Street Song 6: Once Again Until Once More

We stand here together,

Once again,

Hand-in-hand and everything is beautiful.

We talk and we laugh just like before.

And then I see you talkin’ to that dude

That you know I got beef with.

So now I got questions,

And you givin’ the rolly-eye?!

And we back arguing

Just like we used to be.

Is this why we got back together?!

To yell and scream once again?

Until once more we realize what

We’re doin’ to each other,

And then it’s “Honey, I’m sorry”

And love is love, holdin’ hands and shit.

Man, I don’t know what I’da done

If I lost you this time,

But I didn’t so everything is cool

Once more until once again

Ya girls is tellin’ you that they seen me

In the mall with my son’s moms

And now you trippin’

Know what I mean? Tryin to flip on me?

Don’t you see the game is on?!

And Vick runnin' the ball?!

And anyway, my cousin said he think he thought

He saw you and your hoochie ass friends

In the club, you know that night you

Said your Moms was sick?

So what the deal?

Know what, matter fact, fuck that,

I’m goin back to my Moms an shit,

Get me a job, save some loot an

Get my own spot once more

Til once again I’m sittin’ here

Dealing with these girls that don’t mean

Shit to me just to keep my

Heart from feelin’ so damn empty.

Damn, I hear your voice in the wind

And I wish I could have you back

Once again. 

Street Song 5: Tangent Line

there is a woman I saw once

that inspired me to write;
and not only to write, but to dream
and most of all to remember
all that Love is about.
ain’t that some shit,
how by chance a glance at this Lady
started to melt the ice
and had me thinkin’ about Love
and romance, candles, wine and jazz.
maybe it was just bad timing that let me
see her for so short a time,
what with her bein’ so fine
and us not bein’ together.
so here I am, inspired by her memory
led into fantasies by a brief encounter.
images of her lips and hips,
thoughts of her cleopatra eyes
have me searching breathlessly for
her face in clouds.
who is this magnificent woman I once saw?
why don’t you tell me,
you see her everyday in your mirror.

Street Song 4: Got Me Opin

"I know I gotta be cooler than this cat you sittin' with....I'll do you right baby."

                                                                               ~777-9311, The Time

I could be like everyone else

If I chose, be like those

Who call you fine;

Say you sweet in my mind

Like the thought of a sin.

Aww shit, let me begin again

And just be me.

It's not hard to see

That I'm lost in your eyes

(And contemplation of your thighs

Keeps me up at night,

Just knowin' it would be right.)

But is that even the place to start?

Or should I tell you that you touched my heart,

Warmed it, made it beat so it seems even in my dreams

I taste your sweet and feel your heat?

How to even begin to tell you

That you beautiful like a sin I'd love to commit.

And you stay on my mind, I have to admit.

Probably 'til the stars burn out, no doubt,

It's your name in the dark that I'd love to shout,

And hold you like I do in my dreams

And it seems like a thing alive,

Stronger than even my pride,

And that ain't just another line.

Gimme a chance baby, 

I'll make you dance dance dance dance,

All you need to do is say yes,

You're my sweetest taboo, my honey colored goddess.

Sweet like that sin in the back of my mind,

Yeah you got me open,

And yeah I'm open wide.

Street Song 3: No Technology (The Art of Neo-Primitive Seduction)

First we’ll leave our keys

And park both of our cars.

Walk together like we used to do,

Just me and you under the stars.

And we’ll pretend that it’s dark,

Ignoring the glare of the street lights

As our hearts reach toward each other

And our minds reach for higher heights;

So that by the time that we get back home

We’ll be more than ready to be alone.

See we don’t need no technology

Comin’ between you and me,

From now until the sun starts to rise

The only light I need is in your eyes.

Turn your iPod off baby,

And put it on the counter next to mine.

Leave your laptop there too, don’t worry,

Everything will be just fine.

While I light these candles, Hon,

You can kill those lights,

I told you things were gonna be different tonight.

