que Rico is it real seems like every day I would have some beautiful earrings
I would have some beautiful earrings
I would have some beautiful earrings what diamonds in it that we hit my songs
what diamonds in it that we hit my songs
what diamonds in it that we hit my songs on the radio all the little girls would
on the radio all the little girls would
on the radio all the little girls would be screaming aah then I’ll shake their
be screaming aah then I’ll shake their
be screaming aah then I’ll shake their hands a little girl to pass out every oh
hands a little girl to pass out every oh
hands a little girl to pass out every oh my gosh I got would be sorry my family
my gosh I got would be sorry my family
my gosh I got would be sorry my family would be proud of him did she tell me
would be proud of him did she tell me
would be proud of him did she tell me that’s not what you bother you don’t
that’s not what you bother you don’t
that’s not what you bother you don’t know we’re bigger if you not gonna be
know we’re bigger if you not gonna be
know we’re bigger if you not gonna be waiting for my big girl to another
waiting for my big girl to another
waiting for my big girl to another bigger punch lets me know that I Michael
bigger punch lets me know that I Michael
bigger punch lets me know that I Michael but it’s better it’s not as vengeance so
but it’s better it’s not as vengeance so
but it’s better it’s not as vengeance so now just leave the paper dish your best
now just leave the paper dish your best
now just leave the paper dish your best we just want to be able to today I told
we just want to be able to today I told
we just want to be able to today I told you our black spiders cheetah I’m not
you our black spiders cheetah I’m not
you our black spiders cheetah I’m not wearing a long please well you just look
wearing a long please well you just look
wearing a long please well you just look oh no that’s okay forget that i’ll see
oh no that’s okay forget that i’ll see
oh no that’s okay forget that i’ll see you guys in ninety percent right this is
you guys in ninety percent right this is
you guys in ninety percent right this is what’s below the surface these are the
what’s below the surface these are the
what’s below the surface these are the things that people don’t see when they
things that people don’t see when they
things that people don’t see when they look at it your emotions your
look at it your emotions your
look at it your emotions your insecurities insecurities alright so
insecurities insecurities alright so
insecurities insecurities alright so that means that all of this right here
that means that all of this right here
that means that all of this right here no this is great but you’re right it’s
no this is great but you’re right it’s
no this is great but you’re right it’s nothing so we’re gonna focus on is we’re
nothing so we’re gonna focus on is we’re
nothing so we’re gonna focus on is we’re gonna focus on all of these things right
gonna focus on all of these things right
gonna focus on all of these things right here cuz this this is where the meat of
here cuz this this is where the meat of
here cuz this this is where the meat of who you are is and I don’t care about
who you are is and I don’t care about
who you are is and I don’t care about the sauce I don’t care about the size i
the sauce I don’t care about the size i
the sauce I don’t care about the size i care about the move everybody’s clear
care about the move everybody’s clear
care about the move everybody’s clear boy all right everybody has a story
boy all right everybody has a story
boy all right everybody has a story based on a lot of times what other
based on a lot of times what other
based on a lot of times what other people tell the force is based on that
people tell the force is based on that
people tell the force is based on that ten percent of the iceberg right in this
ten percent of the iceberg right in this
ten percent of the iceberg right in this class is gonna be constructing that
class is gonna be constructing that
class is gonna be constructing that other ninety percent through our words
other ninety percent through our words
other ninety percent through our words through our stories right so we’re gonna
through our stories right so we’re gonna
through our stories right so we’re gonna do a poem first this is my story of
do a poem first this is my story of
do a poem first this is my story of where I’m from and who and what made me
where I’m from and who and what made me
where I’m from and who and what made me who I am coo coo I learned the auto
who I am coo coo I learned the auto
who I am coo coo I learned the auto hustle from my mother learn how to bear
hustle from my mother learn how to bear
hustle from my mother learn how to bear these knuckles from my father so I’m the
these knuckles from my father so I’m the
these knuckles from my father so I’m the daughter of a fighter and a survivor but
daughter of a fighter and a survivor but
daughter of a fighter and a survivor but you can’t be either unless you’re both
you can’t be either unless you’re both
you can’t be either unless you’re both so every time I open up my mouth is
so every time I open up my mouth is
so every time I open up my mouth is toasting Testament I don’t know how you
toasting Testament I don’t know how you
toasting Testament I don’t know how you live in y’all but in my life Devon is
live in y’all but in my life Devon is
live in y’all but in my life Devon is ever did I hold my relevance in my
ever did I hold my relevance in my
ever did I hold my relevance in my throat on cold days I hold hope in the
throat on cold days I hold hope in the
throat on cold days I hold hope in the pocket of my favorite co I got three
pocket of my favorite co I got three
pocket of my favorite co I got three generations of strong black living in my
generations of strong black living in my
generations of strong black living in my backbone to take a pity and turn into a
backbone to take a pity and turn into a
backbone to take a pity and turn into a dial and make it feed for a week at a
dial and make it feed for a week at a
dial and make it feed for a week at a time I learned to order grind for my
time I learned to order grind for my
time I learned to order grind for my mother learn how to fight for what was
mother learn how to fight for what was
mother learn how to fight for what was mine from my father so for me it will
mine from my father so for me it will
mine from my father so for me it will always be good better and best I can
always be good better and best I can
always be good better and best I can never let it rest they chopped off my
never let it rest they chopped off my
never let it rest they chopped off my right i’ma go hard with my left eyeball
right i’ma go hard with my left eyeball
right i’ma go hard with my left eyeball my last breath cuz I was birth with a
