLY Build...
Verse That INSTILS...
UNTOUCHABLE Levels...
of Using Your MENTAL... !!!

Stencilled Pencilled...
... Mental Rhymes....

Kinda Like UNTOUCHABLE Guys...
When It Comes To The Mic... !!!

ME... Well INDEED...
Some Do Believe...
That I Flow My Rhymes Alright...

Now That's A Humble Line...
UNTOUCHABLY Designed...
To Let... YOU Decide...
If I Flow Like MIKE... ?!?
AIR JORDAN Like... !!!!!!

Well ONE THING I'll Claim... !!!
Is That My Wordplay...
Deserves A Place...
In Halls Where Fame...

ONLY HOLD What's GREAT... !!!!!

But Skill On A Mic' Is NOT A Claim...
I... Choose To MAKE... !!!

Because UNTOUCHABLE Names... !!!
DESERVE.... Such PRAISE...
In How They're Viewed...
And That's The TRUTH... !!!!!

I'm UNTOUCHABLE Yeah...
Just Like... " JERU' "... !!!

Because I've Walked Through...
Where... DARKNESS RULES... !!!

But Moved TOO COOL...
For UNTOUCHABLE Crews...
To... Want To PULL...
Their TOOLS And ABUSE...

Because They KNEW...

" Big Virge Is Cool !
AND UNTOUCHABLE Dude ! "

Because I Choose...
To Just... " Hang Loose "...

EVEN WHEN Violence Is Used...
Because of... Moods...
UNTOUCHABLY Crude... !!!

Where IGNORANCE Moves...
To... FEEDING FEUDS... !!!!!

I RISE......... ABOVE.......
So DO NOT Touch...
The... IGNORANT... !!!!!!

Because In TRUTH...
They're UNTOUCHABLE Too... !!!!

Because of How...
Their Energies Sound...

FAR TOO LOUD.... !!!!!!
For Me To Receive... !!!!!!!!
Because Like THIEVES...

They Feed DECEIT And ROBBERY... !!!
of Things I KEEP... UNTOUCHABLE... !!!

Like The Way My CHI...
DENIES These FIENDS...

A Chance of Getting...
TOO CLOSE To....... ME...

UNTOUCHABLE... IS...
The Theme of THIS Piece...
Because YES It's TRUE... !!!!

My Poetry Is UNTOUCHABLY....
A Way For Me To Offer YOU...
A Piece of..... ME.....

A Piece of My Heart...
And YES... My Soul... !!!

Now It Can Get DARK...
Like...... Al Capone...... !!!!!

But Shows MORE LOVE...
Than... GANGSTER Thugs... !!!!
It's More Like... " NESS "... !!!
When I EXPRESS... !!!!!!

NOT ELLIOT....
Or... Loch MONSTER Bred... !!!

I'm Just Blessed With A... NESS...
That Moulds And Blends In...

With......... " FINESSE ".......... !!!!!!!

That's ME... BIG VIRGE... !!!

So My Final Words...
In TRUTH... " ACCEPT "...

That When It Comes To...
... Government...
Their Court Systems...
And FEDERAL Friends...

They'll TRY Their Best... !!!
To Cause... PROBLEMS...

BUT NO Matter WHAT... !?!
They TRY TO.... PULL....
My SPIRIT Will Stay UNCRUSHABLE... !!!

So I'll... ETERNALLY Be...

...... " UNTOUCHABLE "..... !!!

These Days It’s TRUE...
And CLEARLY In View...

That A Whole Lot of People...
Have... Changing Moods...
That AREN’T ALL GOOD... !!!
  
Because of PRESSURES...
That Are Now Due To...

This... " Corona Flu "...
That’s Creating News...
And A Lot of Moves...
That Really AREN’T Cool... !!!

But What’s Really CHANGED...
To Make People Now...
Start Acting STRANGE... ?!?

Well For One NO WORK...
Or Place To... SHIRK...
Or... Place To Go...
To Wear FANCY Shirts...

Or Drive NICE Cars...
Underneath The Stars...
Because of LOCKDOWNS...
And Political Mouths...

Expressing That...

“ This Thing’s SO BAD...
That EVEN Cash Is Getting Mad... !!! “

Because Now It CAN’T Be Passed...
From Hand To Hand...
Like It Was In The Past... !!!

Because EVEN The Banks...
Have Switched Up Plans...
So Now Queues Outside...
Seem To Go On For MILES... !!!

And Now It Seems...
That GREEDY FIENDS...
Are Making PRICE HIKES...
That Are Clearly NOT RIGHT... !!!

For Things That Claim To...
...... SANITISE......

And What About...
Those Toilet Rolls... ?!?
That Have RUN OUT...
And Caused A Rout...
In... Certain Towns... !!!

There Is NO DOUBT...
That It’s A CRAZY Time... !!!

But PRESSURISED Minds...
AREN’T Being... WISE... !!!

And Checking Themselves...
For Those FOUL SMELLS...
Where IGNORANCE Dwells... !!!!!

Now For Many It Seems...
That... LOSING MONEY...
And What They Believed...
To Be Living FREELY...
  
