i don't write when i'm high
i don't do anything creative / when i’m high
never drink and get creative / never drink much.
only creative when i'm in my own mind
my mind / what a fantasmorgasmic place that is
was talkin to my fav Auntie
talkin about my father / brother / sis
how they abandoned me / bruised me
and worse
talkin / about how i was homeless
sleepin in a Chevy Chevette / winter time
wit 9 comforters
how i kept covering their stories
to make them look like the image...
the imagine i tried to have in my mind of them...
what i wanted / wished for them to be
what they are and what they were...
w****s and alcoholics
gays on the down low
heroin addicts & enablers
physical abusers
greedy / so f*****g greedy / my brother...
the epitome of the greedy
/ controlling / power obsessed
oppressive / white man
me...
i get blacker every day
further removed from any trace of them
further into a struggle for my health / non-wealth / and stealth
my soul hungry like a starved wild panther
the winters tearing at my existence
the government / the bankers / the b******s
threatening my habitat
i think my heart stopped for a minute today
the BP rising...
i can't let a heart attack or stroke take me out
all induced by the s**t they've tried to coat me with
those pricks in mi familia / those
selfish sinners need to croak
before me
me / i'm getting prouder
because the means by which they've attained what they have
is not noble / and i...
i've studied those streets and been comin on up
the caring and compassionate way
“f**k them” / i said to my Auntie
then told her i was lucky to have had my mother...
that my moms hugs me sometimes in my dreams
and i told her I'm grateful to have her / my Auntie
because she's the only one who really knows the true story...
and the players
then i said, "I love you"
then...
me & Mary Jane
we had a counseling session...
it went well / Yo...
i don't write when i'm
high
never drink much. / never share too much
i’m just tryin to stay
out of the ER
tryin to save my body / keep
my roof
keep from losin this
mind
2 b a G / almost dead / but,
don’t wanna die
I / I / I
I’m Stayin Alive
Stayin Alive