Footprints

The Lord replied
“My precious, precious Child
I love you & I would never leave you.
During your times of trial and suffering,
When you saw only one set of Footprints,
it was then that I carried you.
I carried you.”

<3

w/ Love in my Heart & Fire in my Soul

Footprints

BathTub Talk



Communication breakdown
Again..
I'm losing patience, wait now,
I will take my breath.
& I will take my steps away,
& learn to pace myself
In case..
Justice be, to faith in brighter days.

<3

[Sample: The Mother, Son Bedroom Talk by The Blackbyrds]

BathTub Talk

Steps



One foot Steps
In front of the other
Right, left
Through all the rubble
I’d get
Higher than Hubble
I guess
I’m having trouble

I stress..
& I find it harder to digest..
Follow my heart or I digress
& fall & get caught up in side quests?
Nah!

..but why is it always right or left?
..& why is it always red or blue?
Reminding me when it was mom or dad
Guess that I’m blessed that I got to choose

Picking a side in a court of law
Rip in the lines of my corduroy
Ripped from my home into custody
Kinda a lot for a little boy

But why did it feel like this system was overjoyed?

Shit ain’t gon make me a victim,
I found a riddim in middle of all the noise

But turning a kid to a bomb or a gun
& then catching em 2? & they call it “choice”..?

Gimme the phone, Ima call my boys
Til I find out I don’t got a voice

..But then I just had to find it
Inspector gadget, I went
Quiet in vested interest
I’d use silence & I distance..

..Mining my mind,
Minding my own.
Fine in my light,
Finding my glow,
Count my misses. I been tracing all my Steps.

..Back of my ends,
Back of my closet,
I collapsed,
I almost lost it
in the lint down in pocket of my sweats.

This the shit I don’t forget, all these Steps.

<3

[Sample: It Is Well With My Soul (cover) {snippet} by Yebba]

Steps

Elephant



I tiptoe in a room full of Elephant,
dance elegant, body moving like agua.
Wounds relevant in familial drama
get the best of me as soon as I feel into the trauma.

Respectfully, I don't know how to process.
I just want my loved ones free from the bondage.
Seems like we've all had to suffer in silence..
Can I stop this? it's depressing..

(So) I tiptoe in a room for the hell of it.
Cause if i don't, you'd probably find me stuck down in the sediment,
w/ two left feet, & my ten toes cemented in
shoes concrete, in the repression of the medicine.

Instead, I keep it moving, 'cause I gotta speak my truth
through the broken body language I've been taught.
Floating like a black swan, through the valley & the shadows overwrought.
& they wonder why I rarely get caught up.. c'mon..

It's 'cause I, I tiptoe..

..I tiptoe in a room full of Elephant.

<3

[Sample: Perspective by Ryuichi Sakamoto]

Elephant (TipToe)

It's Time To Go!



Sifting through flows, I pick & I choose & make it look simple.
Navigate impulse spreading my truth,
I stay on my toes, I do what I do
Whatever I'm into.

Painting my prose, I color my pencils,
Mark up my notes, I sharpen my mental.
As far as I know,
All I can give is my heart my soul.

All that I gets from God, I know,
& I get gifts the harder I go.
Knowing I'm gifted, cold in my limerick,
Hope that I imprint part of my gold.

Friend or foe,
Ima show love, you never know.
Peace in my mind, you're better off.
I bet on my life, I bet on my lows, I bet it's our time to go.

<3

[Vox sample chops are of my sister Marisa aka 20lbs]

"It's Time to Go!" Dub

Baccround



I ain't goin back to the background, ask 'round.
Get it through your head, come back 'round.
Smackdown. Kept me in a cage. You mad now, trapped.
Finally got the background check.. Wack!
They don't want me back on track
But it's track on track on track on track.
Yes! Betting on my self respect & since,
I see you going back to black but aye..

I ain't goin back to the background with you.
Watching my back, they stabbed like Ginsu.
Been cut cords, I'm slashing tissue.
Pen as my sword so jabs won't hit you.
Working through rage so please step back.
I'm turning these pages, seeing them stack.
Working with patience. Haven't got paid.
So whatever I gave, Ima need that back.

<3

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w/ Love in my Heart & Fire in my Soul

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