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Serenity Elliot Oct 2014
Hey sir, please don’t go,
We need you so,
You could help us if you really tried
Don’t turn your back,
See here, what we lack,
You can put us back on track
Help, we’re so sick,
Someone aid us, quick,
There’s a war raging on outside
Someone please be aware,
Our bodies are bone and bare,
Turn around, sir, just at least pretend to care

Blood and money
All you want is money,
Smile as you go past, no one finds this funny
What you don’t see, you don’t care about
Riding head upright, while we all bow and shout
Riches, riches, sell some of your riches
Replace them with the grey bodies in the ditches
What you don’t see, you don’t care about
Riding head upright, while we all stand and shout
Andre Baez Sep 2014
Who knew falling in love could lead
me to forget about my suicide

And then falling out of love made me bleed more than ever in my life

A soul that lives in person can't make it through a lonely night

Pieces of me have left, through and through, I have lost my mind

Is falling in love the disease or the cure that's fallen from my sights

Cruising the streets with speakers banging through the night

I wish I felt it like you say you feel on yourself when the street lights

A rosary isn't holding me down whenever I try to fight

They say alcohol dependency is for the weaklings of this life

Of that and drug abuse I'm absolutely terrified

That once I fall through the cracks there's no coming back to life

I've been doing wrong so long I'm not sure what it means to do right

I wish I was like beautiful people birthed into the very light

That people say they see when they meet their destiny and die

I never saw God when I saw a bullet make a body fly

A halo wasn't helping and no Angels came from the cloudy sky

From my first breath I've been breathing in millions of lies

Within those lies truth has been told through my own lines

Around blocks and corners stretching past your heart and mine

But who will grasp the truth when the night has made us blind

The rich take elevators while the poor have ladders to climb

And they wonder why the average person can't make it to work on time

They tether us to sinking bricks and wonder why we can't escape the bind

As least we all found love before believing in our hope of genocide

Who knew falling in love could overmatch my hate of wealthy whites

Temporarily looking into her eyes can make me forget all of my plights

But when I saw her fall out of the sky like a bullet riddled kite

My heart cut in half along with hers you can't distinguish if hers is mine

Playing Brother Ali as my hope shatters leaving me behind

The shards of glass that hold my hate have entered into my eyes

So afraid to lose my mind but instead I lost the sun that shines

My body is an empty marker left to attach a sullen shrine

The music and the loss and the tears, tear through my will to fight

My daughter, innocence, deserved better in her final light

Who knew losing my love would lead me back to my thoughts of suicide

Every day I breathe is another day of do or die

I never prayed, but please God, save me from my poor design

Being alive in this world is too often seen as a crime

Being alive in this world is only a matter of time

Staying aligned is simply a matter of hope or fly

Staying alive is a master of matter holding back the sky

Join me as I say goodbye to my innocent little kite

If all memories fade in time feel free to let go and push me to the side

Real love lives freely outside until death returns home to the inside

While rain falls as I collect my pen and paper and begin to write...
Styles Sep 2014
As I sit down to write tonight,
I engage a painful sight,
I can't trust this,
Kangaroo courts version of justice,
It just isn't right.
Innocent women and kids,
Losing their life.
There futures so bright,
They could insight,
maybe, if given a fair chance at life,
They could have been the one to write
the amendments, to the bill of rights,
That condemn those who take a life.
And make things right,
Using history's hindsight,
to govern wrong from right
But,
This a is game, not a life.
Such a painful thing,
cuts deeper than a knife.
Wrong or right, crossing the line,
between black or white,
the grey matter, doesn't matter,
If you can afford the bill,
justice gets sacrificed.
All men created equal,
I guess that part comes,
in the after life.
In this unjust life,
if the price is right,
You can take a life,
And bill your rights,
Like a light bill,
the only difference is,
Your taking a life.
Court approved, Hung jury
So it's alright.
Forget,
What's wrong from right,
The guilty, becoming a celebrity, over night.
Get an expensive attorney,
use the law as a mockery,
Then cop a plea, pay a fee,
bargain it from all degrees, and get set free.
All I you need is the right legal team,
And you do it legally.
To handle it judicially, which means
Basically,
Using a system built to protect me-- against me.
setting criminals free, now they're running free,
in our community. Legal mutiny, judging me
a mistaken identity; between the innocent and guilty.
For those whom I've never spoke,
To the young difficult to cope,
A secret path is beyond your distance
Of riches & dreams far old of your existence.
Never give up & prosper from grief,
Because what is left to be
Shall fall steady as a leaf.
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Kagey Sage Aug 2014
Ya’ll ****. (Myself included, I said everybody, didn’t I)?
Forbes, a magazine for rich wannabes, says:
85 people control half of the world’s wealth (yet, nobody obsesses)
In my rural hometown alone,
that’d be the equivalent of a disembodied ****** hole
calling all the shots from a platinum throne inside the town hall
“Keep plowing! Keep selling! PLLLLLPPPPPP!
Sop up my **** with all those Benjamins, and bring the Russian ballet in!”
In between **** and brain rotters, everyone else watches ******,
with his handsome silk hat on,
shake hands with the petty bourgeoisie in suits
Little lap dogs
licking up all the slimy brown Franklins
Jessica-Amaya Aug 2014
My life isn't the most fascinating but I live it