Has Affected Their Thinking...
........ VERY DEEPLY....... !!!

To The Point Where Some...
Are Acting... CRAZILY... !!!

In... FAMILIES... !!!
And Over Business Deals...
And Forms of Speech...
That Make Arguments Reach...

A Place Where UNITY...
Is... BREACHED... !!!!!!!!!

Like... Protest Scenes...
Now INCREASED On Streets...
Across The World GLOBALLY... !!!

Because of MUCH MORE...
Than Police And Slavery... !!!

So Now Street Parties...
Are Being Held ILLEGALLY...
And Creating Scenes...
Where Police Now RETREAT... !!!
Because of Crowds Who Now Clearly Feel...

That... Right About Now...
They Wanna Be... OUT...
And Enjoying Company...
INSIDE of Six Feet...... !!!!!!

So Are Wiling To ATTACK...
Until Police FALL BACK... !!!

So Now Infection Rate SPIKES...
Are Of Course On The RISE...
Pretty Much... WORLDWIDE... !!!

Well... So We’re ADVISED...
By Government Guys...
Who Are Known To Tell LIES... !!!

So Now The...
Winds of Change...
Are Blowing AGAIN... !!!

And Affecting Brains...
ALL OVER The Place... !!!
In Ways NOT SO GREAT... !!!

NO MATTER What...
Certain Heads Will Say... !!!

From Heads of State...
To Those Making CLAIMS...

That They’re Fine And Okay !...
When How They Now Behave...
Displays Frustration And RAGE... !!!

And That Is The TRUTH...
NOT News That’s FAKE... !!!!!

About Things Now In View...
That Give MORE Than Proof... !!!
of How People Today...
Are Now LOSING Their Cool... !!!

And SHOWING...

..... “ Changing Moods “.....

Now What I... " Produce "...
Is... Lyrically Cool..........

TOO Cool For Schools...
Where New Age FOOLS... !!!
Now Do Their Do...

Well I Mean... DO DOO...
That STINKS Like Poo... !!!!!

Nope NOT The Bear.... !!!!!
Produce And WARES....
That Are WEAK And Scared...
of Those Who DARE...
To Produce What's RARE... !!!

Goods That Are GOOD... !!!
And HARD Like WOOD... !!!

STRONG And STIFF...
Like THAT Good Drink... !!!!!

That's Smooth And Quick...
To... OPEN UP Lips...
And SWELL UP *****... !!!!!

of Those **** Assed Chicks...
Whose PRODUCE Sips...
On **** That's RICH... !!!!!

Like PRODUCE I Bring...
That Has... NO Bling... !!!

It's The REALEST Things... !!!
That My Produce Links...

I Connect The Dots...
With Logic Like Spock...

So My Produce ROCKS....
These Heads Who TOP...
The Charts That LOG...
These Producers Songs...

That Are WORSE Than WRONG... !!!!!
Because They Produce...
For... SELL OUT Crews.... !!!

Who... Sell Out Shows...
And Sell Their Souls... !!!
To Get These... " **'s “...
Who Are QUICK To BLOW... !!!

Because They're DOPES...
Whose... ONLY HOPE...
Is Producing A Son...
WITHOUT... OB1... !!!!!

What They... PRODUCE...
Are... Star Wars ******... !!!

Whose Only Score...
Is Working Towards...
Heads Whose FLAWS...
Earn Them APPLAUSE... !?!?!

THAT LINE Fa’ SURE... !!!
WILL ROCK Their Jaws... !!!!

Because My Scores...
Are DARK Like SPAWN... !!!

Lyrically Drawn...
To DESTROY The Hoards...
of DEVILS Whose Levels...
Have... TOO MUCH Treble... !!!!!

AFRAID of The BASS...
That My Vocals Maintain... !!!
And The Lyrical Pace...
That My Brain SUSTAINS.... !!!

That PRODUCES Waves...
WAY BEYOND... " POINT BREAK "... !!!

That... RATTLE And SHAKE...
... Sidewinding Snakes... !!!

My PRODUCE Is GREAT... !!!
Like New Zealand Lakes... !!!
Cos I'm A Man Whose Travelled...
... ALL OVER The Place... !!!

So What I Produce...
Is Inspired By Views...
And BEAUTIFUL Hues... !!!!!

Like Those That Ensue...
From A BEAUTIFUL Moon... !!!

So What I PRODUCE...
Is ABOVE The Norm... !!!
Because It's... Born...
From SO MUCH MORE... !!!!’
Than Money Or ******... !!!!

It's Built From THOUGHT...
And A... SPIRITUAL Source...

PURE Like... “ The Force “... !!!
Cos' I'm A Knight Of Course... !!!

... UNLIKE ANY OTHER...
Whose Been Seen BEFORE... !!!!!

That's Right... BIG VIRGE...
Is A... " MASTER of Verse “... !!!

That's... REAL And TRUE... !!!

I've EARNED My Respect...
So Now PAY Is OVERDUE... !!!!!

For The QUALITY WORKS...

That I.....

...... " PRODUCE "......