Sophie

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Sophie

 

Sophie sings the upper middle-class blues                            

Boredom is the villain paying her dues                                 

Not a child not an adult in between                                       

Living the hell you knew well called a teen                          

 

And I say Sophie what are your dreams?

What will you give away what will you keep?

I ask Sophie what are your dreams?

And Sophie sighs I wanna sleep

 

Lots of information nothing to learn

In my mind I find a quiet concern

So much potential dead on the inside

I recall the days I wanted to hide

 

And I say Sophie what are your dreams?

What will you give away what will you keep?

I ask Sophie what are your dreams?

And Sophie sighs I wanna sleep

 

She’ll have a vacation jetting away

Her parents have money they’re willing to pay

Run away close by or flee really far

But you can never ever leave what you are

 

And I say Sophie what are your dreams?

What will you give away what will you keep?

I ask Sophie what are your dreams?

And Sophie sighs I wanna sleep

 

And all my peers grew up to be old

And all my peers their soul is sold

Looking back through the years I know why

Living the truth is harder than living a lie

 

War rumbles life stumbles things looking black

After you grow up some days you’ll look back

Sophie I tried to warn you it’s red alert

I wrote this with love so child don’t be hurt

 

And I say Sophie what are your dreams?

What will you give away what will you keep?

I ask Sophie what are your dreams?

And Sophie sighs I wanna sleep

The Cage

The Cage

 

Went to the liquor store & bought some cigarettes

Got some lotto tickets and lost all our bets

Cruisin’ in our Caddy down Chancellor Avenue way

Street was dark as heaven on its bluest day

 

We’re all hanging in the cage

We’re all feeling some rage

It’s time to turn the page

We’re all hanging in the cage

 

Saw lights flashing in the mirror they’re blue and red

Hoping praying to God we don’t wind up dead

Got some weed and open Hennessy stashed in the back seat

Here’s where the good hood & suburbia meet

 

We’re all hanging in the cage

We’re all feeling some rage

It’s time to turn the page

We’re all hanging in the cage

 

New York City pretty skyline

Sinatra’s music twas never mine

Shakespeare my dear is still here

Maybe in a moment I’ll disappear

 

FBI told many a lie at Wounded Knee

Pine Ridge Reservation we’re still far from free

Olivia Benton a name of fame in fantasy

Justice & Love is our new reality

 

No justice no peace

Know justice know peace.  

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Lords Of The Hollow

Lords Of The Hollow

 

Walk the walk talk the talk that’s what they say

I’m a midnight demon hunting my prey

Every footstep fills another letter

And let me tell you brother it’s getting better

 

We are the Lords of the Hollow

We take the lead we never follow

See how the eagle kills the sparrow

We are the Lords of the Hollow

 

Flying high in the sky past the stratosphere

It’s live and let die without any fear

I’ve waited a lifetime just to flap my wings

I’m ready roaring soaring seeing what life brings

 

We are the Lords of the Hollow

We take the lead we never follow

See how the eagle kills the sparrow

We are the Lords of the Hollow

 

There she is the definition of love

She’s the one everybody’s dreaming of

Keeping cool I start to drool taking aim

In a flash of fire my desire bursts into flame

 

We are the Lords of the Hollow

We take the lead we never follow

See how the eagle kills the sparrow

We are the Lords of the Hollow

 

Tomorrow’s something that will never come

We are kings and rock and roll our kingdom

Hot gals fast cars and a good portion of soul

We’re radicals revolting against ground control

 

We are the Lords of the Hollow

We take the lead we never follow

See how the eagle kills the sparrow

We are the Lords of the Hollow

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A Poem for the Dawn

 A Poem for the Dawn

 

