We cannot tell — what lies in this?
We rise and fall straight to abyss.
The world is holding onto crutches,
While we are standing here and watching
The things we think we’ll never miss.

Unfinished stories hunt us down,
Like eyes of those who aren’t around.
Their voices bounce against the wall,
What do we do? Do we grow tall
Or simply wait till we are found?

The world is biting its own neck,
There’s nothing more to it than wreck
In aching souls of those who fight.
When we look up, we see the light —
So bright, it takes us all aback.

While we are numb, we capture this —
The world on crutches in abyss
And voices that keep coming through.
But we retreat — that’s what we do,
We don’t grow tall. We are dismissed.

The world is taking deadly aim —
It thinks that we won’t stay the same,
That we will tidy up the mess.
But we just stand before its eyes,
We hear it’s words right through it’s cries.
It says:

«I wonder what comes next».

as its culture creates on demand

belief is the condition
the cure keeps looking for

Well It Seems Nowadays...    

THAT..." Black Lives Matter "..... ?
Well I'd Say THE HUMAN Factor...  
Is What We SHOULD RECAPTURE... !!!!!!!!  
IN FACT What I Mean Is... "Capture"... !!!  

Because My Lifes' Chapters...  
HAVEN'T SEEN Too Much Data...    
That Humans In Their Manner...  
Are Living By... That Standard...    

There's NO Doubting THAT... !!!  
When It Comes To ATTACKS...  
That Are Made Against Blacks...  

Humanity LACKS...  
What It Is To RETRACT...  
And.... RECOGNISE....  
That Di-vi-s-ive Vibes    
Are... TAKING Lives... !!!!!  
And DIVI-D-ING Tribes... !!!!!  

You See SUBJECT MATTER...  
I DEAL IN.... HAMPERS....  
Those Who Hanker...  
To Work With FAKE DATA...  

FAKE Like.... TANNERS....  
Standing By Standards...  
Doubled Up And Captured  
By Their...  Actions... !!!  

STICKING To Factions...  
Thought Waves FRACTURED... !!!  
BELIEVE ME Sadness...  
Forms Their MADNESS...  

Anger Now S C A T T E R E D ...  
TATTERED And SPLATTERED...  
Like Matter That's SHATTERED... !!!!!!  

You See... Subjects I Factor...  
In Thoughts That I Capture...  
Within My Lyrical...  
Are Criminally Cynical... !!!  
According To Political...  
Subjects INADMISSIBLE... !!!

In Verse of Mine EMPIRICAL...  
Because of THEM I'm CRITICAL.... !!!!!

Via Subject Matter That Simplifies Data...
They Use To Confuse Through NEW AGE Tools... !!!      

Where Matter Is Subject...  
To MUCH That INFECTS...  
Todays' Internet Heads...    

From Online ***...  
To Conspiracy Threads...  

And OF COURSE A WHOLE SET...    
of... " TERRORIST Trends "... !!!!!  

Now Police Have Been Left...    
FEELING Bullets Instead...  
of... Dishing Out DEATH... !!!

Whose Matter Will Be Left...  
To FACE Bullets of LEAD... !?!  

Or Bombs That NOW Defend... ?  
By Blowing OFF Peoples' Heads... !?!  

Something Like ALL These Rappers...  
Who CLAIM That They Are GANGSTERS...  

AND ****** Like Gun Clappers...    
Well Now Its CLEAR They're ACTORS... !!!!!
Whose Chatter Runs... FAKE Data...  

Their Lyrics Deal In... DEATH...  

" Bringing The Pain " ... Like ****'... !!!!!  
But NOT TO... RACIST Feds'... !!?!!  

So MUCH Like... " Them "...  
Things That They STRESS... !!!!  
In Their... " Poems "...  
Are In Need of YES.....  

... Auto CORRECT... !!!!!!  

For LIES They Tell...  
About How They FLEX... !?!

While Blacks With SENSE...  
Face THREATS From Them... ?!?!?  
For... Dealing In TRUTH...  
Instead of Tools...  
Just To Get Some Street CRED'... ?!?  

