for starters do good
to keep bettering yourself
for everyone's best
Missed my shot with you is a crime
Now I'm all grown-up, still in my prime
I dropped the ball, gone catch it next time
To say I ain't nerves, I would be lying
Fell on my face a few times, I ain't do no crying
Bettering myself I swear I been trying
I wrote down my thought, I picked up a book
I made my bed, I learned how to cook
I face my fears, even when I was shook
I SAID I PICKED UP A BOOK, I WRONG DOWN MY THOUGHTS
I APPLIED WHAT I LEARNED, EXECUTED WHAT I WAS TAUGHT
WORKED ON MY FLAWS AND CHARACTER DEFAULTS
Some days been easy, some days have been hard
No one sent me a letter not even a card
But I still move along, never retard
GRANNY SAID IT WOULD BE HARD, BUT I TRIED TO GO EASY
Got me some waves I use to be peezy
Stack some cheddar now I'm extra cheesy
Practice all the time so I get it right
Working my ass off day in and night
I know I'm gone make it this ain't no might
So I hit my knees before I go to bed
I pray for what I want, a wife and some kids
No more sorrows an no more bids
I pressed my bunk but still cant sleep
I ask for forgiveness and my soul to keep
then it all goes silent not even a peep
He wo motto took a shield for the bettering of
Boy bubble kev
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Gregory Hines session energetic time card!
Changing course and path
exploring new challenges
bettering myself
Changing is my choice
bettering myself -my choice
my life is my choice
Inspiration looks different,
When all you’ve felt is anger,
Trying to not be viewed as belligerent,
Your mind and self are your only anchor.
Inspiration brightens you’re life,
Makes your days go by easy
Keeps you from getting into a strife
Because being kind isn’t measly
Inspiration comes from many people
Maybe your mom or father
For me it comes from kind people
Which will continue to push me farther.
I care I search for the missing piece in my life
the one thing that holds true happiness
will it be in the choices that I make?
is it living one day at a time bettering myself?
I am who and what I search for
hoping the past doesn't repeat itself
I am the glue still looking for the missing piece
...anywhere and about, an apology alters an argument.
Before--bickering breaths boxed bigotry besides bettering bases.
Closure cutoffs, constants considerable circulation, contradicting confusing controversies.
Detrimental debates deliver disturbing discernment, distinguishing divisions' defense.
Every episode extracted evidence, excluding even elements.
Familiar facts fathomed fantastic fiction, fractured factions--following...
(the last line returns to the first line and ends)
Egos feed off the things you achieve
Not bettering people as some do believe
It's a diet of what you can do and can be
Never bias comparison of ability
If you don't feed it you'll find jealousy
Bitterness reigns and feeds on envy
Literal pain breeds dominantly
Accomplishments prevent it being empty
If you don't get better or you don't learn more
you'll be upset and you'll be left sore
When you get up and go you'll feel the reward
The feeling inside the ego longs for
Your ego lives inside where it's always been
It finds food inside not from what you have seen
It feeds off of feelings not visual scenes
Don't live an illusion when you can chase dreams
Everyone wants to be admired,
To write the poem that inspires.
A piece of oneself to change the world,
Bettering the next generation of boys and girls.
But what is it that I can say,
That will change the course of your day?
That you would help one and another,
And change your enemy to be your brother?
It's not that we can't face the truth,
It's just that we just go along.
I'm as guilty as you are,
But maybe you will write the song?
3-September-2021
S-urpass in excellence,
H-ear the words of wisdom;
E-agerly learn the lesson
I-n reaching God's kingdom.
E-arnestly surpass in excellence,
S-how your ability;
C-apable of bettering your own,
A-im to taste the victory.
C-ome surpass in excellence,
A-s you gain the knowledge;
S-eek the voice of truth,
T-urn not a deaf ear to message.
R-each the best finish, using your intelligence;
O-n the twenty-fourth of September, surpass in excellence.
I'll achieve the impossible
and you'll say I'm mad
reveal the improbable
as truthful fact
Blinded by horizons
dismissing my plight
forget the sun rises
and with it comes sight
I'll travel the path
you fear to attempt
you'll have a laugh
as hear of events
and I'll carry on
as I see what you can't
thoughts of "he's gone"
thinking at distance
reputation will tarnish
avoidance you'll choose
socially banished
destroyed and will lose
And you'll all be right
common opinions breed
stood tall I'll fight
a constantly believe
I'll be the joke
the mad man you poke
freedom to stoke
make fun of this bloke
no benefit of the doubt
you're better than me
as I slug it out
bettering me
and I'll achieve something you never will
when suddenly there's change to the way you feel
my madness now skill, an achieve most real
you called me insane but you're run of the mill
I'll forever inspire
you will not
my clever desire
you thought was lost plot
It'll be what you didn't
and only I could
you'll be just an isn't
and I'll be the good
Hey, we're going to the station
But I gotta warn you this is no vacation
We're out here to find peace of mind
A piece of time to rewind and remind
Reality is heavy but we're strong
We'll stand against the wrong
At the forum we'll post a bill of every lie
And hold them there until we ask why
Everything is corroding at the foundation
When we're the wealthiest nation
But there is a history of misery
And it's not a mystery given their trickery
While the rich steadily get richer
I may not have aim but I'll play the pitcher
Throwing curve balls and facts
Fending off mass media attacks
Your legacy is dead soldiers on foreign land
For oil buried deep in the sand
Our economy is made of paper
And as that paper burns I see the caper
But all the money in the world is fool's gold
Compared to empathy and compassion if you behold
A better world of united people bettering each other
Holding hands with our sisters and brothers
There's still time for you to do the right thing
And perhaps that is when we can all sing
Homie, it's all about peace and love
It's all about peace and love
Basic
Information
Before
Leaving
Earth
Bettering
Intelligence
By
Lovingly
Educating
Buttressed
Inquiry
Bulwarking
Liberty
Eternally
Beneficial
Inculcation
Bestowing
Luxurious
Edification
Believing
Instruction
Brings
Life
Everlasting
We all want to be the man of men
setting trends like Eminem
be independant like a pendulum
and depended on to pen beyond
with wisdom for friend and young.
bettering everyone as we're second to none
defend competition titles we've won
in complete repetition we stay at the front
handling hurdles and troubles
whilst applauded and humble,
but we tumble, we fall, lose sight of it all,
see distractions and bad reactions then grumble,
back to seek satisfaction when found we want more
perhaps leads us back to miserable, I'm not sure.
We find meaning through metaphors
dream of immense reward
wish many miracles
whilst tending our given cause.
Life is all these things, the dreams and real scenes,
and we're living it,
now imagine your life if you were never given it.
Empty.
*Each man is the man of men,
(and because of the politically correct age we live in),
I'll state, men stand equal to women,
and each woman is the woman of women,
because those that are not, aren't living,
imagine your life if it was never given.
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