Get Free

Mental prisons can be anything that blocks your natural thought process. While the FCC slogan is my picture for this piece, it could've just been a random person. Enjoy!

Mental prisons are a muthafucka,

so embrace truth.

Eyes can burn from looking up into the sun;

but set your sights and seek living proof.

I know who I am...

could've been me screaming from a drowning house,

hanging on with a one-handed grip to the roof.

The foyers of my fragmented mind are filled with smoke;

but I've been know the schematics to make it through.

GET FREE!

 

They tell you what you cannot do;

you better tell them that you're going to do you.

Don't be fooled by those who didn't finish school;

they used to believe that s**t was cool,

but where are they when the rent is due?

Do you, 'A', get yourself a come-up?

Or 'B', work them double-shifts, calluses on fingers

until the sun comes up?

You could do 'C', and not give a f**k,

but grudges ain't free, it's gonna cost more than some bucks.

And how are you gonna tell your little girl that it's not true...

that you can't clutch the world?

How will you say that you want to;

but don't think you can actually attain those pretty pearls?

Mental prisons are a muthafucka,

so embrace the truth.

And Get FREE!

 

It's not MTV, BET, John Stewart's Daily Show,

or your local evening news.

Everybody finds a way to impose their point of view,

so you just be cool.

And know a lie and a truth, and the difference between the two.

Mental prisons are a muthafucka, always trying to block you from the truth.

So I act like everyday I just came here in my birthday suit.

 

Get FREE!

Peace

Reviews

[J. Hampton]

Hey peOples...

A Banger...! This bolted off the starting line...with the kind of momentum and purpose...I look for yet rarely see lately.. you have taken ...the mixing of hindsight and vision....to a whole new level
"limits" being created somewhere in between ...

" Mental prisons are a muthafucka,
so embrace truth.
Eyes can burn from looking up into the sun;
but set your sights and seek living proof.
I know who I am...
could've been me screaming from a drowning house,
hanging on with a one-handed grip to the roof.
The foyers of my fragmented mind are filled with smoke;
but I've been know the schematics to make it through.
They tell you what you cannot do;
you better tell them that you're going to do you.
Don't be fooled by those who didn't finish school;
they used to believe that s**t was cool,
but where are they when the rent is due?"

Love this through n' through ...the end of the road ....is not where the path dissappears....there is always a way to get there...it ends when we can no longer see it

This piece could only benefit from a few stanza breaks

Blessssssssss

[Silent Kim aka mizmetap..]

We're all locked in a mental prison of some kind and the way the world is today we are being guarded very well. You expressed the confindment and the mental influences of the world well. Good write.

[J.P.O.et]

This is real smooth, I like this
2nd verse is great with the education aspect and the ABC's
3rd verse just kills it, telling us to inform oneself, make up our mind and find the truth
Nicely done once again

J.P.O.et

[Carole]

You have spoken the unadulterated TRUTH about mental prisons, PR! All, I've got to say is: This is POWERFUL!

They tell you what you cannot do;

you better tell them that you're going to do you.

Don't be fooled by those who didn't finish school;

they used to believe that s**t was cool,

but where are they when the rent is due?

Do you, 'A', get yourself a come-up?

Or 'B', work them double-shifts, calluses on fingers

until the sun comes up?

You could do 'C', and not give a f**k,

but grudges ain't free, it's gonna cost more than some bucks.

And how are you gonna tell your little girl that it's not true...

that you can't clutch the world?

How will you say that you want to;

but don't think you can actually attain those pretty pearls?

Mental prisons are a muthafucka,

so embrace the truth.

And Get FREE!

GET FREE! Wow! Way to hammer it home! We definitely have to break free from the negativity in this world and do what they say can't be done! carole

[Drifting Blue]

Powerful writing, rhetorical, would be spoken beautifully. You are a street philosopher, rhythmic existentialist. I love your stuff.

[Dani California]

"They tell you what you cannot do;
you better tell them that you're going to do you."

Yes! I love this piece and the message it offers!
We are capable of what we believe we are capable of...
and that is truth. Believe!

Wow, if only everyone realized this, but we are so often suppressed
by the lies we have been fed over the years.. whether it be
from society, friends, or even our own family members.
Though only because
we believe what we've been told...

We've given others entirely too much power over our lives.

Excellent!
I love the fact that you are using your talent as a voice of truth...

that's awesome. And so is this write!

Thank you. :)

[Poetic82]

Because the only thing stopping you is you...I like this piece. I understand the struggle and I understand frustration. But I also understand the drive. Like I say....Impossibilies come when you stop believing in yourself. Impossible / I'm possible . Success...Security in excess. I am a true believer.

[Crazy Cat Man]

great piece reminds me of the Dead Prez mixtape...Get Free or Die Tryin :D

[DaniElle LaPointe]

Love it.... I love it.......! What can I say? This is so far from my comfort zone that I actually come full circle and embrace this message. Thank you a thousand times over... for sharing!