Thursday, January 21, 2010

A Freestyle Piece: Proof - 1/21/10 (from 1/17/10)

"It's obvious that you care, I can hear it when you call...I really think you love me but the words seem to stall...Every time I try to commit you put up another wall...I don't know how I can get through, I've surely tried it all...Why don't you stop tripping and stumbling and allow yourself to fall. I promise to catch you hands outstretched...I'm proof a good man isn't so farfetched."

-A. Lewis

Manifesto 2010 - 1/21/10 from (1/13/10)

"All I have is my pen and pad. Let them be my rocks, so that I may put them together to spark the light that will vanquish the darkness. Let this pen be my hammer and this pad my nail as I carve hope from despair. Let these tools not fail me as I build victory up out of the shadows of defeat. My pen is my sword, my pad my shield; I shall now go to war with ignorance, illiberality, and injustice."

-A. Lewis

The Hood Chick Freestyles - 1/21/10 (from 1/8/10)

"She wants out of the hood, do something better; how can you get that cheese when all you know is government cheddar? She wants to keep her chastity, they won't let her' she wrote a letter about the song "Wetter" being just another fetter, BET replied and lies are what tey fed her. This really upset her...a reality check cashed by another debtor. Now she lies around in a home with flies abound, keeping guys around."

"...his gift for gab came from his endless tab, he could intoxicate any woman he wanted to have. He chose this young one, body was bodacious and banging; his boisterous approach made her leave him hanging. He ordered a few drinks, sent with a few winks, a few sips later he was talking of ordering her a few minks. She had lost her inhibitions, and was ready to be taken for the kill...the tab was paid, he was ready to be laid; he knew she'd had her fill."

"She needed an abbreviation for her inebriation...so instead of being stupidly entertained by xploitation, she gave in and had sex with him...this capitulation led to copious copulation, her course of coping with the collapse of her career. College was giving her knowledge but her lightbulb hadn't gained enough wattage...she didn't think past the classes she didn't pass, time flew by so fast, her scholarship didn't last. Time wouldn't slow so she became fast, each night giving out more of her ass, getting things in return which was inflating her bombast, going around saying she had that bomb ass. Too bad she was a dumbass, giving it up dumb fast, just to get whatever she wanted last, trying to buy the forgetting of her unwanted past."

-A. Lewis

An Ode to Brother Langston - 1/21/10 (from 1/5/10)

"A dream deferred will only dry up like a raisin in the sun if the backburner is what it stays on...it will only fester like an old sore if you care about it less tomorrow than the day before...it will only stink like rotten meat if it is forced to accept defeat...it will only crust over like a syrupy sweet if left incomplete...it will only sag if left hanging like a dirty rag...it will only explode it you allow it to become a rued opportunity down the road."

-A. Lewis

Love, Economically Speaking - 1/21/10 (from 1/3/10)

"A slow-moving day like today should be utilized to show your someone that time, like money, is well spent on investments...and that her heart is the number one stock on your market. You're putting in the time to get the ultimate return: a stable, loving relationship. Be the bailout to her happiness; do something ice, something genuine. Just sayin'.

Once a seller's market (lose one, on to the next), it's become a buyer's market (attraction led, commitment based)...only problem is, guys either aren't committing, or are and then cheating. Then you have the women with seller's minds and the ones who can't past that last bankrupt company. Rough sailing on the market...so I'm trying to help my trading brothas out."

-A. Lewis

January Quotes - 1/21/10

"Greatness is not forced, happiness not bought, success not coaxed, and love not found; life's treasures are afforded to us through the work we do to receive them, not obtain them."

"Indecision is the compass of the aimless man, with whim, opinion, haste, and coercion as his cardinal directions."

"To love is to know the sweetest joy and the deepest pain; to be in love is to experience both and still have the desire to hold that someone down in between the two."

"Destiny is not a guarantee for success, it is only the guarantee of a destination; the only way to reach that destination is to follow the path you FEEL...the path is unseen, so that we may submit to a higher guidance. Every choice is another step...so put your best foot forward. Also, retrospect only SHOWS where you COULD'VE gone...it doesn't actually take you there."

"See, we both have wet dreams but they are not the same; mine take blood, sweat, and tears while yours leave your boxers with a stain."

"Love is going into a warzone without preparation to battle; you take down your armor (give someone the power to hurt you), take off your helmet (allow someone to see the real you), and dispose of your weapons (commit to honesty), all while hoping the other person does the same."

"Rest not upon thy laurels; for as thou taketh that break, someone else is breaking their neck to reach and overtake thee."

"Beauty relies on the eyes...individuality stimulates the mind...honesty endears the subconscious...character strikes hearts...self-respect resonates in the soul."

"Talent illuminates a sea of possibilities; skill illuminates a land of opportunities; greatness illuminates a world of change. I've traversed those lands, and traveled those seas...and so it's time for me to shine a light that gets the world off its knees."


-A. Lewis