I don't dress the cutest but I wear what I wear with confidence

I'm not rich but I'm grateful for what I have

I fight with my family sometimes but I know I'm just lucky to have a family

My life isn't the best nor the worst but its okay and I love it....well most of the time
Maxine Robbins Aug 2014
If you haven’t noticed this town is a very small place,
And it makes me wonder about the type of people that live here.
Now there is diversity of origin with every kind of race,
But there’s a type of race that is starting to disappear.

That race is an economic one called the working class,
It is heavily getting replaced by what we normal folk call the wealthy.
These people drive their shiny Mercedes like their whole life was a free pass,
And they flaunt their money around to the point where it’s unhealthy.

They buy their cookie cutter mansions up like they’re buying Taco Bell,
Spending a million dollars on a house for four surely isn’t ridiculous.
And maybe it wouldn’t be if the other 99% of America could do it as well,
But we have a lack of money that makes us a bit more meticulous.

We aren’t able to buy a new house or a new car just because we want to,
And we sure as hell can’t afford a Porsche or a Corvette.
Unlike you we have our sad little low paying jobs to do,
Yes, I’m totally sure sitting in your office chair really makes you break a sweat.

But the worst part of it all is these rich people will have a daughter or a son!
And they’re gonna grow up to be just like their mother and father.
It’ll be like watching a reality tv show rerun,
They’ll be wasting the same money and being the same bother.

My children will be working just to buy enough gas for their car,
While these kids will ask mommy or daddy for a new watch or phone.
But I guarantee you the working class kids will go twice as far,
As the little rich kids who will grow up always expecting a loan.
Big Virge Aug 2014
Ya know …..  
    
This is a question ….  
that leaves me …    
… " Confused " … ???  
    
The question is …    
…… " THIS " ……..    
What can … YOU DO … ?!?  
    
Now …    
Trust me folks ...  
i'm not here to … Abuse … !!!  
    
But ….    
Come On Now … !!!  
Don't Act … " The Fool " … !!!!!  
    
Don't be … " SURPRISED … !!!  
When … " Drug Filled Highs " … !!!  
slowly …………….. "subside" ………..  
    
and … " Modern Life " ...  
Leaves you … " Feeling " …  
    
…. " Pain and Strife " …. !!!  
    
It Seems ... these days … ?  
that … riSING Tides ...  
and … Government LIES … !!!!!  
have made … "Some People" ...  
    
………. " REALISE " ……… !!!!!!!!!!    
    
Life is …  
NOT About … Mad Cash … !!!  
*******, Speed,  
or … Afghan Hash … !!!  
    
Life is … So Much …  
MORE … Than That … !!!    
    
So ask yourself … ?  
    
What can you do … ?  
to … BETTER … things ...  
for … ME … and … YOU … !!!  
    
" Going " …    
to … school ...  
is … Many's View ...  
    
OK … that's cool … !!!  
but … WHO ... has built …  
These … "INSTITUTES" … ??!??  
    
of … " Education " ...  
" Government Taxation " … ???  
    
Take … " Your Time " ...  
it's NOT … A Crime …    
to let these thoughts  
run through … Your Mind …    
    
How many youth ?  
will get the chance ...  
to dance … The Dance ...  
    
THAT … " Rich Kids " … do … !?!  
while watching … " Daddy " …  
"FILL" … His ... " Boots " … !!!!!!  
    
It's just a … Question … ?  
like …….. " This One " …  
    
What can you do … ?  
    
