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Spoken word
of today
Help One
Those that
give...live.
So thank you to
those giving cuz we're living in a society that is super sized by cell phones,
it is taking a toll, we've microwaved our brains and got pop-up windows in our
souls.
We are Americans,
we don't think we can die, so in the blink of an eye the link to our life...is
over. And if it is, I want to know what you did with it.
Who were the people
you bonded with and what were your major accomplishments? I'm not a prophet no
I'm far from it...but I'm starting to realize there's no way a SUV can bless you
and me.
This life's not a
game so it's not a cinch you can win just cuz you got an extra inch on your
rims, that money could have helped out a family in a pinch cuz they've
been...living on less than a dollar a day.
One in five people
live on less than a dollar a day.
And that affects
us cuz we're giving. Giving creates a resonance that's unequaled by any energy
in this universe and just like humans, this earth has a DNA that's been
shifted...by selfless people, like Martin Luther King, Princess Diana and
Mahatma Ghandi, so why do we as a society idolize athletes with criminal records
and rappers that boast about Don P.?
But it's not about
them; it's really about us. The ones daring to be sharing, the ones who realize
that caring is more important than what you’re wearing. Some reach into wallets
and some into a purse but I know that every one of you would walk to the edge of
the earth just to show a kid his worth. So recognize yourselves as some of the
few that do, exactly what others wish they could.
Americas awareness,
that's what the motive is, it's not that we don't care, it's just that we don't
notice it, so were not gonna blow this shit or slow this bit till every vote is
in, we're chosen kids and vocalists who wrote and spit, hoping this openness can
help the homelessness.
J.Walker |
 blog
Rants, raves, ramblings.....spoken word, thoughts.
Read J Walker's blog online here
 CD
lyrics
Rhymecology (2006)
J Walker
1 An Album with
Everything on it (spoken word)
2 Balance of Life
3 Inspiration (spoken word)
4 Best Damn Sports Song
5 Therapy (spoken word)
6 Shine
7 Uniqueness
(spoken word)
8 Lost Notebook
9 Let’s Get Away
10 40-79, 5’6” (spoken word)
11 I Almost Loved H.E.R
12 Photograph (spoken word)
13 Ancient Keys
Bonus live tracks: “Xtra Flow” and “HipHopisbadnowbutitwasgoodthen”
Uniqueness
Don’t take your uniqueness for granted…
Don’t let the new branches replace the original roots that were planted, you see
we’re all a part of the universal energy on this planet, so unless your whole
soul knows exactly what you’re about…nobody else is gonna understand it.
In other words…don’t sell out.
Don’t sell out the heritage you inherited on your first birthday, don’t sell out
the genes you got in your jeans, even though sometimes I know you want to fit in
in the worst way
But last time I checked, DNA does not get rusty…
And no matter how bad you want to change and rearrange so you can fit the
strange world of pop culture, you’re still you…trust me. While your ego is out
gallivanting in unchartered lands, your inner child is at home alone, mumbling
to himself like…Damn
“He left me again, for a new plan, another get rich quick scam that doesn’t even
include the fam”
And isn’t it funny, we’re being contorted by these different twists of fate,
we’re stressing so hard to keep it real that we suddenly became fake; a by
product of what the crowd and someone else wanted, we’re changing like Halloween
costumes but leaving ourselves haunted…we’re tricking our speech for treats,
just like those guys that get high and rap over recycled beats.
So you wonder why the paint is peeling off our personalities…
It’s so accepted to be a martyr that we actually curse the galaxies, from which
we came, somebody told me poetry has gotta be hot, so I stuffed a match box in
my mouth and tried to spit a flame, oh its insane-
I think you gotta check your spelling…like Aaron and Tori, cuz the author not
the reviewer is the one writing this story, we’re fighting for glory but what
happens when we as artists look in the mirror, with these ever-changing masks
its getting harder to see clearer. Our personalities can spring and fall like
the seasons, a couple of claps and pats on the back are all reasons for you to
jump on the bandwagon called poetry gentrification, where lounges in L.A. sound
like every other place in this nation
We’ve got pens and pads and we’ve got…cookie cutters
Here take this poem roll it in some dough, sugar and butter
And if you cook it just right, you can sound just like the last poet that took
the mic, to new places and heights, had the crowd shaking with might, till
everybody was like, “Damn, I wish I was taping tonight”
But you didn’t get that same excitement and that’s cuz your uniqueness wasn’t
writing it and it was your damn insecurities that was writing it, there’s no use
fighting it…you sold out!
But don’t jump down my throat saying “Who is this guy to give me poetry help?”
because this started out as a letter to myself.
- J.Walker
from the album "Rhymecology"
More on J Walker's blog online here
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