So Like Bernie Mac' Said...  
TOO MANY Black Youths...  
Are Becoming NEW FOOLS... !!!

They Just FOLLOW The Trends...  
To Get Themselves AHEAD...    

YES... Subjects I SELECT...  
May UPSET CERTAIN Heads... ?  

But NOT Quite Like... !!!  
The LOSS of A Friend...  
OVER... IGNORANCE Bred...  
From A DIFFERENCE of Opinion... ?  
Religion or Dominion...

Or The Skin That People Live In... !?!?!  

This Piece Has Got Me...    
........ " THINKING ".........  

That Things Are NOW...  
...... So SICKENING...... !!!  

That People REALLY NEED...  
Some Form of UPLIFTMENT'... !!!

Well YES That's TRUE... !!!  
But FACING The Truth...  
Has To Be The FIRST MOVE... !!!!  

But THAT With PROOF... !!!    

NOT Media News...  
With Views AskeW...  

Cos' I'm TELLING You... !!!  
They're Making Moves...  
...... AGENDA Fuelled......  

To Confuse And Sep-a-rat-e....  
Through Religion And RACE... !!!  

It's CLEAR There Are Scales...  
That NEED TO BE BALANCED... !!!

And Leaders Whose Actions...  
NOW NEED TO BE CHALLENGED... !!!!!  

So Let Me END This Chapter...    
By Simply Saying... THIS...  

REMEMBER There Are FACTORS...  
Beyond Feelings That... "Capture"...  
Your ANGER Into RAPTURE...    
That's MADDER Than The HATTER... !!!!!  

And FEEDS Like VELOCIRAPTORS... !!!!!  

So DON'T Deny The Crimes You See... !!!  
Because of PRIDE Or A COMPLEX That...  
You CHOOSE To.................. "hide"...................  

Take The Time To TRY...  
To... OPEN UP Your Mind....  
To TRUTH, Falsehoods And LIES...  

And DELVE INTO The DATA...  
Where The ONLY FACTOR...  
That REALLY Matters....  

Is The QUALITY of...  

It's....  

....... " Subject Matter "......

ALL ABOARD... ALL ABOARD... !!!

But Hey This ISN'T A Train...
Or Some Game To Be PLAYED...

Or Some Kind of Cruise Ship...
Because This Here Is Calling...
You... BANDWAGON Kids... !!!

Who AREN'T Using Your Brain...
Cos’ You CLEARLY DON’T THINK... !!!

Okay Y’all Okay I Get That It’s Great...
To See That Blackface Is Now Up For Debate...

But Let Me Get This Straight... !!!
And Make My Thoughts PLAIN...
A Lot of You Suckers...
Are NOW Making Claims...
And Causing A RUCKUS... !!!

Because... ALL of A SUDDEN...
It’s Time For A CHANGE... ?!?

When It Comes To Race Hate And Historical Names...
That Should NOT BE DISPLAYED ALL Over The Place... !!?!!

Well I’m Calling You Out... !!!
That’s Right You... WOKE Clowns... !!!

Cos’ You’ve Been SLEEPING Fa’ Sure... !!!

When It Came To RACE WARS...
That Have LONG Been ENDURED...
That Have Been LAW ENFORCED... !!!!!!

LONG BEFORE Poor Old George...
And Those Blacks KILLED BEFORE...
By The Arms of The Law...
EVER Came To The Fore... !!!

That’s Right All You Hoards...
Who Chose To... IGNORE...
How We’re Treated Like ******...

By... JUDGES In COURTS...
And These Heads You VOTE For...
Who NOW Seem To Be SURE... !?!?!

That... Black Lives Matter... !!!

Oh Because of New Cameras...
That Clearly Now SHATTER...

These People Who’ve Said...

“That It’s Just In Black Heads !
The Idea of Hatred,
That’s Supremacist Lead !”

Oh And By This I MEAN...
Those People Once Deemed...
To YES BE... “ SQUEAKY CLEAN “... !!!

Who’ve Been Seen On BIG SCREENS...
And Indeed On TV’s Like That Guy... Ali G... !!!

