"CROSSROADS"

I STAND IN DA MIDDLE/ ALONE!/ NO INDIVIDUALS

MIND PUZZLED N CYNICAL 

AN OUTKAST ON ELEVATORS

MY MOON FLOW DROPS CRATERS ON YA CRANIUM

BUT MY WORLD IS SO DARK EVEN WHEN I PRAY 2 HIM

I HAVEN'T LOST FAITH/ I'VE JUST LOST MY WAY/ IT'S SEEMS EASIER 2 WRITE THAN 2 VERBALLY SAY WHAT I HAVE 2 SAY

DA WORDS DON'T COME AS EASY AS YOU MAY THINK

DON'T BLINK!

OR YOU MIGHT MISS WHAT I SPEAK/ I DON'T REALLY TRY 2 PREACH!

I JUST GIVE YOU MY INSIGHTS, MY LIFE, N VOICE MY OPINIONS

VINTAGE LYRICAL FITNESS 4 ANY N ALL TO WITNESS/ BUT AT DA CROSSROADS THERE IZ

 NO EYEWITNESS

JUST CHANNEL 7 KILLERS N MURDER VICTIMS/ AS USUAL I'M JUST ANOTHER NUMBER IN DA SYSTEM

A BLACK SHEEP DAT GETZ NO SLEEP LIKE LEO WHEN DIS LETHAL WEAPON IS UNLEASHED

I GAZE AROUND AT ALL 4 CORNERS OF DA STREETZ/ MY THOUGHTS CONNECT 4

MORE THAN YOU CAN REACH

DA REAL PROPAGANDA IZ NOT AIRED OR PUT IN BOOKS FOR TEACHER'S 2 TEACH

DA LANGUAGE IS DIFFERENT ALMOST PURPOSELY HIDDEN IN NON-EXISTENCE

FOREIGN TO KIDS SPEECH SO THEY CAN STEER DEM WHERE THEY WANT DEM TO BE SO WE WON'T BE ABLE TO COMPETE WIT THEE ELITE/ EYEZ WIDE SHUT SO YOU CAN'T SEE

IT USED TO BE OR STILL MAYBE SOME USED 2 JUDGE BY SKIN COLOR

BUT NOW PEOPLE JUST LOOK AT DA SHELL COVER INSTEAD OF TAKING TIME TO SEE, OPEN N READ WHAT'S INSIDE OR UNDERNEATH

YOUR BROKEN PROMISES N FALSE DREAMS YOU CAN KEEP

CAUSE ALL I SEE N EXPERIENCE IZ LIFE'S PAINFUL REALITIES 

WHICH MOST DON'T HAVE A GRIP ON/ TORNADO'S N BIGGER CHESS PIECES CLIP PAWNS SILENTLY HIT FORMS WHEN SHIT STORMS

WE'VE BEEN WARNED!!!!!

I DON'T BLAME INTELLIGENCE I BLAME DA IMBALANCE PSYCHOLOGICAL BRAIN PATTERNS FOR BEING MISINFORMED

I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WIT DA PICTURES I'VE DRAWN

MY PAD TOLD ME IT WILL NEVER FORGIVE ME OR MY PEN 4 DEEZ PHRASES DAT I'VE COINED

OUT HERE!  STAKES ARE HIGH, HEATED, N SIRLOINED/ I CAN HEAR DA BRIMFIRE ASKIN ME TO COME JOIN

HEAVEN'S ANGEL'S TELLING ME TO HOLD ON!

BUT I'M GETTING TIRED N POSSIBLY DON'T WANT TO ANYMORE

MY HEAD IZ UP IN SMOKE LIKE CHRISTIAN N I'M A CHRISTIAN!

VISIONS FROM PREMONITIONS GLISTEN N HARP LOUDLY IN MY EAR CANAL

VERY RARELY DO I SMILE/ I CAME FROM MY MOM, BUT I'M GOD'S CHILD

I BASK IN HIS REVERENCE, BUT MY FLESH IZ WEAK 2 DA LAWS MOSES INHERITED

2 PASS DOWN

I'M NOT EVEN UNDER RAIN CLOUDS N I STILL GET CRUCIFIED, SOAKED, SUFFOCATED, N CHOKED LIKE SPIKE LEE SPOKE FOR TRYING TO "DO DA RIGHT THING"/ SHIT WON'T CHANGE, ASK RADIO RAHEEM!

DAMN! CAN'T!

DAT BROTHER GOT KILLED BY DA BLUE MACHINE PROBABLY WOULD'VE DELETED SEVERAL MORE IF OTHERS INTERVENED

FUCK IT! ASK RODNEY KING

I WONDER IF KING KNEW DAT HIS DREAM WOULD INSPIRE MANY TO STRIVE FOR HIGHER ENDEAVORS N ALWAYS BRING FORTH THEY BEST EFFORTS

BUT ONLY 2 BE IGNORED BY DA GOVERNMENT MASSES DESPITE YOUR BEST EFFORTS

DEEZ DEVIL'S IZ CLEVER!

WHEN DA ROCK DOESN'T ROLL YOUR WAY LIKE DEF LEPPARD

ALL ANYONE CAN SAY IZ "HANG IN THERE IT ILL GET BETTER"

DEEZ BARZ ARE BARRING ME BUT I'M NOT BLIND TO SOCIETIES DEMOGRAPHICS N DA WORLD'S LARCENY

SO MANY STRANGLING MEMORIES, SCARZ N CHINKS IN MY ARMORY/ AFTER I'M GONE ALL THAT'S LEFT IS MY ARTISTRY

GUESS I'LL SEE YOU LATER AT DA CROSSROADS LIKE BONE THUGS N HARMONY....

"CROSSROADS" By Rashine McKoy