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"gunnin" poems
romeo is bleeding but not so as you'd notice he's over on 18hh street as usual lookin' so hard against the hood of his car and puttin' out a cigarette in his hand and for all the pachucos at the pumps at romeros paint and body they all seein' how far they can spit well it was just another night but how they're huddled in the brake lights of a 58 belair and listenin' to how romeo killed a sherrif his knife and they all jump when they hear the sirens but romeo just laughs and says all the racket in the world ain't never gonna save that coppers *** he'll never see another summertime for gunnin' down my brother and leavin' him like a dog beneath a car without his knife and romeo says hey man gimme a cigarette and they all reach for their pack and frankie lights it for him and pats him on the back and throws bottle at a milk truck and as it breaks he grabs his nuts and they all know they could be just like romeo if they only had the guts but romeo is bleeding but nobody can tell and he sings along with the radio with a bullet in his chest and he combs back his fenders and they all agree its clear that every thing is cool now that romeos here but romeo is bleeding and he winces now and then and he leans against the car doors and feels the blood in his shoes and someones crying in the phone booth at the 5 points by the store romeo starts his engine and wipes the blood off the door and he brodys through the signal with the radio full blast leavin' the boys there hikin' up there chinos and they all try to stand like romeo beneath the moon cut like a sickle and they're talkin' now in spanish about there hero but romeo is bleeding as he gives the man his ticket and he climbs to the balcony at the movies and he'll die without a wimper like every heros dream just like an angel with a bullet and cagney on the screen
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Jan 1, 2013
Jan 1, 2013 at 7:16 PM UTC
Romeo is Bleeding by Tom Waits
romeo is bleeding but not so as you'd notice he's over on 18hh street as usual lookin' so hard against the hood of his car and puttin' out a cigarette in his hand and for all the pachucos at the pumps at romeros paint and body they all seein' how far they can spit well it was just another night but how they're huddled in the brake lights of a 58 belair and listenin' to how romeo killed a sherrif his knife and they all jump when they hear the sirens but romeo just laughs and says all the racket in the world ain't never gonna save that coppers *** he'll never see another summertime for gunnin' down my brother and leavin' him like a dog beneath a car without his knife and romeo says hey man gimme a cigarette and they all reach for their pack and frankie lights it for him and pats him on the back and throws bottle at a milk truck and as it breaks he grabs his nuts and they all know they could be just like romeo if they only had the guts but romeo is bleeding but nobody can tell and he sings along with the radio with a bullet in his chest and he combs back his fenders and they all agree its clear that every thing is cool now that romeos here but romeo is bleeding and he winces now and then and he leans against the car doors and feels the blood in his shoes and someones crying in the phone booth at the 5 points by the store romeo starts his engine and wipes the blood off the door and he brodys through the signal with the radio full blast leavin' the boys there hikin' up there chinos and they all try to stand like romeo beneath the moon cut like a sickle and they're talkin' now in spanish about there hero but romeo is bleeding as he gives the man his ticket and he climbs to the balcony at the movies and he'll die without a wimper like every heros dream just like an angel with a bullet and cagney on the screen
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This world is so broke The earth wrapped in smoke, So I rapped just to cope Throw glow to a soul,   Gave birth to adapt to the rap then I show, Embrace my worth to grow l, then I sew, Puffing this smoke blow away the fake hope, Chasing my dreams til my dreams come home, Spitting venom every sentence from a tongue of deception, I question their method of self protection, Adding dimension to this world I'm cutting tension, Need a new invention for a cure to this infection, I'm punching through-a-void, empty noise destroys, I'm clutching to annoy so sing a-pray-a-boys, people roun' me acting koi, like false raid on Troy, actuality boy, shine the pain hide the joy, so when I look right in the mirror I know I see me, again, I took flight trial and error my guarantee, I live daydreams writing schemes to be alone, wearing baggy jeans no clean t, no phone, a drone, figurines no family tree tired to roam, singular road, my brains so fuzzy I'm bout to implode, I'm the youngen in the runnin out gunnin, I'm the one that's becoming too cunning, I see your bluffing but your mind is numbing, fallen in the system, it's your homecoming,
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Sep 6, 2017
Sep 6, 2017 at 7:16 PM UTC
Awakening - Rap
I dreamt I awoke...in Woking...in England "Woking", I thought, "you gotta be joking! What was I doing, doin' here in Woking" I felt like Dr. Who stepping out of the TARDIS And all the people there they were all looking, they were all staring at me It was like the whole world was gaping As if...as if there was something to see I wondered 'Had my mask fallen and was what they were now seeing, was it something appalling Could they see the real me ?' So I started running...runnin' 'cos I thought they were all gunning Gunnin' out to get me And I met this policeman, this burly constable And I said to him "I didn't want to awaken in Woking at all I just wanted to get back home" He replied "The last train out of Woking had just gone" So I ran on And it started raining... raining and I was soaking... soakin' Soakin' in Woking Then I met this sweet little London gal She said "Cor Blimey where you goin'" I told her I didn't know... I told her "Here in Woking I felt like I was choking, that all the walls they were closing in" I said I'd just been dreaming...dreamin' But what was the meaning... the meaning And why had they put me here in Woking What... what was the reason ?" "Have you been drinking Love?" she said "No!" I replied indignantly, "I haven't been drinking, I was just sleeping...sleepin' But hadn't expected to awaken, to awaken here in Woking I opened up to her a bit then,  I said "Though I was getting older I was... I was always still hoping But then suddenly I woke up and found myself here, here in Woking What was it all about ?" "You poor darling " she said (For a moment Woking didn't seem so bad after all) Then she reached into her purse and brought forth some coppers and offered them to me I said "No! No! You don't understand... you don't understand... I awakened from Woking a little after the morning had broken Still in one piece and still with all my secrets  intact But sadly Without any meaning nor any reason.
