Why I Write

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I write to vent

 I write mostly to clear thoughts & emotions, to embrace death & his will to take loved ones away

When I prayed them to stay

Man my life needs a change

 I write verses that make me feel extravagant

Wishing someday people would clear out their mind of crazy thoughts like suicide & potential homicides

Bloodshed is always going through the ghetto streets

All because people like me can’t write their feelings on piece of paper

Those are the one to grow up haters

They would rather kill than express bottled up emotions

So I write dedicating this to all the people who pop pills & take potions

Let me shine some light, splitting your life like I am Moses

I know how you deal with this like there is no way out

& all you do is freak out

But the light is real, & those cards you deal with will fold out.

You can say I take time to make people feel right with what I spit

Not like putting them down & shit

 The feelings I express on my verses walk the line

 Of life & many similar to mine

Particularly young kids who think they’re ruthless

 Trying to hustle & steal up the block, that aint no movement

 It all begins in a class doodling & getting off topic

To that real chalk talk because you have time to prosper

 But what happen in between I promised never to say

 Yes my story might be too vague

 All you have to know is that people passed away

& even though he is gone to this day he is still considered my sensei

He is the reason I write for today & plan for tomorrow

 The real difference between a writer & me is our sorrow

 & it certainly doesn’t go away drowning it in the bottom of a bottle.

My love for verses & phrases is much more than plays, music, & media can describe

 I know there is more to it than just the lyrics to a song like don’t put me aside

Because the soul behind the scenes uses this to express himself like a vaccine

Words are power, powers are words & depending on how you use them you will accomplish your dreams

Abusing this gift leads to white lies & unintentional harm to other I write for a better purpose than what it seems

Rapping had turned my life around, a full one-eight,

From crack rock to helping old ladies.

Writing in my life is a big part & the question why I write, is to try & motivate people to leave those sticky situations I might be young

 But I’ve digested more scenes than a thirty year old rapper has sung

 All of this makes me want to write things down, & everyone, in different ways, is special

But a h& full is unique
as I write these lines I call this my technique

 This is why I write. To lead a new form

Of writing in this lost world.

 

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