my last breath cuz I was birth with a
my last breath cuz I was birth with a speaker box pumping in my chest I was
speaker box pumping in my chest I was
speaker box pumping in my chest I was bred to be a warrior born to be a
bred to be a warrior born to be a
bred to be a warrior born to be a renegade
when they see me people say oh she’s
when they see me people say oh she’s fast she’s ugly they would take my stuff
fast she’s ugly they would take my stuff
fast she’s ugly they would take my stuff throw it in the trash spit on this stuff
throw it in the trash spit on this stuff
throw it in the trash spit on this stuff when they break it I got hit in the back
when they break it I got hit in the back
when they break it I got hit in the back of the head what a VCR tape my head was
of the head what a VCR tape my head was
of the head what a VCR tape my head was bleeding everybody will laugh really I
thought that nobody like me yes what was
thought that nobody like me yes what was the name of it Whitney Houston the name
the name of it Whitney Houston the name
the name of it Whitney Houston the name of your poem is with the Houston it’s
of your poem is with the Houston it’s
of your poem is with the Houston it’s about Whitney Houston no one oh you
about Whitney Houston no one oh you
about Whitney Houston no one oh you wrote a poem of videos okay no have you
wrote a poem of videos okay no have you
wrote a poem of videos okay no have you wrote any personal phones lately three
wrote any personal phones lately three
wrote any personal phones lately three much is googling pools no I chuckle go
much is googling pools no I chuckle go
much is googling pools no I chuckle go get your book cycle see what you wrote
get your book cycle see what you wrote
get your book cycle see what you wrote about Whitney Houston drowning what’s
about Whitney Houston drowning what’s
about Whitney Houston drowning what’s the analyzing bodies cat is the poetry
the analyzing bodies cat is the poetry
the analyzing bodies cat is the poetry that I am doing now it’s helping me so
that I am doing now it’s helping me so
that I am doing now it’s helping me so much to get past what I went through
fear is real it doesn’t matter how big
fear is real it doesn’t matter how big you are doesn’t matter how much money
you are doesn’t matter how much money
you are doesn’t matter how much money you make it doesn’t matter if you’re a
you make it doesn’t matter if you’re a
you make it doesn’t matter if you’re a female or a male you will tell us the
female or a male you will tell us the
female or a male you will tell us the story of this moment that you were
story of this moment that you were
story of this moment that you were afraid I can’t do it yeah you can just
afraid I can’t do it yeah you can just
afraid I can’t do it yeah you can just can’t I promise you you can why can’t
can’t I promise you you can why can’t
can’t I promise you you can why can’t you all right so one of the reason why
you all right so one of the reason why
you all right so one of the reason why we do this because on the other side of
we do this because on the other side of
we do this because on the other side of poems are often healing if you have to
poems are often healing if you have to
poems are often healing if you have to cry to get through with that’s good that
cry to get through with that’s good that
cry to get through with that’s good that means that you’re crying it all out
tell me when I started even if you
tell me when I started even if you decide to tell me when I started I was
decide to tell me when I started I was
decide to tell me when I started I was still in elementary school and I got
still in elementary school and I got
still in elementary school and I got raped by my next buddy offensive
raped by my next buddy offensive
raped by my next buddy offensive powerful I thought that nobody would
powerful I thought that nobody would
powerful I thought that nobody would want to talk to me nobody would wanna
want to talk to me nobody would wanna
want to talk to me nobody would wanna help me that’s important tell me this
help me that’s important tell me this
help me that’s important tell me this army I really never thought that I would
army I really never thought that I would
army I really never thought that I would be able to see the age 18 will be here
be able to see the age 18 will be here
be able to see the age 18 will be here until 2014 I never thought that I would
until 2014 I never thought that I would
until 2014 I never thought that I would make but I have enough so happy that I’m
make but I have enough so happy that I’m
make but I have enough so happy that I’m here oh I’m just so happy that I’m here
every since I got here too poetic
every since I got here too poetic justice it has what the actual memo desk
justice it has what the actual memo desk
justice it has what the actual memo desk other way from the former burger
your voice is one instrument in the beat
your voice is one instrument in the beat okay yes we’re not in school right now
okay yes we’re not in school right now
okay yes we’re not in school right now okay we’re in a class that spoke awarded
okay we’re in a class that spoke awarded
okay we’re in a class that spoke awarded hip-hop so you gotta be willing to
hip-hop so you gotta be willing to
hip-hop so you gotta be willing to participate and go there leave behind
participate and go there leave behind
participate and go there leave behind all the I’m wonder what people think
all the I’m wonder what people think
all the I’m wonder what people think anymore right and just go right all
anymore right and just go right all
anymore right and just go right all right so um i’ma start with a la la
ever since I got into a different
ever since I got into a different environment everything changed I that
environment everything changed I that
environment everything changed I that very first day of me riding in poetic
very first day of me riding in poetic
very first day of me riding in poetic justice a mean in front of the
justice a mean in front of the
justice a mean in front of the class I was shaking and I was here but
class I was shaking and I was here but
class I was shaking and I was here but something just pushed me and just told
something just pushed me and just told
something just pushed me and just told me to just go ahead and just read it
when I said it I felt so much relief off
when I said it I felt so much relief off of my shoulders it was a big huge step
of my shoulders it was a big huge step
of my shoulders it was a big huge step for me basically when I’m a poetic
for me basically when I’m a poetic
for me basically when I’m a poetic justice I feel happy they’re free
I just feel like asian like regular
I just feel like asian like regular rotation
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