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Jul 9, 2024
Jul 9, 2024 at 9:16 AM UTC
Woking
I dreamt I awoke...in Woking...in England "Woking", I thought, "you gotta be joking! What was I doing, doin' here in Woking" I felt like Dr. Who stepping out of the TARDIS And all the people there they were all looking, they were all staring at me It was like the whole world was gaping As if...as if there was something to see I wondered 'Had my mask fallen and was what they were now seeing, was it something appalling Could they see the real me ?' So I started running...runnin' 'cos I thought they were all gunning Gunnin' out to get me And I met this policeman, this burly constable And I said to him "I didn't want to awaken in Woking at all I just wanted to get back home" He replied "The last train out of Woking had just gone" So I ran on And it started raining... raining and I was soaking... soakin' Soakin' in Woking Then I met this sweet little London gal She said "Cor Blimey where you goin'" I told her I didn't know... I told her "Here in Woking I felt like I was choking, that all the walls they were closing in" I said I'd just been dreaming...dreamin' But what was the meaning... the meaning And why had they put me here in Woking What... what was the reason ?" "Have you been drinking Love?" she said "No!" I replied indignantly, "I haven't been drinking, I was just sleeping...sleepin' But hadn't expected to awaken, to awaken here in Woking I opened up to her a bit then,  I said "Though I was getting older I was... I was always still hoping But then suddenly I woke up and found myself here, here in Woking What was it all about ?" "You poor darling " she said (For a moment Woking didn't seem so bad after all) Then she reached into her purse and brought forth some coppers and offered them to me I said "No! No! You don't understand... you don't understand... I awakened from Woking a little after the morning had broken Still in one piece and still with all my secrets  intact But sadly Without any meaning nor any reason.
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My gun is loaded It's gettin time Two shots of whiskey I'm takin' what's mine ain't what you're sayin it's what you do Your time has come boy I'm gunnin for you When hell is rainin down You'll see my face, won't hear a sound You'll feel that bullet burnin through Take your last breath boy I'm gunnin for you
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Mar 9, 2020
Mar 9, 2020 at 3:38 PM UTC
Gunnin For You
Well there she goes again she's gunnin' her mouth again I ain't really listenin No not right now Well there he goes again, Duke Ellington, got a strange feeling again Rain puddles glistenin Oh yes right now I feel myself a-peekin up over some wall Of stucco I's strainin' my eyes but I can't see it all The rain falls, she tells me where it hurts and I remember to love her just before my love deserts I'm almost on empty Gas up we're movin on but now we're on a different song Just as sad, little sweeter
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Jul 10, 2014
Jul 10, 2014 at 10:10 AM UTC
Back On Cloud 8
im gunnin for it the black come as you are fertile yeses eyes wide let's make something my soul closed up till my next lifetime becomes a has-been big spaces kinda like me and so i write them into being
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Dec 11, 2015
Dec 11, 2015 at 3:53 PM UTC
Untitled
See when you look at me Tell me what you see I bet you'll see the struggle in me Enemies in envy For no **** reason Maybe its because .I'm still breathin' Everyday its a ***** season Hunt a brother shoot a brother I'm confused cops makin' the news But when my own **** they own They pass the views To world star Ain't nothing but a trap To see how ghetto you are I look beyond that ******** Cuz I know the game Done changed. I said it many a times And when will we awake from the mentalities being capture Lets kick back start a revolution And inflict pain with catching laughter Now I see that they don't like me Critic me cuz I pity The fool like Mr T my homies Still roll with me on The block packin' the glocks It don't stop baby My comraderie in position for these ******* to take a hittin' Abusin' which side you choosin'? The oppressor or be aggressor Yes sir I'll be the black Chavez Pullin' up in my heavy chevy Gunnin' with artillery If I'm.stacked nice Who could **** with me Women to men joinin' The revolution pistols is shootin' Lightin' muthaphukka like it's Christmas check my diss list Its goes from the president to the fuckin' ******* in the cabinet White house ain't nothing but plantation Different eras but same situations I feel locked and shocked Mentally and any Got a problem with a slang my tools Catch a slug a watch ya body drool Naw don't hate cha it's just po nature
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Jul 9, 2017
Jul 9, 2017 at 2:33 PM UTC
Po' Nature