How about this … ?  
Don't Live … for … YOU … !!!!  
    
Live for … Those ...  
Who … Surround You …    
    
These days …    
That's … HARD … !!!  
I know … That's True …    
    
But …    
Here's a … Quote …    
to give you … " Clues " …  
on … How to … CHANGE …  
These …. ATTITUDES …. !!!!    
    
The needs of …    
THE MANY …. !!!!!  
    
"OUTWEIGH" … !!!  
The Needs ...    
of …. The Few ….  
or … THE ONE …. !!!  
    
Take that  … IN …  
Don't spit … but … CHEW … !!!!!  
    
These words make ...  
Me … Want To … DO …  
things like … REASON …  
with our … " Youth " … !!!  
    
NOT …..  
Preach or Train  
but … try to … Explain …  
How to …. KEEP …. !!!  
A … " Sense-Filled " … Brain … !!!  
    
and …    
How to … COPE ...  
with … " Mental Pain " ...  
and let them … Know …  
Life's … NOT … A Game … !!!  
    
It's … HARD … these days ...  
To Make … That Move …    
because … BUREAUCRATS … !!!  
Try … "Stopping" … you …    
    
That's the … way ..  
They … Like to be ...  
    
But …  
TRUST ME … folks … !!!  
They WON'T … Stop Me … !!!!!  
    
from …    
Trying to use …  
My Poetry ...  
to get to … " The Few " …  
Who … HEED … My Speech …    
    
So ….. ?  
What about … YOU … ???  
What can … YOU DO … ?!?  
    
Try Being … TRUE … !!!  
With Friends and People ...  
You … Speak to …  
    
That's … just the … START … !!!!!  
    
because change won't come ...  
from … " Smart Remarks " … !!!!!  
    
While you sit …  
in your … " Phat Yard " … !!!!!  
    
Those who … do this ..  
" Think " ... They're Smart … !!!!!  
    
Until ... Their World ...  
is … " RIPPED " … apart … !!!!!  
    
Nowadays ….  
in … Many Ways … !!!  
    
Natures' ANGER'S …  
On … DISPLAY … !!!!    
    
Earthquakes … and ...  
WILD … Hurricanes … !!!!!  
    
See ….  
These are things …  
WE CAN'T … ignore … !!!!!  
    
Money Wars … !!!  
leave people … " POOR " … !!!!!  
    
While people … sit …  
and now … ARGUE …  
    
Come on man … !!!  
What Can You Do … !?!  
    
NOT … Everyone …    
is BAD … out there … !!!  
    
But …  
HEAR ME … CLOSE …  
Please be … PREPARED … !!!!!  
    
because snakes ...  
are … "lurking" …  
and will … DARE …    
to … Threaten You …    
and make you … SCARED … !!!!!  
    
So …    
Don't just let them … !!!  
Do … YOUR SHARE …. !!!  
    
and show the … Moaners ...  
That …… YOU CARE …….  
and want … RID OF …  
    
" New Tony Blairs !!! " …  
    
The only thing … constant ...  
is simply …. " CHANGE " ….    
    
So ….  
Don't just sit there ...  
…. " RE-ARRANGE " ….  
    
and make …    
" Our World " …  
A … BETTER PLACE … !!!!!  
    
Just …    
REMEMBER … Folks ...    
    
These are …  
" MY VIEWS " …  
    
So … take them … IN …  
I've given … " Clues " …    
and answers …. TOO …. !!!!  
    
to … YES …  
THAT … Question …  
    
" What Can You Do ? "
Just a question or two .......
Justin Time Aug 2014
You can buy your way out of anything
In my supply you'll see I take everything
But in this poem I won't talk about pills
On my own, my dreams I fulfilled

Mesmerized by green paper at a young age
No surprise, planned to be a doctor by a certian age
I mean, I always wanted to help people
Until one day, I let a women turn me evil

So my personality obtained a sequel
No remorse, doing everything illegal
A different course, had to find my own kind
Now of course, the stock exchange was in my mind

Ever since she cheated on me
My main goal was to achieve luxury
Brown nosed those who I perceived under me
Clown nosed them as I put them under me

Now I'm at the very top
My name, can't even drop
Destroy my reputation?
Rather be a vegetation

Money is freedom
That saying, incredibly dumb
Have to write with a brown bag on my face
Drug addicted boss looks like a disgrace
Trapped behind golden bars
I wish I could say more
But all this...for that lame *****?
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