Where We Stay

Marvin Gaye wants 
To revolutionize wrong rights
And to god he rants
Impeding all too familiar fights

And Bob didn’t do that.
So government reclines with a frown
To a bob, who’s no rat.
Question: Who did shoot the deputy down?

The amorous BEP vs.
 The CIA, Blood, Cripps & KKK
Odium to discrimination, carnage, affliction, inhumane and curses
Hovering to hanker after this fuming tornado of human debts to closing stage

And Alicia’s “streets of new York”
All about street *oes
And why they PREREQUISITE to fork
And the dead with bullet holes

 Our fragile strength resembling wood
But: “It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day
It’s a new life, and am feeling good”
And the children’s sun is where we stay

Dedication to Alicia Keys, Black Eyes Peas, Michael Buble, Bob Marley, and Marvin Gaye
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Loveless Avatar
June 8, 2009 at 10:52 AM
Great Write. Dedication. Some Of My Favs Too. Peace. Boo
Devonshire Avatar
May 26, 2009 at 3:23 PM
Love all the artists you recognize in this great poem, Sajdah! Marley's recordings are certainly among the reggae world's best! Love his style. (And if you do figure out who shot the deputy, please tell Jason Castro who butchered the song last year on American Idol) Great poem that goes to my favorites! Love, Carolyn
Reynolds Avatar
May 26, 2009 at 10:24 AM
Amen. That last line says it all, that is where the light lives, and only there can we find the only reason. Awesome. love, Kristin
Burton Avatar
May 23, 2009 at 2:52 PM
This aint living!! got all Marvins albums, including the most hardest to get your hands on, Here My Dear! enjoyed this truthful tell of the many problems of life. enjoy your day.
Megens Avatar
May 23, 2009 at 10:03 AM
first i am a huge reggae fan from way way back i respect all the singers you mentioned and i love them all i am a new yorker from the heart and i will always be so i can relate to everything you said greattttttt poem bredren
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