I write without hope but still words proceed

That in the future some seeker shall read

Long odds with a strong God often succeed

If you fight for right you’ll rise as there’s need

All great revolutionary vision

Came from the light of ordinary men

A better world I can give my children

Where virtue defeats the wages of sin

I see ancient men with tough withered skin

Wisdom begins when one learns to listen

This poem a humble and simple rhyme

Shall be the standard to measure the time

Listen laughers who cackle with scorn

From towers of torment you shall be torn

This is the warning, calm before the storm

As poets protest, WE SHALL NOT CONFORM

Futility nips the heels of my shoes

I resist the shame to proclaim good news

A time of turning a new age shall dawn

And all evil like darkness fled and gone

Murmurings Of A Mad Man

More To Life

More To Life

 

Soldiers marching in their finest uniform                              

In the east the clouds were coming in storm                          

Where has our innocence went do you know                        

Strange how these winds of change always blow

 

Slipping into the evening sky

Giving life one more try

Love is the only reason why

Somewhere out there

There’s more to life than the lie

 

Women wept so proud of their men of stone

Lovers moaned soon they would be all alone

Mothers cried like they were forever young

How many times has this sad song been sung

 

Slipping into the evening sky

Giving life one more try

Love is the only reason why

Somewhere out there

There’s more to life than the lie

 

There is a monster on the prowl can you hear him growl

He’s a funky folk singer singing about murder so foul

Billionaires bankrupting paupers just because they can

Angry anarchists raging screaming stick it to the man

 

A pair of sweethearts driving into night

A last time to taste heavenly delight

Tomorrow he sails away to endless war

They silently wonder will there be more

 

Slipping into the evening sky

Giving life one more try

Love is the only reason why

Somewhere out there

There’s more to life than the lie

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Courage

 Courage

 

Born again at the amen in the color of my brown skin

I fight for what is right I war against sin

Twilight twinkling, I have an inkling of righteousness’s light

It ain’t black and white

Cause colors are God’s dazzling delight

Blood red sky azure

Love is courage giving more

Free in my equality

Until somebody tells me

(Have mercy Jesus!)

Get to the back of the bus

Or your career can just wait

Never mind debate

What do I do when I’m pulled over by the police?

I speak for the meek

My Lord turned the other cheek

All the Way to Cavalry

Every inch drenched in agony

 

I SEE THE REALITY OF THE CROSS

 

And here I ponder a world vain and insane

Courage dictates in the hate I do more than complain

Second sight may not be a perfect view

But I try to do what God would have me to do

Who will ascend to heaven?

Only a precious few

So, Lord grant me the courage to speak

To preach to teach to reach

Those perishing in the wasteland of woe

Who do not know

Jesus as Christ

And the courage of His perfect sacrifice

May I surrender all

And answer the call

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Jordan’s Shore

Jordan’s Shore

 

Well you know I never had life easy

All the bullies would come tease me

With fast fists I’d hit the ground hard

Got paranoid keeping up my guard

 

I’m tired Lord don’t think I can walk no more

In the distance I hear the river roar

Oh Lord I pray I’ve reached Jordan’s shore

Oh Lord I pray I’ve reached Jordan’s shore

 

At twenty I flew into the cuckoo’s nest

I thought life was over I needed rest

I wondered what’s the meaning of this

I knew love was something not to miss

 

I’m tired Lord don’t think I can walk no more

In the distance I hear the river roar

Oh Lord I pray I’ve reached Jordan’s shore

Oh Lord I pray I’ve reached Jordan’s shore

 

Well a hero is one who just keeps on

A friend is someone to lean upon

Where were my brothers when the rain fell

Where was my lover when life was hell

 

I’m tired Lord don’t think I can walk no more

In the distance I hear the river roar

Oh Lord I pray I’ve reached Jordan’s shore

Oh Lord I pray I’ve reached Jordan’s shore

 

I was dreaming of West Virginia green

It’s by far the nicest place I’ve been

There something of suffering I must say

You get strong walking the lonesome way

 

When I die I don’t want to be grieved

I want to leave better than I received

Everybody got themselves their own song

It’s so sad when they had the lyrics wrong

 

I’m tired Lord don’t think I can walk no more

In the distance I hear the river roar

Oh Lord I pray I’ve reached Jordan’s shore

Oh Lord I pray I’ve reached Jordan’s shore 

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