From the Belly
There is nothing to do
So I'll just hang out with you
And show my name brand stamped
On my self esteem, that exchanged
For the brand of iron that cramped
My scrotum and set us deranged
Ever since. I am a hip-hop disarray
Looking through my shades at the girl
I love but cannot marry. She's produce on display
And one woman's man, for a one's man girl.
Some say it is in our genes, but I
Look and see only history nailed
And twitiching against the sky.
All our movements left us in this failed
System of failures chanting hip-hop
As if it was Bob Marley's redemption.
I want to let the cup drop,
But not to let them know its empty. Emotions
Does not matter here, only bread
In the belly of the beast
We celebrate peace when we bury our dead.
But imprisoned so long it's hard to accept release
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