You hurt
But you don’t make it worse
Your words set people free
At times you are a revelation
During darker moments
You are hard to see
You are oil and water to your counterpart
You refuse to lie
Even when you sleep
You are the vessel
That carries love to the heart
You are the joy that people seek
YOU ARE THE TRUTH
And you carry a badge of pride
And police our reality

The power of a poem
Isn't in the lyrics
It's in the spirit of its creator
And when you read or hear it
And relate it to a feeling of your own
You know how they were feeling
When they created the poem
I've written many poems. . .sitting alone
Letting my mind roam
Through those deep thoughts stored in my dome Until the urge became so strong
That I clutched the nearest pen in my home
And wrote on and on
Until I transferred my passion from a
Thought to a poem
And when I read it you can hear the emotion
In my tone
Fueled by the adrenaline
Of spilling out my feelings

24 hour news cycle
Serving us propaganda
Like it’s a proper meal
While we starve for proper news
They make money off views
We think shouting from our
Moral mountain top
Is the best way to teach a lesson
But we are the ones being schooled  
Our compass has our attention
Pointed in the wrong direction
Not because we are fools
But because we are too busy
Binge watching our favorite show
To see the hidden clues
 
-        Diangelo Tyler

Motivation - @AHumblefella

I am motivated by the teachers who tried to put me down,
Motivated by the fact that they could only see me as the class clown,
It is funny yet beautiful how I have managed to turn it round,
The kid who was dubbed a future failure who they saw as prison bound,
Is the same kid who now inspires and empowers the youth,
Giving them insights that the words of negative teachers are far from the truth,
Great ideas you never know when they’ll come to you,
Thats why this collabo with DTyler was written to motivate you,
That you have ability, talents that the world needs,
Using those gifts, changing the world should be part of your good deeds,
Because life with you, powers the life in me!!!
For the youth,
For the truth,
For the community,
For the person on their last legs of belief

Motivation - @dtyler1973

I am motivated by doubt
I refuse to breathe any doubt air
So I’m motivated to figure it out  
I see challenges in my life as opportunities to display
Not the boy I was yesterday but the man I am today
When I was younger I was quiet and they confused it as being weak
Not knowing that I was observing, training and plotting against deceit
By the time they realized what was happening I was already at my peak
Now I stand before them tall, strong and successful with a voice that speaks
Volumes, the kind kind that will drown any haters within reach

I am motivated by seeing anyone chase their dreams with passion
I’m motivated by the powerful words of my bro Asser
I am motivated by those who admit their flaws but take action
I believe in believing in self
I believe in internal wealth, the kind you spend emotionally
I believe in the power of the heart and the mind
Moving together like poetry in motion
Simple yet elegant....wow, what a notion

Small voices can stand tall
When planted in your heart
The whispers can begin to
               GROW
And turn it into a spark that
              IGNITES
          YOUR PASSION
And amplifies your words
So they are never overshadowed
And they are always
                  HERD

Stevie Wonder said it wonderfully
Ebony and Ivory.....
We should look to the piano
As an example
Of the beauty we can create
When we look past bias and race
And work together in harmony
Our heights would be limitless
There are no stars we couldn’t reach
For together is community
Walking hand in hand
Would create a bond
Impossible to breach

- Diangelo Tyler

Colors have faded away
All I see is shadows and shades of grey
There’s a man’s silhouette up the way
I hear faint whispers permeate
I wish his words crisper
But his voice is more distant
With each step he takes
I can hardly make it out
So I try to chase him down
As he walks the other way
I struggle to catch a glimpse
His stride looks eerily familiar however
I feel like I’ve known them forever
Wait that can’t possibly be
That silhouette is me
Or a symbol of what I will become
If I let my dreams drift away
So I refuse to succumb
To passiveness in any way

- Diangelo Tyler