Long Betta Poems

Me un Finn came  'round

In what did we found

The Pub, wid a very large lock

Aye keep the key where no one cann see

Said our find mate, Erik McJock

So, let us awl in, out spurted...

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Talk is Cheap - Battle Rap

Yo, Ima outcheek you… gimme that mic,
I’m lethal, a viper ready to strike;
and it ain’t gonna be pretty – not ladylike.
Just gotta tell you straight up like it is…
Dude, you...

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One time a barefooted pickney dancing on the street
I beat puhn pan an' wanda how life could be sweet
For my yai quadrilled to distant cling-cling roost and feel
A longing to change their parliament in my...

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Yo,

I was in an empire, part of the rebellion,
I was luke and han solo,
Takin' photos, of a world in love with chedda'
Prayin' all day for things to get betta'
Askin' Yoda in the sky for some...

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Welcome to the war, son ...
You’ve been conscripted,
go grab a gun
And you daughters 
of the new American flag,
you’re not exempted either
Go get that gat outta my bag
There’s a 21st century civil war goin’ on,
and you...

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in a room laced with gloom 
his beats boom he dreams of wreckin' the mike
his momma's home she's alone 
a sad song she struggles she fights
his lil' sis' is quite a miss 
but them fives...

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I see you
The way i've always seen you
   Smiling, styling, steady watching 
      Goosebumps running down my arms
     Knowing what this could be 
...

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Some sez m a loss caz, I contain ta many flaz
Just becaz m not subjec to ya lawz.

Lizen t ma speech, m hear ta preach 
Ma wordz, well byond ya reach
Wot ya hearan iz more...

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I live by the Spirit,
I die by the flesh
Baby, please forgive me,
if I should ever 
not give you my best
You deserve nothing less
than my very best
You always are worthy of 
my best chocolate chip warm...

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Yo I know 2 poets, one young and one old,
Bold, and bright, bodacious,
But still gracious, perspicacious, never racist,
Moving to the beat of two generations,
Elations, facing nations, speaking truth to power,
This is their hour, 
Yo, I...

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My Pet Poem, THE BETTAS

Like everyone else, I felt sorry
For the bright fish in the tiny cups,
Too many for too few homes, impossible
To think they’d not die there —
Sad,’cause it only follows:
Birds meant to fly,...

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my pride should mean nothing to you
if you dont like my choice then boo friggin whoo
i dont trash you because your straight
so dont trash me unless you want my fist in your face
im walking through...

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Verse 1:
Taking money out my pocket,
Spendin how ya wanna.

Want the money and the fame,
Screaming california.

But I can't do these things.
Baby if you want me,
You betta act like it.
'Cause I don't wanna leave.

Chorus: (2x)
I'm inside your...

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Quasar pulse time moves 
at the pause ratio of 
radioactive query change

A long anticipated moment of attraction
did quicky supernova boom, 
then it slowly did mushroom
into repellant cloudy, doubtful affection
 
Heartbeat fears
perceptually travel 
on quantum tick-tock...

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Everyone worried about ISIS, weren't we just at war with al qaeda?
Look where that's left us, do you really not see the hidden agenda?
We're the the real terrorists, how many have died for the sake...

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Man why am i so scared DAT i just keep hurting her man i cant keep doing this 2 her she given me 
so much more then any of the  guys i been with...

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"Write your dreams," Carolyn Kizer told us
in a long-ago poetry workshop in Paris.  I would 
like to, Yes, follow that instruction, but on wee-
hour trips (no pun intended), to the 'salle de bain' 
I...

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sitin here tryin to keep my head up as she  tell me things dat i dont wanna deal with but this but 
with her it deffrent i wanna go threw it with her
an i...

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After Strange Fruit

Old Mrs. Betty Brown sat me down today,
Made me listen to an old singer 
named Billie Holiday. As we listened, I observed
the tears swelling in her eyes. “Black bodies swinging
in the southern breeze”...

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Temporary InSlamity
                 

Two a.m , still awake, gettin’ leg-shakes 
Gaggin’, burnin’ on my mis-slam-stakes 
Tryin’ to win some judge...

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To my girlfriend that hates me

In my next life I'll come back as a goldfish
I'll have these big bulging eyes and lips
lips that perpetually move
and seemingly ask why
why, why
gills that seemingly forever expand
mouth forever moving
always...

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Far from the throes with foes who dip acid,

but

still wiping flows from my nose, cooked by oil-based pros. The intensity grows, when it's mixed with White Whoes', and you come out yo' clothes, 'cause you're...

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Yo, it’s been six weeks and countin' and still nothing to show
Cycle through beats but the lightbulb won’t even glow
I looked for inspiration, but imagination faded
Now every word I write fills me with jaded hatred
Like...

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.I AM MAN

NOT A PUPPET NOR A PROJECT

IM MORE DAN A FACE

OR A MUTUAL CONTACT

SELF EXPLAINED BY DA SMILE

N PERSONALITY

SOFT SIDE BUT MY ANGER BE UNHEAVANLY

IM NOT A STEPPIN STONE

I AM MAN

IM GROWN

NO MORE LIL...

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Yo youngun, now don't yo be thinking dat I'm old
don't you whippa snappa know 60 the new 40 truth be told
I kin still outrun yo at work while giving yo a head start
now don't yo...

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