Sunday, 28 April 2013

where?

where? have the years gone
new years turns to christmas
in the blink of an eye
where? has the time gone
i swear i only just woke up
now it's time for me to go bed
where? have the years gone
i remember bringing my son home
now he starting school in september damn
where? has the time gone
flies quicker than concordes
where? have the years gone
remember playcentre and kisschase
family-had on kier hardie estate
now it's work, home, gym, balancing worklife
bills and paperchase....damn
where? have the years and time gone.....



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OTIS

when a song is named after you one has NO CHOICE but to post it jigga and weezy present OTIS ohh yess


us

underestimated statements (us), understated symbols (us), 
unequivocally stolen (us), universally symbollic (us)


aim for an affluent status to break the stereotypes that surround us
da media don't help us, have ta deal with 
da bad hand that life dealt us
police ain't da only ones that hate us
black girls suck teet' an screwface wen they see us
who is it doing black on black violence? just us?
our friends die and we keep silent
guns buss and 6 outta 10 times it's us
da media tells us
it's not only us dat drink smoke an cuss
gladiators like maximus dats us
some love us, some hate us
and some wannabe us
we outta slavery but they still enslave us
we more than slaves but the schools don't school us
companies practice equal opps but at the top there's less of us
cos in small doses is how companies like us
institutionally racist organisations kill us

schools fail us
coons and niggers is what they call us
third class citizens is what they think of us
historians rewrite truth about us
politicians created factions to divide and conquer us
they know that 450 yrs still affects us
repatriation is what they need to give to us
the emancipation proclamation did not emancipate us
commission for racial equality ain't doing nothing for us
ask doreen lawrence if you don't believe us
decades after stephen's death and still nothing's done for us
schools permanently exclude us and leave the streets to clue us
hollywood makes films about us 
but don't depict us




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Sunday, 30 December 2012

london, my observations part 2

quick slick city
filled with diversity
languages and accents fill this city abundantly
culturally, no other city can touch london city
the place of many faces from many places
invented our own language slanguage
adept ebonics
flows harmonic
england's most charismatic
yep grim tings happen on estates
but i would not change up where i grew up
london, city of schemes and big dreams




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Tuesday, 16 October 2012

touched

this track has touched me as a dad of a daughter and an uncle of a sixteen year old niece...this means a lot!!

something for black history month

as it's black history month thought i'd drop a poem, this is brilliant piece is written by john agard and is called "half caste"

excuse me
standing on one leg
I’m half-caste.

explain yuself

wha yu mean
when yu say half-caste
yu mean when Picasso
mix red an green
is a half-caste canvas?
explain yuself
wha yu mean
when yu say half-caste
yu mean when light an shadow
mix in de sky
is a half-caste weather?
well in dat case
england weather
nearly always half-caste
in fact some o dem cloud
half-caste till dem overcast
so spiteful dem don’t want de sun pass
ah rass?
explain yuself
wha yu mean
when yu say half-caste
yu mean tchaikovsky
sit down at dah piano
an mix a black key
wid a white key
is a half-caste symphony?

explain yuself

wha yu mean
Ah listening to yu wid de keen
half of mih ear
Ah looking at yu wid de keen
half of mih eye
an when I’m introduced to yu
I’m sure you’ll understand
why I offer yu half-a-hand
an when I sleep at night
I close half-a-eye
consequently when I dream
I dream half-a-dream
an when moon begin to glow
I half-caste human being
cast half-a-shadow
but yu must come back tomorrow
wid de whole of yu eye
an de whole of yu ear
an de whole of yu mind.

an I will tell yu

de other half
of my story.

Wednesday, 26 September 2012

letter to my children

for you son and daughter no more need be said/written

trust me, i aim to be the best dad i can be
guaranteed to make mistakes on this journey
forgive me
never been a dad before so please bear with me
i'm human, thus perfection eludes me
but in my humanity i'll strive for mastery
never shirk my responsibility
my babies you can rely on me
lean on me
i'll be stronger than an oak tree
love you unconditionally
yep even when you annoy me and say things that disrespect me
i'll be there when you need me
financially or emotionally
i'll provide that security
a solid foundation for you to build on
a secure attachment
you've taught me many things
hope i can teach you two too 
through my actions and words
do as i do and as i say too (at times)
these words are from me to you



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