since every time i step onto a stage
and put my vulnerabilities on full display
i reckon an introduction ought to be made
so greetings to you, from me, my brain
with words i defer to putting caution to the wind
calm, clever, confident, and comfortable in my skin
is it because I’m just youthful for my age?
or maybe perchance I’m just blooming too late?
as the decades ascend then so does the fun
an accounting of regrets reveals a balance of one
a further audit tallies my fucks given at none
it's the always learning nothing that keeps me young
my disposition is death is a return to the bliss
of a peaceful nothing where eternity exists
the sun is a metronome ticking the time away
and life is an instrument - you watch or you play
my kindness has me constantly mistaken for weak
so the canines circle baying and displaying their teeth
but the wolves preying on me should stay with the sheep
because my taming techinique is always caging the beast
my flow is like the river into the sea
alphanumerically my delta's nine thc
my brain is the leaf that extends from the tree
from sun rays to glum days i collect energy
my ammo are quips and phrases that rhyme
my tongue is a clip that blazes in time
my skin is a canvas: color shades and lines
peek through the tattoos to gaze at my mind
my fingers are magnetic when plucking metal strings
my mouth can spout heat like the way a kettle sings
my thinking's pragmatic cuz that's what mettle brings
i tout my clout neat when it's time to settle things
my eyes are like freefalling through the sky
take a whiff off the clouds as you float on by
my beard is like an itch in the middle of your back
it's just out of reach but i know you wanna scratch
my muscles are like a tik tok challenge craze
capable of doing damage but they're mainly for play
my nails are lacquered because fuck that convention
plus people are attracted and provide much attention
autobiography; born for both guys & girls
you fuckwit phobics, i get the best of both worlds
not aesthetic arrogance, just genetic inheritance
a human being so all of my flaws have merit
but if you can't love yourself, and know thy worth
then what even is the point of being on this earth?
21st century dawns with sorceriffic madness
the saudis of arabia; the magical masters
the primary supporters and chief financers
of 9/11 and general purveyors of havoc
they said "bush you can't match this, diversionary tactic
iraq's got WMDs they're who you want to attack
by the way, what was the name of that superpac?"
sodomization and psychological torture at abu ghraib
hey ladies, it's the men's turn to be raped
naked in chains, for freedom we enslave
from the rivers of babylon to guantanamo bay
the manifest destiny we must be fulfilling
because the american system is solely insistent
the only position permitted is missionary
to fuck em where they're living
then fuck em before you kill em
there's two things that need filling
coffers and coffins, who's ready to make a killing?
2008, it's time for the hope and change
no wait, you dopes, it's exactly the same
the skin tone is different and charisma is maxed
but it's the same endless wars run by corporate hacks
do you know abdulrahman al-awlaki?
born in denver colorado and aged sixteen
one day in yemen he went to a cafe to eat
a predator drone blew that fucker to smithereens
but see he was not the alleged target of the strike
the government said it was just "wrong place, wrong time"
and thus no violation of his constitutional rights
plus his dad was al-qaeda, like father like child, right?
so you can be american and never charged with breaking the law
and be in a foreign country with which we are not at war
and be killed by a missile from an american drone
authorized by the president from his martha's vineyard home
and this is... justice? retribution? noble war? nobel peace?
for the greater good? ends justifying the means?
there's no way anything like that could ever happen to me
2016, it must be the beginning of the end
or, my friends, it's the same old trend
never forget that hillary and the dnc
deliberately legitimized trump's candidacy
it's difficult to digest people's shock and dismay
over what the supreme court recently had to say
when have presidents not had immunity?
did bush not torture with impunity?
did clinton not lie, cheat, and rape
and still find a place on the dnc stage?
did reagan not want to harm american blacks
with the war on drugs after introducing crack?
did democrats and republicans not maintain the vietnam charade?
cuz they knew we couldn't win but wanted to save face?
if i take out vietnam and put afghanistan in its place
would that previous statement read exactly the same?
how many thousands of names? how many countless graves?
how many mountains of pain? how about an ounce of shame?
if you feel that in foreign countries innocent people have to die
because being born here makes you more entitled to life
then i wish you the very fucking worst with your american pride
buzzing around where flowers will grow
snorting your pollen right up my nose
it feeds my bloodstream in a sweet rush
that's why i'm always craving your touch
red hair blue eyes
fervent and fine
tattoos both thighs
tracing the lines
sun set clear skies
breeze is just right
your lips so nice
fiending for bites
woke up i slept with you in my head
now i daydream of you in my bed
too quick i wonder how it will end
fuck it i'm falling in love again
red hair blue eyes
prudent and wise
tattoos both thighs
spacing them wide
sunset july
blazing the sky
your taste just right
cake of delight
sweet as ivy and simply serene
wish i could coronate you my queen
i clutch these memories to my chest
in case my mind withers and forgets
red hair blue eyes
distant and quiet
tattoos both thighs
am i so blind
sharing the night
for the last time
all love no spite
live your best life
i poetically advise you to open your eyes
the mainstream media is scoping your mind
they're patiently waiting for the appropriate time
with the viral infection leave you dopey & blind
with their candid shots and exclusive pics
of modified models and abusive chicks
who go zoom in their whips and use elusive tricks
to avoid getting photo'd by intrusive dicks
camera flashes light the path to where the cash is
hollywood idolatry manufactured for the masses
silicone injected or photoshop corrected
how do you like your asses?
