"negus" poems - Hello Poetry

Oh black negus. Why do you hate me so much? Noticed I called you by your rightful title. Negus King, Ruler, Emperor Not ***** or ****** The derogatory term originating from the crackers, or ***** the mild disparagement softened by society made to think that it's acceptable. But anyway let's get back to it. Why do you hate me? Is it because of my full lips or my round hips? My low tolerance for ******** The way that my stretch marks are engraved in my skin? Or how the roots of my hair aren't so thin. Is it my naturally sun kissed skin? Even toned complexion? It just can't be my uncanny resemblance to Isis the Egyptian Goddess! So why not praise me for my natural features Why go on one knee for their paid for enhancements Should I react like Angela Basset in Waiting to Exhale? Screaming and shouting while my face is growing pale. But pardon my melanin I was perplexed by this darkness that stared at me in the mirror That stared at me looking in my lovers eyes and taunted me Smiles behind hidden hate they constantly berate my beauty But pardon my melanin My superiority is in my melanin Encased in my skeleton Our ancestors wouldn't like this They would not be proud of that colorism that exist They slander us for our features yet they list after it This systematic thinking has our men slandering us but they won't admit You continue to beat me down yet I am your mother. I am the fruit of this nation. But pardon my melanin So I'll ask again Why do you hate me? We are carved in the same beauty and without each other we can't exist I still remember the first day that we kissed but a few months later you left me for hailey in an unfortunate bliss Melanin filled girls I am here to say You are a queen never be afraid to be seen The brother that disrespect and degrade are absolutely absurd! You are not ratchet bitter or mean Youre a stunning melanin queen So pardon my melanin? Naw enlightened by me melanin.

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Mar 3, 2019

Mar 3, 2019 at 1:02 AM UTC

chante-hinsey

Pardon my melanin

Oh black negus. Why do you hate me so much? Noticed I called you by your rightful title. Negus King, Ruler, Emperor Not ***** or ****** The derogatory term originating from the crackers, or ***** the mild disparagement softened by society made to think that it's acceptable. But anyway let's get back to it. Why do you hate me? Is it because of my full lips or my round hips? My low tolerance for ******** The way that my stretch marks are engraved in my skin? Or how the roots of my hair aren't so thin. Is it my naturally sun kissed skin? Even toned complexion? It just can't be my uncanny resemblance to Isis the Egyptian Goddess! So why not praise me for my natural features Why go on one knee for their paid for enhancements Should I react like Angela Basset in Waiting to Exhale? Screaming and shouting while my face is growing pale. But pardon my melanin I was perplexed by this darkness that stared at me in the mirror That stared at me looking in my lovers eyes and taunted me Smiles behind hidden hate they constantly berate my beauty But pardon my melanin My superiority is in my melanin Encased in my skeleton Our ancestors wouldn't like this They would not be proud of that colorism that exist They slander us for our features yet they list after it This systematic thinking has our men slandering us but they won't admit You continue to beat me down yet I am your mother. I am the fruit of this nation. But pardon my melanin So I'll ask again Why do you hate me? We are carved in the same beauty and without each other we can't exist I still remember the first day that we kissed but a few months later you left me for hailey in an unfortunate bliss Melanin filled girls I am here to say You are a queen never be afraid to be seen The brother that disrespect and degrade are absolutely absurd! You are not ratchet bitter or mean Youre a stunning melanin queen So pardon my melanin? Naw enlightened by me melanin.

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I was born wrapped in a black body bag.... They call that foreshadowing...so to lighten my appearance they try to remember me as a white outline.. chalked......upon asphalt.... and say it was this *** fault.... I was only known as an A...4.0 but I never made the cut... as I got my first F....Foolish Acts....Of being born Black... Or Incomplete...As I lay holed in the street...I hate the facts...that I will be a nigga...even tho I know better...But my Ipod teaches me to ***** better... to be a NWA....a ***** with Attitude.... Not a NWP....a Negus With Pride... So I walk in stride... influenced like my ancestors... by music...rhythm and beats... See the devil knows what you'll bop to... rock to... So he muffled the sounds of Love and Peace...and Boosted the way of the streets... hoods.. and Lifeless... So that You would automatically see me as ratchetness... When I could have grew to be the very definition of peace... Now I'm just another problem... and you'll never see me as a victim... only the agitator...because You've listed to the same beats, watched the same feeds and ingested all the fabrications as truths...They have taken it to far making the stereotypes WorldStars And All I ever did was become what you wanted me to be in the first place....A Pale Lifeless outline of white Dust....That you will inhale without justice... #IamBrown

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Aug 15, 2014

Aug 15, 2014 at 4:13 PM UTC

quentin-briscoe

My first name is Brown

I was born wrapped in a black body bag.... They call that foreshadowing...so to lighten my appearance they try to remember me as a white outline.. chalked......upon asphalt.... and say it was this *** fault.... I was only known as an A...4.0 but I never made the cut... as I got my first F....Foolish Acts....Of being born Black... Or Incomplete...As I lay holed in the street...I hate the facts...that I will be a nigga...even tho I know better...But my Ipod teaches me to ***** better... to be a NWA....a ***** with Attitude.... Not a NWP....a Negus With Pride... So I walk in stride... influenced like my ancestors... by music...rhythm and beats... See the devil knows what you'll bop to... rock to... So he muffled the sounds of Love and Peace...and Boosted the way of the streets... hoods.. and Lifeless... So that You would automatically see me as ratchetness... When I could have grew to be the very definition of peace... Now I'm just another problem... and you'll never see me as a victim... only the agitator...because You've listed to the same beats, watched the same feeds and ingested all the fabrications as truths...They have taken it to far making the stereotypes WorldStars And All I ever did was become what you wanted me to be in the first place....A Pale Lifeless outline of white Dust....That you will inhale without justice... #IamBrown