How MANY of YOU...
Have Sat Down In Front Rooms... ?!?!

And LAUGHED And CONSUMED...

The Kind of... “ COMEDY “...
That’s INDULGED Racist Themes...
That Makes LOADS of MONEY...
For These Media Teams...
Where Racism Still Breathes... ?!?

How MANY of YOU...
Have Sat Down And ARGUED... ?
That This Comedic Jew...

Was.....

“Highlighting Issues...
That Were Actually Cool,
And Satirically Shrewd !”

Hmm That’s Not How It Seemed...
And AIN’T Funny To Me... !!!!

Because Now It Seems...
That Those In TV Harbour Racist Ideals... !!!

And Have Done So For Years...
This Has Now Been Made CLEAR... !!!
But I Should NOW BELIEVE...
That Their Motives Were CLEAN... ?!?

When They’ve... “ STEREOTYPED “...

The Lives of Black Guys...
In These Shows That Were TRIPE... !!!

Oh And He’s NOT ALONE...
When It Comes To These Shows...
Where RACIST UNDERTONES...
Have Been Blown Off As JOKES... ?!?

So Now The BANDWAGON...
Is Starting To CAPTURE...

A LOT of You Folks...
Who Had NOTHING To Say...
AGAINST Shows That Displayed
Subtle Levels of Hate...
And... Bigoted Ways... !!!

So Of Course Now The Gays...
Are Making STRONG Claims...
About The Racism That’s Been Unforgiving...

That Is Yes JUST THE SAME...
As The Hate That They Face... ?!?

I’ve Said It Before And I’ll Say It AGAIN...
Those Who Have ENTERTAINED...
And Have Earned LOTS of PAY...
Since WAY BACK IN THE DAY... !!!

Even With... Closets CLOSED... ?!?
Seemed To STILL Get On Shows...
Where Black Folks Were Told NO... !?!

Because They Could... “Hide”...
Who They Were DEEP Inside... !!!

Which Black Folks CANNOT Do... !!!

And Those Words Are TRUE...
So DON’T Get It Confused... !!!

Could We Paint Ourselves WHITE...
And Simply... EASE On Through...
And Be Part of White Crews... ?!?

I DON'T Think So Do You... ?!?

So Now The Bandwagon’s FULL...
of All Kinds of... COOL Crews...

But... Is That The TRUTH... ?!?
People Should THINK It Through... !!!

Cos’ Black Lives Have Been SHATTERED... !!!
... LONG BEFORE Black Lives Mattered... !!!

And... MANY A Chapter...
Have Still NOT Been Factored...
Into HOW These Things Happened... ?!?

So I’m One Who Holds ANGER...
Who DOESN'T Feel FLATTERED...
By All These NEW FACTIONS...

And Their DISSATISFACTION...
That Is NOW SO APPARENT... !!!

Because... Black Lives Matter...

Because They’re Just JUMPING...

On The....

“Black Lives Bandwagon “...

A taste and scent I know

I look in the mirror
I wonder who I see
I perceive and see back the eyes of my ancestors
Who and how many
As time goes on. As I meet persons whom evoke and revive some.
It becomes clearer but more crowded
Who do I follow
Who do I remember
Who do I forget
How do I honour them
How do I respect

In my food
In my hair
In my skin and in my breath
All I know are banana leaves and how the smell and taste

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 “...... !!!

So What Does This CLASS Thing...
... Mean To YOU... ???

Someone Who Went...
To A... " Public School "... ?
Or A Gent In A BOWLER...
Whose Demeanour Is Cool... ?

Well....
If This DEFINES Class To You... ?
Watch... Laurel and Hardy...
They Wore Them TOO... !!!

But All They Did Was...
... Act The FOOL... !!!!!

ME... Well I Went To...
Your Average State School...
Surrounded By Kids...
With A Few Who Were Fools... !!!

And Some Came UNSTUCK...
... WITHOUT Any Glue... !!!

Cos' They Left School...
WITHOUT Paying Their Dues... !!!

