Why We Write

August 15, 2013

You ask an artist why he writes

But you see its all bout life

Be rapper, singer, author, poet

All we write is what we know

You can’t discourage us from telling our lives

Cause we gonna tell the truth instead of ya lies

People need know that what they’re hearing ain’t a show

So we verify for em just so they know

Don’t get mad at us for using our gifts

Cause we don’t put down but uplift

Even when your day is looking down

One good poem can bring it back round

Now you ask me why I write

And once again it’s all about life

I write about what I know

Exploiting my knowledge but not for show

I write about the joys of a childhood dream

I write about the heartbreak that comes with teens

I write about work and hard times of adulthood

I write about the lies they told in Robin Hood

I write about the time I ran round free

Not caring what everyone else thought of me

I write about the love triangle I found myself in

I write about time and how I began

I write about the ups and downs of life

I write about a savior who can handle you pain and strife

I write about religion and what it’s done for me

I write about life to put it simply

So now do you realize why we artist write

That we only write the plan simple life

The good and the bad, the ups and downs

But its poems like these that brings us back round

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