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Yelling free my Negus. They just be trying to eat, and make a living. Now the 1% making a killing, because my brothers stuck in private prisons. We dying in these streets, Crying behind steel doors. Use your mind while its still yours. Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave. A quote the government still ignores. They adore our culture, Steal all they can from us like vultures. Savages that only care about annual profit averages, And the status quo. Just know we gone make it through this sadness, Learn your history so we won't repeat this madness.

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Dec 22, 2016

Dec 22, 2016 at 3:13 PM UTC

jay-bryant

Prison

Yelling free my Negus. They just be trying to eat, and make a living. Now the 1% making a killing, because my brothers stuck in private prisons. We dying in these streets, Crying behind steel doors. Use your mind while its still yours. Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave. A quote the government still ignores. They adore our culture, Steal all they can from us like vultures. Savages that only care about annual profit averages, And the status quo. Just know we gone make it through this sadness, Learn your history so we won't repeat this madness.

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Is it worth it ? Written on 08/29/18 Block boy trap ***** gang ****** is loosing your life worth it? Bringing pain to your children mom n family is it really worth it? Burying your body before your time is it worth it? Proving a point of what exactly that you a real ***** That you’re tough? That you’re down for ur ****** That’s what make you a dumb ***** All that tough **** is for the birds Jail or death are your options 6 feet down in the dirt Being paralyzed for life Loosing a limb Constant retaliation Is it worth it? Becoming the stereotypical *** ***** Stray bullets have no names Ending lives with no shame Do you have a conscious a soul Fighting is one thing But to never come back because You took that gun and ended a life Is it worth ? Young child dead stray bullet to her head Young child dead stray bullet to his head Teen gangsta pulled the trigger tryna prove to his boys that he a real ***** Not caring who is around More bodies to bury Is it worth it? Now you’re caught Now you’re crying Now you realize you just threw away your life But you’re not crying because you realize what you have done is wrong But because you were caught! Sad priceless moments that you could be using to actually doing good End the black on black crime All this unity for loyalty y’all have for y’all ****** Could be used for unity positivity For the young boys and girls for the next generation build each other up But instead being a real ***** A killer of your people Is what’s up Is it worth it? When will y’all wake up dumb ****** be a smart ***** do what’s right When will y’all wake up Build the community Give your parents someone to be proud off Break the ******* cycle Honestly Real negus do things to bring up their Communities Real NEGUS are royalty Real NEGUS are not focus on destruction of self and communities REAL NEGUS TAKE PRIDE AND SHOW IT REAL NEGUS NOT REAL ****** SEE THE DIFFERENCE? So when I ask you is it worth it? You are dead just a memory while your boys move on with their lives it either changes them or they have already joined you Was it worth it? Block boy trap n**** gang n**** is loosing your life worth it? Bringing pain to your children mom n family is it really worth it? Burying your body before your time is it worth it?

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Jan 2, 2019

Jan 2, 2019 at 4:14 PM UTC

Muffylove88

Is it worth it?

Is it worth it ? Written on 08/29/18 Block boy trap ***** gang ****** is loosing your life worth it? Bringing pain to your children mom n family is it really worth it? Burying your body before your time is it worth it? Proving a point of what exactly that you a real ***** That you’re tough? That you’re down for ur ****** That’s what make you a dumb ***** All that tough **** is for the birds Jail or death are your options 6 feet down in the dirt Being paralyzed for life Loosing a limb Constant retaliation Is it worth it? Becoming the stereotypical *** ***** Stray bullets have no names Ending lives with no shame Do you have a conscious a soul Fighting is one thing But to never come back because You took that gun and ended a life Is it worth ? Young child dead stray bullet to her head Young child dead stray bullet to his head Teen gangsta pulled the trigger tryna prove to his boys that he a real ***** Not caring who is around More bodies to bury Is it worth it? Now you’re caught Now you’re crying Now you realize you just threw away your life But you’re not crying because you realize what you have done is wrong But because you were caught! Sad priceless moments that you could be using to actually doing good End the black on black crime All this unity for loyalty y’all have for y’all ****** Could be used for unity positivity For the young boys and girls for the next generation build each other up But instead being a real ***** A killer of your people Is what’s up Is it worth it? When will y’all wake up dumb ****** be a smart ***** do what’s right When will y’all wake up Build the community Give your parents someone to be proud off Break the ******* cycle Honestly Real negus do things to bring up their Communities Real NEGUS are royalty Real NEGUS are not focus on destruction of self and communities REAL NEGUS TAKE PRIDE AND SHOW IT REAL NEGUS NOT REAL ****** SEE THE DIFFERENCE? So when I ask you is it worth it? You are dead just a memory while your boys move on with their lives it either changes them or they have already joined you Was it worth it? Block boy trap n**** gang n**** is loosing your life worth it? Bringing pain to your children mom n family is it really worth it? Burying your body before your time is it worth it?

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