Like... LEARNING In Lessons...
Instead of GIRL STRESSING... !!!

Well I'm The TEST PRESSING...
That Proves That Some Lessons
Can Leave People STRESSING... !!!!!
And Yes... Second Guessing... ???

What Class Am I From... ?!?

I'm... NOT From A Class... !!!
Except A... " Classroom "...

But THAT ISN'T TRUE... !!!!!!!
My Mum And Dad KNEW...
What Couples Should Do...
In The... "Privacy of "...
A... " Double Bedroom "... !!!

IC1... IC3... ?
How About... IC2... ?

Do These STUPID Groupings...
DEFINE... What Is YOU.... ?!?!?!?

Well... If They DO...
Good Luck To You... !?!

But Police Like The Government...
DEFINE Who They CHOOSE...
Just So Their PUPPETS...
Can... DISH OUT ABUSE... !!!!!

Being BLACK Is A Class...
ALL of It's... " OWN "... !!!!!

Cos' Most OTHER Folk...
... DON'T Enter The Zone...
Where Blacks Are Deemed...
To Live UNCONTROLLED.... !!!

I've LOST CONTROL...
A... Couple of Times... !!!

But Now I Stick To Writing Rhymes...
To Show My Class By Using MY MIND... !!!

Class... DISTINCTIONS...
Go With NARROW Minds... !!!

While Words I Write...
DEFINE The Times...
WITHOUT Class Signs... !!!

I'm Just Another VICTIM...
of... Western Systems...
That KEEP US... A P A R T...
By The Use of.... " Isms "....

... " CAPITALISM "...
Is A CLASSLESS... Ism... !!!

Cos'... If You BELIEVE...
You're Just CASH DRIVEN... !!!

While... " RACISM "...
Is A... Class Filled Ism...
Where Blacks Are Deemed...
To Be... FIT For PRISON... !?!?!

But That's NOT ME...
Cos' I Haven't Been In Em'... !!!!!

I Grew Up........
In London... " West Ealing "...

But This DOESN'T Mean...
That I'm Liking DARJEELING … !!!

This Class Thing Needs CLEANING... !!!
Cos'... Living This Life...
Does NOT Have A Ceiling... !!!

This AIN'T Monty Python... !!!
Life Has... DEEPER Meaning...........
Than Visions of... " CLASS "...

Houses For LOUSES... !!!
And I'm NOT Talking Scousers'... !!!
They're ALL Right With Me...
It's People From London...
With... NO CLASS BELIEVE... !!!

I Can Tell By Their Looks...
When They're Looking At ME... !!!

These People Are FULL of HYPOCRISY... !!!
This IS How CLASSY TRUE Londoners Be... !!!

Who Then Have The CHEEK... !!!
To DEFINE... Who I Be... !!?!!

My Father And Friends...
Used To Run In BARE FEET...

My Mum Used To TEACH...
And Both of Them Came From...
That... Bajan' Country...

With Sugar Cane Fields...
And White Sandy Beach...

My Father Is NOW...
An... OSTEOPATH... !!!

So Let's LOOK At That...

He's Treated STAR Athletes...
And White Folk That's FACT... !!!!!

Does THIS Give Me A PASS... ?!?
To Be... " Middle Class "...
Even Though I Am BLACK... ?!?

This STUPID Class Question...
Is Simply A... FARCE... !!!

Divisions Are... VAST...
Like A Galleon Mast... !!!
But BREAKING These Boundaries...
Is A Task... BEYOND Class... !!!!!!

And This Is UNCERTAIN... ?
Who... REALLY Has... ?!?

.......... " CLASS ".........

have to find the center of a long alley
ice cream cones of last year, the craving
our way to the center, people buzzing over
so hard to guess the right thing of the wrong

lights are floating through the room, ghosty
at the center of the alley, we will find salvation
smoothen a path inside the snow of the past
frozen water, ice chunks, shannon, help me

have to find the center of a long alley
get me some ***** and a cake, let's go
eat it on-the-go, the best thing now is to go
your mental breakdown was the finest

for a long time, a long time, long time