i entreat you to listen, please release your inhibitions
these pernicious politicians wanna treat us to prison
for smoking spliffs, when professional physicians
say toking piff, helps medical conditions
avarice seems to be the congressional position
governors and senators are running for president
neglecting residents they were elected to represent
erecting impediments by subjecting intelligence
with manufactured consent, "well, they've got a precedent..."
incredibly wealthy and often they're kin to the elite
so surprisingly, they need your money to win the seat
and if they lose, they sip the booze, there's victory in defeat
they just keep the cash, bide their time, then repeat
endless suffering and we're just expected to bear it
while they manipulate maliciousness into merit
and once it's apparent it is oh so clear
that the two emotions they prey on are hope and fear
it's a never-ending cycle, where you give and they take
left or right, it doesn't matter, this is always what they say:
"this country is going to hell" or "everything is gonna be fine"
the two sides to our binary system, and both of them are lies
again by the seashore and i'm taken by the view
no wonder how i'm feeling, all i see is endless blue
the sun breaks through the clouds and i start to think of you
was i just a wave to ride where my heart is breaking too?
alone on the beachfront and i'm washed out by the wind
i'm staring at the sand seeing the freckles on your skin
when the castle crumbles down will you build with me again?
life shifts like the dunes, it never is the same again
adrift on the sandbar and i've got no place to go
only sky is up above and only ocean down below
will you ride the current and put me under your tow?
or is there a higher tide coming round to lift my bow?
afloat on the blue sea and i'm drifting in a daze
no whales around to tease me all the dolphins swim away
my loneliness has left me deliriously crazed
i'm searching now for shark bites, any takers want a taste?
we were smoking and walking
just joking and talking
you breezed right by my blunders
we made the parking lot
our sacred make out spot
you kissed me with this hunger
the squares would stop and stare
but fuck if we should care
i bet they think we're younger
steady, ready to fall
stephy, don't need to call
she's always had my number
gardens in bloom
falling for you
why do i feel basic
let's take a cruise
out by the moon
my new whip's a spaceship
as we lay on sheets soaked
with sweat and curls in toes
you told me no one was better
i laughed and rolled my eyes
at such a silly lie
cuz i delight in your banter
those hours we lay so close
it felt like days at most
i wish it could be forever
seems such a pity then
my luck a shitty end
can't one thing last forever
it falls apart
before it starts
i thought we could make it
so still i walk
that sacred spot
i like to just fake it
your indie lover pop
it consumes all my thoughts
this might be all for naught
but brains & balls is all i got
i love your mellow groans
the way you bellow tones
they get in this fella's dome
and now i feel it in my bones
i'm making a bassline
to gain me some face time
playing around the waistline
plucking the g-string i play fine
we should partner up
mixing our art and our love
the apartment up above
gonna hear our songs erupt
after the worst drench
could not have had my thirst quenched
or felt refreshed quite like this
gulping gallons from just one kiss
hours i lost count
satisfied and quite worn out
with my eyes all torn out
i'd still show you what i'm about
it's too early to tell
but just based on how i fell
then surely this must be hell
fever grips fingertips it's swell
it's the end of the song
so i'll sing it fore i'm gone
that where you and i belong
is entwined in each other's arms
all the rhymes i ever wrote
high up in clouds
where my mind forever floats
cuz the lines are clever cloaks
cries i enshroud
for the times i never spoke
all the fear that ever struck
just in my head
nothing's real it's all a bluff
here is where i need your touch
stuck in my bed
seems i'll never get enough
all the love i couldn't keep
pools in my heart
man this well is running deep
suddenly i start to sink
fool in the dark
damn these walls are just too steep
all the pain i couldn't bear
faded with time
the remains are dull and bare
now a change mulls in the air
swaying the chimes
and it's playing with my hair
he burst through the door
with a limp and a yell
he's worse than just poor
he's a gimp who's unwell
he cries for a cure
but to no one's avail
his eyes are impure
and his tongue is too frail
the doctor just sighs
diagnosis is brief
“son, wipe your eyes,
you just skinned your knee”
--
a planet turns, the world comes into view
gamma rays filtered into a pale orange hue
this cosmic choreograph will make any fellow ecstatic
as I awaken once again to nature's mellow dramatic
a planet turns, the world slips out of sight
as the fiery horizon bulges with light
i wade through wonder at nature's rotational habit
and pay homage to the moon's gravitational magic
--
an unretractable urge and unexplained feeling
envelops my mind
it’s a tactical purge to abstain from healing
as if by design
the attacks diverge and now pain is appealing
once I was resigned
but intact i’ve emerged with an aim at revealing
that all will be fine
--
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