I already logged off the computer

And turned off my phone,

Tonight nobody’s gonna keep us from being alone.

See we don’t need no technology

Comin’ between you and me;

From now until tomorrow is born

You’re the only thing I’ll need to turn on.

Come over by the fireplace with me,

I got the bottle of oil, grab that bottle of wine.

You’ll see we don’t need no damn TV

And I promise everything will be just fine.

I’ll drink from your glass and you from mine

While we hold each other by the firelight.

And as my hands caress your spine,

I’m glad there’re no distractions tonight.

When we end our dance, I’ll hand you a corsage

As we relax together on the floor.

Then I’ll take your feet and start to massage-

Just a hint of what I have in store.

See we don’t need no technology

Comin’ between you and me;

From now until the morning sun

Nothing will keep us from being one.

Street Song 2 (Just Another Sad Song…)

I never did think it would turn out this way,

With you and I so far apart,

But seeing you with another man

Was more than enough to break my heart.

And when I asked you about it when you came home,

After I sat 2 hours in the dark alone,

You had the nerve to lie in my face

That’s cool, know what, take ya shit and get it outta my place.

Just take the broken dreams you gave me

And go lie in the bed that you’ve made

See I’ve heard all of this before

And I ain’t lettin’ you hurt me no more.

Why are you still here, talkin about don’t let it end,

Sayin’ I misunderstood, he was just a friend.

But look witch, somebody musta told you wrong

Because this ain’t no damn Biz Markie song.

Love might’ve been blind, but it ain’t no more,

And all I want is you goin through that door.

I don’t wanna hear no more of your lies,

Like I’ma believe your triflin’ ass over my two eyes.

So I take back all the promises that I made you,

After this even Jesus couldn’t save you,

Cause I’m all done and that’s for damn sure,

Now get your ass on the other side of that door.

Why are you still talking? why is you still here?

I wanna see you walkin and I think I made that clear.

Back up off me, I ain’t gonna touch you so you can call the cops,

Just cause you got caught out there and wanna pull out all the stops.

But I swear on my kids, I’ll never hit you,

I just want you to go so I can start to forget you.

But don’t get it twisted, you got 10 minutes to pack.

Then I’m callin’ out my girl-cousins for the open field attack.

And take these broken dreams you gave me                             

And put them with the games that you played.

And I really hope he has what you lookin’ for,

Cause I ain’t wasting my Love on you no more.

Street Song 1 (On the Corner)

On the corner, at night,

We stand and sing under neon stars,

Playing the same game our father’s played,

Passing the same bottles our brothers passed,

Traffic as our melody.

We sing the music of hard times,

Be it do-wop or hip-hop,

Ballads or blues

To the steady boom-bap of basketballs,

While our people move around us,

Dancing in their natural unknowing way.

Under neon stars,

Sippin’ and singin’,

Hangin’ and jivin’,

Good times

(Ain’t we lucky we got em’)

On the corner,

At night. 

Last Night

I stood at your door in the rain, last night,

Only wanting to end the pain last night

Too unsure to ring the bell,

Scared of the story my heart wanted to tell.

A story of a man, a woman and careless Love.

So I just stood there, tears mixing with those from above.

I remember the cops the argument the fight

The anger I felt driving away that night,

Away from the family I thought I was gettin back

Away from the future I thought was on track.

Remember how you asked, this time, not to let

Pressures and problems between us get?

Yet here we are not speaking again

Not lovers, not family, not even friends.

I don’t know if these wounds will mend

And I don’t know if this time the silence will end;

All I know is that I stood there in the rain last night,

Only wanting to ease the pain last night,

Too sad and loving to keep away

Too proud and lonely to maybe stay,

And too unsure to ring the bell

Scared of the story my heart wanted to tell.

“And ever has it been that love

 knows not its own depth until

 the hour of separation.”

Kahlil Gibran

The Prophet