All Men created Equal
Diesel
Full Tank For We The People
Sequel
Men Die, Beliefs Don’t
Spiritual Flow
Faith Turned me to a Miracle
That can make a Mirror Glow
Seeds Grow
From the root
To the fruit
Of the soul
The Rejuvenating Rose
Reflection Mode
The rest is old
We blessed but bold
And if you don’t know where you’ve been
Where will you go
I let the truth be told
Until You can See
All That They Stole
From Dreams of Unity
To Ethics and Morals
The Jungle to the Burrows
The Forgotten to Immortals
This life to the other side of the portal
There’s no hope
Just those who believe
And those who don’t
Those who will fight
And those who won’t
Those like me, like we
And those who fold
I learned to turn pressure into pleasure
Power point present it as a poem
With lyrics, you’d have to live to know
Like my profession
Is the profession
Of parables
To the professionals
In and outside of Jericho
Trying to decipher what it means
When you can see God everywhere you go
All depends on the length of your sight
The eyes of an eagle mean nothing
If your brains still blind
Who taught you to not move if not genocide
Who stopped you if not you a true suicide
Some live some die
Some survive some cry
Some just sit around wondering why
Can’t I
If your fate’s in your own hands
That’s up to you to decide
Who but God can define
If you’re devine
Or just the average Joe Dirt
What are you worth
No esteem before Self
Wealth
But what are we if we’re divided by greed
And defined by war rather than peace
Praise the strong but exploit the weak
And the difference, is all some see
Who are we
Really
I mean
Nobody wants to research their heritage
Histories, or solve mysteries
We’ve all become far too found of misery
Cap stone rejected, missing piece
Now we missing peace
Home of the brave
Indeed
With all for one dead
What it the change we need
Notation
Add quotations to the “we”
So what are you if you better than me
What am I if not unique
But we one in the same
Is that bitter or sweet
You the beauty or the beast
Babylon
Blending Whore with Priest
Innocence in a pinch
Salvation ain’t cheap
And Faith, ain’t free
Trials and tribulations
It ain’t all monetary or meek
Can I preach, or is that too deep
Like, you ever asked an elder to speak
Stood up for the meek
Or treated the youth like they was you
Remember the teens
Well, what you wanna be when grow up
Did you accomplish those dreams
I’m a mage with a pen and a page
But was raised to be sage to the streets
I Am everything Allah made me
Holding back
Still feel, the universe in my reach
Blessed to be a blessing
Started to shine and the Divine said jinx
From let there be light
To the time it’s seen
But what can I say to a God
That taught me to believe in me
I let my beliefs speak
And actions speak louder
I’m far from a coward
Pure valor
Manifesting my finest hour
In the darkest of times
I ride
But sometimes I laugh and cry at the sametime
Singing lullabies to the sky
Wondering, if any, ever, truly rest in peace
When war’s become what we need
For equality
What happened to the land of the free
Or the belief, of us ours and we
Liberation is waiting
In other words it’s our for the taking
But it’s waiting for us to be an us without breaking
A we without shaking
A unit, that will use its hands and, make this nation
Something better than a bunch of self-centered
Greed infested racist
Governed by the devil’s agents
From the Elders to the youth
Cause in truth, the spirit is ageless
And this war we fighting
Is older than the ancients
The Spirits, perfected patience
While to live is to die
But while everybody’s dying to win the war
Nobody’s dying to end the war
Thus
There’s no Love
No Us
No Peace
And no We
But there’s no solution
Not rooted in unity
So shall it be
At ease
1st amendment grants us the right to speak free
And communication is key
But too many mfs never say what they mean
So I’m a say it, for every mf out there like me
All For One, and One For All
Never miss that call.
Your Brother in Love and Truth
Rakeem G. Rivers
The Riverside Alchemist