Dedication (Again?)

Ok so this is something very new for me. Its my first time ever recording anything I've written. I know I sound timid and could slow down on the verses, but hell I'm just happy I finally did it. Of course any advice or criticisms you guys could give is always a huge help. But keep in mind I'M AN ARTIST, AND I'M SENSITIVE ABOUT MY SH*T. So ya'll be nice about it :

Much Love- Rae

Jasmine Mans "Nicki Minaj"

Jasmine Mans Expressed real truth in this piece. Stop and really listen to the words before you assume that its a diss.

"We part all we thought we knew of love." -Brooks, "In the Mecca" 

Dedication

I write for you
I am inspired by the way your body fits
Right next to mine
How everything about you is living poetry
And we are each other's country metaphors
Figuratively speaking
I mean like
The ice to my box
The cheese to my grits
The Barack to my Michelle
'Cause we run this shit
See, we play this game of silly novelties
You are the naps to my roots
And like you, I'd never want altered
Our chemistry is just natural
The strands of our likenesses entangled
With our differences to create a
Language that evolves
With each new thought and unexpected smile
Foundation built on utter randomness
But works like clocks work
Like clockwork, yet without time
Clocking more worth in these memories
So the higher they'll climb
You are the word that always has my rhyme
With actions that form many sonnets
And like Shakespeare, I could go on and on
Comparing thee to a mid summer's day
But also a full moon's night
A winter's first snow
And a spring's final bloom
I doubt if there are enough seasons
To compare you to
And this is the reason why you
Can't be confined to a categorized room
Your descriptions are infinite
I get lost going in circles
Because our love is just that complicated
I appreciate all of the contradictions
Our relationship has to offer
Play with words in a way that strangely makes sense
Quarters, dimes and nickels
Because change makes cents
And we are wealthy in what we have in common
So we make common sense
And I write for you
For I can never say the right words
To help you understand the meanings
Behind my verbs
So here's our book Baby.
The anthology that captures our time
Whenever we get lost in the reality
Of earthly lives
The reference for love will
Always be our photo
And this poem

Sesame Street:Song: I Love My Hair

I wish they had this when I was growing up. The road to self acceptance would have been a little less rocky. "I Love My Hair" :)

There were quite a few comments surrounding the initial broadcast of this video. Strange enough, the bulk of the negative buzz came from the Black  community. Viewers claimed that the video was racist, saying "that why does the black puppet had to have an afro/cornrows/braids ect." However, I strongly believe that those who spewed this negative comments weird simply ignorant not only to the true definition of racism, but also the perspective the segment who trying to bring to young Black girls.

Racism is defined as a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that ones own race is superior and has the right to rule others. It is a certain hatred or intolerance of another race or other races. When viewing this video, I strongly believe that there was no sense of hatred or intolerance toward the black race whatsoever. Nor is it saying that another race is superior to the black race in any form.

The purpose of I Love My Hair, is to give young Black girls a positive view of their hair (in its natural state). Children these days can easily feel as though their hair as not "good" especially sense mainstream media has broadcast things. What texture is every little girl's Barbie doll? Exactly. So why should there not be a Sesame Street puppet with an afro making our Black girls feel good about themselves? Who else will tell them that they are beautiful if their parents are constantly referring to their children's hair as "nappy" and "unmanageble?"

Hmm, maybe instead of being so quick to judge, you should really step back and absorb the message this segment was trying to convey.

"Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark"- Hendri Frederic Amiel

Currently On My Reading List........

Learning form others as I try to strengthen my own abilities.

I want to fulfill my potential.

Def Poetry - rafael casal - Barbie & Ken 101

Always gives me a pick me up when I feel like I'm being defeated by today's societal standards of beauty.

"While I don't care what you think about me, I care what I think about me....... :)"

".......Lyrically Hilarious........."

Try Being One

You call yourself a lady.

Profess like nobody’s business

That you deserve nothing less

Than a gentleman.

And yet
It seems as though

The ones you get to know

Can’t get the hint.

The only guys you end up with

Are on the bottom end

You are fed up with the fact

That

No one can see how much of a “lady”

You claim to be on the daily.

That all they care about is sex

And they could care less

To see whats above the bedspread.

Easily,

He must be blind

Right?

And its infuriating,

But I understand.

I understand that

Your lividity

Stems from the way

He fails to recognize

The worth beyond your thighs

But honey,

He is not fucking you for your mind.

And its

The most you could ask for

When shorts play peek-a-boo

With your backside

You

Blind-side his will from wanting to know

What lies on the other side

With the fact that your

Self worth that only runs

Thigh high

I’m sure you didn’t allow

His respect of you

To be based on

By how far your legs spread so

Yea

Maybe he’s the issue…

It’s

His fault

that you wear your

Shirts low

And your

Skirts high

And then he

Has the nerve to

Tell you that you could never be

His wife.
What?
He must be out of his mind!

After all, you are a lady.

So much in fact that you

Take the club with you

From work and school

Just to watch ‘em gravel and drool

Only to feel dogged out and

Misused.

I’m not saying that guys should use

The way we dress as an excuse

But ladies,

We have to part take in some

Of the blame too

That is

If you really call yourself a lady

Just an affirmation to not write so many sad poems. After all, life is not as bad as it is perceived to be.

Today is the day I start over,

Fill my head with positive thoughts

And only speak happy words.

You should try it some time

Smiles make everything better anyway