One Minute

This is me performing my lyrics that I entered for Common's (The hip hop artist) "A Minute" contest. The goal of the contest was to submit lyrics which would motivate people to go HIV test, because it only takes a minute to make the decision to

Link to me rapping the lyrics:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9re2l2jFG8

 

 

One minute.
A minute is not a waste.
A minute is all it takes,
One minute to know your safe!
One minute to make sure lovers aren't at stake!
One minute, before it's too late!
One minute to participate!
One minute to know the truth straight,
And come face to face!
A minute to change someone's fate!
A minute to do what's right...
That's sixty seconds that can save a life!
That's all it takes for an HIV test!
If you really want the best for the rest,
You'll open up your chest and mind,
And you'll find that one minute to decide to test is worth your time!
One minute is all it takes to sustain hope and life,
So use that one minute to make our future's bright.

Reviews

[Jazlean]

good message, it could be come what I see as a successful advert :P
but there are some great lines here in a another wonderfully flowing and rhyming piece.
it also shows how every moment in our lives count, every minute...they all count, call all be life changing, and this can be in a positive way too!!
well done and good luck!
~Jaz

[Bubo]

Great positive message about a very important topic, you have a real chant to this and one that
drives home the importance of that time given.

[thecoolone52]

i dont know if your gona win the contest bro.... hahahah alot of black people can write and rhyme sick shiiiit but you have a shot... you never know you could pull it off.. i like the postive message in this poem.... but i think it takes longer then a minute to get checked.... and probably longer to decide on it.... anyway nice poem

[Jazmyne]

you have alot of truth in this....its like a message we should listen to! hehe ..it only takes a moment for all those things...even to loose something. very well written. u know i love your work.

[Angela Rose]

This is awesome, Ren. You put out great message.
"One minute is all it takes to sustain hope and life,
So use that one minute to make our future's bright."
I love that last line.....it's so true.

[Morgan A Lynch]

that is an awsome message. great job getting it though