Sam Kentucket was the name Of a man who lived in fame For gunnin’ down the Germans In East Norway He hailed from North Mizzou Joined the army in ‘forty-two He left his childhood home To join the crew He learned how to shoot Got a brand new pair of boots Grew cold and dark And mastered his salute June six was the day That the letter never came From his darlin’ and lovin’ wife Ms. Elizabeth Jane He missed her with all his heart It broke him to be apart All he wanted was a kiss And a sweet **** Poor old Sammy boy Will never buy a toy For his newborn baby girl Weighin’ half a stone Samantha was the name That her mother chose to gave To remember her foolish dad Who was too brave She got her mama’s eyes And her papa’s love for fries Little Samantha girl Never said goodbye His soul was taken by surprise His life flashed before his eyes A uniform had shot him From behind Sam Kentucket was the name For I saw it on his grave He belonged to the fourth battalion Of the U.S.A. He never lived the life He wanted with his wife For the war had taken him Before his time But in the end you ought to know That poor old Sam did know That his family won’t remember Him in woe
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Jan 26, 2018
Jan 26, 2018 at 3:55 PM UTC
The Tale of Samuel Kentucket
Check my worth my flows gettin' mucho networth Similiar to new birth creatin' girth yo who's worse Than these chuckie cheese emcees talkin' like they Killin' the industry but they under me Like they sneaky keep killers and rukas with me **** a street credibility I even seen a homeless man catch a body In Little Italy another tally tossed in the alley now he walkin' in the valley In the Shadow of death holdin'  my clips I bust til.its nothing left Then reload if I gotta got more magic than Harry Potter Burn you with my lyrical lava meltin' all seven of ya chakras Fools swear they Hollywood like Chaka Khan this one's for big pun puttin' holes in one Like a swing from golf club linked with a holy cherub Rollin' herbs to calm my nerves so my rhymes can reserve The beat down comin' next to the MC that tries to serve Me with the weak bars I'll leave em with stars Wreck em like a car collision see my visions They lock up mentally into a prison From my rhymin' aligorithm Not from Nueva York I be an iron man like Tony Sparks Suckas scared of the light cuz I got the Dark Forces around me nothing but energy Suckas magnetized by my mental Infantry Gunnin' with grande ammo never wear camo Knockin' out Uncle Tom's to ***** I be the true culo By nature hate fakers and ******* who ain't nothing but **** shakers Picture takers flashing ya death soon to see the undertaker Now ya back to creator Lyrics bashing ya puttin' fear in ya heart None could part I'll gassed you like a **** Body stinky rule the world like Brain and Pinky The rights a genuis and left is insane Comin' with divine bars that soak like polyurethane Got the strength of ten Banes simple and plane Get my flow through puffin' that spiritual cane Angels knocked on the doors of my mental out pours Nothing but bars from Galaxy afar Look up see me naw It's a bird a plane naw it's Yosef with words that gain No losses boss of the bosses fools hangin' on rhymes Like tree mosses
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Apr 11, 2018
Apr 11, 2018 at 2:59 AM UTC
Nostalgia
Check my worth my flows gettin' mucho networth Similiar to new birth creatin' girth yo who's worse Than these chuckie cheese emcees talkin' like they Killin' the industry but they under me Like they sneaky keep killers and rukas with me **** a street credibility I even seen a homeless man catch a body In Little Italy another tally tossed in the alley now he walkin' in the valley In the Shadow of death holdin'  my clips I bust til.its nothing left Then reload if I gotta got more magic than Harry Potter Burn you with my lyrical lava meltin' all seven of ya chakras Fools swear they Hollywood like Chaka Khan this one's for big pun puttin' holes in one Like a swing from golf club linked with a holy cherub Rollin' herbs to calm my nerves so my rhymes can reserve The beat down comin' next to the MC that tries to serve Me with the weak bars I'll leave em with stars Wreck em like a car collision see my visions They lock up mentally into a prison From my rhymin' aligorithm Not from Nueva York I be an iron man like Tony Sparks Suckas scared of the light cuz I got the Dark Forces around me nothing but energy Suckas magnetized by my mental Infantry Gunnin' with grande ammo never wear camo Knockin' out Uncle Tom's to ***** I be the true culo By nature hate fakers and ******* who ain't nothing but **** shakers Picture takers flashing ya death soon to see the undertaker Now ya back to creator Lyrics bashing ya puttin' fear in ya heart None could part I'll gassed you like a **** Body stinky rule the world like Brain and Pinky The rights a genuis and left is insane Comin' with divine bars that soak like polyurethane Got the strength of ten Banes simple and plane Get my flow through puffin' that spiritual cane Angels knocked on the doors of my mental out pours Nothing but bars from Galaxy afar Look up see me naw It's a bird a plane naw it's Yosef with words that gain No losses boss of the bosses fools hangin' on rhymes Like tree mosses
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