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Edible Arrangements


NO CAP YOU ARE MORE THAN A SNACK

YOU ARE A FIVE COURSE MEAL YOU'RE THE APPETIZER

YOU ARE THE DESSERT, YOU WATER MY SOUL YOU ARE THAT DRIP

THAT'S WHY I'M NEVER THIRSTY YOU'RE LOVING QUENCHES MY THIRST

SEE YOU ARE NOURISHMENT YOU ARE FLOURISHING YOU ARE THE TREE

OF LIFE FROM WHICH ALL CREATION HAS SPROUTED

GROUNDED IN THE SOIL OF MELANIN EXCELLENCE

YOU ARE DECADENCE YOU ARE ELEGANCE

 YOU ARE A GIFT YOU ARE HEAVEN SCENT SEE YOU ARE GOD'S GIFT

YOU ARE THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN

YOU ARE THE SWEETEST THING I HAVE EVER KNOWN

AND WHEN I KISS ON YOUR COLOR BONE IT TASTES JUST LIKE

MANGO YOU ARE A GODDESS LIKE OSHUN SO CAN 

I BE YOUR SHANGO OR EVEN BE YOU'RE DJANGO 

FREE YOUR MIND AND LEAVE YOU UNCHAINED

YOU GOT A SOUL FOR REAL THAT'S WHY YOUR LIPS TASTE JUST 

LIKE CANDY RAIN, MY BUTTER PECAN RICANS MY 

PANAMANIAN PASSION FRUIT MY LIKKLE TRINI GUINEP

MY HONDORAN HONEY DEW DRIPPIN LIKE A DRAGON FRUIT

JUICY LIKE A STRAWBERRY, DEM JAMAICAN SOURSOPS

PINEAPPLES N DEM RAW CHERRIES

SEE I CAN EAT A PEACH FOR AN HOUR

MY SUNFLOWER CHILD MY NIGERIAN GUAVA

SPLIFFIN PON DI GANJA WHILE MI NYAMMIN ON YOUR CANTALOUPE

PAPAYA STRAIGHT FROM EGYPT MY LITTLE DOMINICAN PLATANO

ADIOS MIOS ME GUSTA MUCHO TE AMO

I'M GIVING YOU MY SEED WHILE I'M

DIGGIN YOUR AVOCADO, SIPPIN ON THESE CRUSH GRAPES

RUBBIN ON YOUR COCONUT DRIPPIN WATER MELON

LIKE PLANTERS YOU GOT ME GOIN NUTS.

MY HAITIAN POMEGRANATE WITH SOME LYCHEE

GAT DAMMIT YOU'RE THE SUGAR HONEY ICE TEA

SO KNOW I GOTTA SCOOP YOU LIKE SOME ICE CREAM

THE THUNDER TO MY LIGHTNING 

GAT DAMMIT YOU'RE INTICING WE CAN MAKE IT RAIN

WITH NO ARRAIGNMENTS I BET YOU GET ADDICTED IF 

I TASTE IT YOU ARE MY

EDIBLE ARRANGEMENTS

 

BY MANSA MOVEMENT

 

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POET, SOCIAL ACTIVIST, MELANIN MAGIC, SPIRITUAL WARRIOR, STUDENT OF THE UNIVERSE, ABORIGINE AMERICAN, BAJAN, MALI ALKEBULANESE. BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY

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