THE RANT

Inner demons

Got my soul screamin

cold emotions, twisted thoughts,and

confused feelings

wrestling in my mind to keep strong

at birth what went wrong?

was born

left alone

heart cried sad songs

i'm livin funeral of my own

Sleep walking, feeling vunerable

Damn! What happend?

Can't see through those rose colored glasses

Poverty,unemployment, people hatin me

Got me snappin

I'm keepin faith

praying not to break

MOST PEOPLE I KNOW LOOK LIKE SHEEPS, ACT LIKE SNAKES

I have been distinctively thinking

why people can't fatham

how great I am

I'm quite the intellectual

super sensual

only REAL PEOPLE FEEL ME THO

Nice face and frame

Haters go insane

Hey say my name, say my name, say my name

like beetle juice

poetry that speaks truth

My name will bring about change

I'm a real woman

not many around roamin

I handle my business

can somebody be my witness

This is for you,don't miss this

Reallity check

Check one,check two, check three

noone like me

they can duplicate, make fakes

Haters on Earth are crazy,

baby

People gone wild,need taming

No jobs,no money,no eat

no shelter, no clothes,no heat

Jesus save my city

I could rob, I could steal, I could cheat

make ends meet,

me you can't blame

But, I don't

I keep alive hope and faith's flames

Burning down in me

I pled sanity

They get angry with me

Cause they don't see what I see

In the mist of chaos,I seek God's beauty

i promote unity

They seek vanity

They came,they saw,they went,

Their dignity spent

Short changed

trading talents for unlasting riches

of their soul to this

world for less then their worth

sank low came one with dirt

Thank God for redemption, rebirth

thank God everyone is worthy of rebirth

Heel Diggers

Low self image

Brought on by abuse and love diminished

Made unwise, unhealthy decisions

Trying to out run my past

Trying to maintain forward livin

Yeah, I did it!

All that they said I did

I done what they said I did,

but I am not who they SAY I AM

Damn

They are all wrong

I now dance to redemption's tone

They don't wanna let me forget

They wanna drag me down failures pitts

Want me to reflect on memories, negativity, that was old me

Paul said,"When I try to do good evil is always present,"

When I try to live my best is when

There is someone always bringin me down

some fool, clown

I answered God's call, so fuck all of ya'll

Fuck ya'll who say I don't deserve to be happy

Fuck ya'll who say I can't be somebody

Fuck ya'll who think I think of myself too highly

Fuck ya'll who say I ain't who SAY I AM

I'm that lil engine who "Thinks she can"

Fuck ya'll wanna bes

Devine calling summoned me

Because I answered you spew jealousies

My destiny awaits me

umm to me so tasty

People hate me

Cause I learned to love me

Fake as they wanna be

God still invested talent in me

NO MAN WILL TAKE IT AWAY FROM ME!

Faith and Grandma(Mary E. Peoples) I dedicate this to my grandma and happy people haters

I refuse to live in someone elses prison

Won’t allow you to put me in it

My mind stays free,

 my freedom was due me

Was a long time coming

I refuse to live in your box, packaged

 all nicely with your bubble  wrapped and

 mind warped insecurities, jealousies

and talented untapped

You hate me because I’m free

You hate me cause I’m me and not you

I make choices, I choose

I am a daughter of destiny

This is where destiny lead me

To be free

You stay in solidarity

My grandma is gone

And from that moment on

I remember her last words she told me

She said “Chet be happy”

Life is too short

Short as previews, the nightly news

While you hatin on my

drive to succeed has nothing to do with you

I gotta live my life through

Exploring horizons, valley, cities, avenues

I paid my dues

I paid my fees to be mentally free,

Don’t judge or hate me.

When you look at me you see a smile

You don’t see my heartache

 once in while

You see things going my way

But, it wasn’t always this way

Hansel and Gretel followed the trail of tears I left

From the pain

I come from a lot of pain

Which I turned around to make me sustain

Life’s tragedies

Replacing, maneuvering,

To get to where I need to be

Running towards destiny

Stop hating on me

You wouldn’t have wanted to walk in my shoes

The bottoms of the soul was worn

Heart torn

Hard work and prayer and my sworn

Oath to live happy

My grandma said ”Chet be happy”

And not you or anybody can stop me