"Jus Us"

https://soundcloud.com/po-house-management/jus-us-shawn-stare

She has a way about her

His day starts when God wakes him up

His seeds lifts him up!

But she is dear

Raises his spirits to higher ups!

Just enough 

For him 

To want to live

Give

Have hope, more than just a smidge 

Damn!

He couldn't wait to plant her 

On da surface of his garden

Sparkin'

Fires

Unmatched Within himself, he's sloooowly being

Reattached 

By her kindness

He's reminded

Of what love could be 

With someone like her 

Cause he really likes her

Genuinely

Maybe she is da cure to his ailing love injuries

On his heart

Healing it day by day

Da more he get to know her & da more they talk

And he adore's her walk, her style, her curves

Her smile!

Da way she called his name when she rode him discretely 

He was rooted deeply 

In her grounds

And her waves came n came n came

Pullin' him in closer to her shore

Such a furious downpour 

When his tongue touched da edge of her waves

Watchin' her love cum down like Evelyn Champagne

A play unscripted, he made a short

Cameo

Strange?

No, just maybe a better view

Anew

Opportunity to build somethin' fresh

With luv, peace, & no stress

Jus us!

Jus dawn

Jus sunlight

Jus moonlight

Jus starz

Jus her n him cummin' n succumbin' to da vast heat dat is drummin'

On what lies beneath their chest 

Stringin' them together like strands 

In time

Thru da distance

If they both are still, they both can hear

Listen!

He can feel her words leave her lips before they meet again

That's why he had to send

A message

To put her at ease n let her know she brings a serene ambiance to da coolness in his stream

Rescuing him from da depths of despair

And it flows calmly when Shyrah is there

"Jus Us" by Ra Shine McKoy

"Dear HipHop"

Dis dat real hiphop

I get lost in da music, it don't stop!

Deez artists done turned into robots

Disrespectin' da game

A slave to da co-ops

I jot my thoughts down, make it hot like a stove top

Been nice wit da pen since my Blessed Sacrament dayz

Lettin' da flow drop!

Before da age of computers went viral n blew like a blow pop

Da industry faker den botox

Thoughts manifested from what was invested

How you expect to sell records when you don't put ya heart in da message

Now a dayz cats mumble mumbo jumbo n yell wit a lot of aggression

But not sayin' shit, I came equipped

Need to write better bars behind steel dey playin' wit

Went from a hot lyric like Jason to a hot chorus

Funny how da game done shift

On da air, those not waves

Datz a tsunami riff wit a major shift

It's all about da politics

Middle men n lobbyists

Is it me? or is it probably it's!

Cool to except whatever writers put out to da masses like a columnist

Let's have a convo n acknowledge it

Might of been somethin' eye missed!

But don't sit there n act like da problem doesn't exist

Cats sell dey soul, dive into da batter mix

Grab a fix like Scarface to climb up da ladder quick

Eye hunger for more like Banks to make my neck twitch
Check percentages
System rigged wit a scientific glitch
And I don't care if y'all, people are appalled by da shit I spit n have you startled like a gliff 

It's ain't hard to tell, 
Dis shit got me pissed!

Eye think beyond da fame, stars, skyscrapers, n da monuments
Mighta smoke a little weed to get my mind off nonsense

Word to Common!

Cents added up ain't makin' sense
Entertainment got niggaz gassed like dey actin' out a screenplay off a script
Enough bull to make a brotha flip

My passion is immense!

Edgy 
like when a chick got her lips on da tip of her man's dick
Open up ladies, my point of view a have you cummin' from all angles
Tackle ALL issues
Head on
Like a heat seekin' blazed missle

Economy n Poverty got my people meat gnawed down to da gristle
My truth is brutal, but straight official!
And fuck deez rappers, I ain't tryna diss you!
I'm just tryna get you

To invest more time in substance subject matter in yo' rhymes den a pistol

Is MY VIEW becomin' more clear?
Is it crystal?

Holla at me like a grown man on elemental's 
Every individual is born wit great potential
And if we tap into dat, it makes life worth livin' n more essential

Dear HipHop,
I really miss you!

You've been gone for a while
Produced a slew of styles
I never took you for granted, you was there for me as a child
Use to run home, throw my book bag on da couch 
Pump Yo MTV raps very loud

Back before I hit a blunt or my cuz hit a black n mild
Before corporate entities got a hold of you n turned you out
Expanded to da East, West, Middle n da South
Remember when you was growin' n certain folks tried to turn you down
Keep ya growth stunted to da ground
America became "Powerless" like Linkin Park once you rose up from da ranks of da underground

A voice for da voiceless, they said you wouldn't last

But you reached out, far across da global mass
Surpassed! 
Boundaries 
Our imagination never imagined, conquered or even thought to grasp

Yo!
We need you back
 Cause most of da stuff I hear now really lacks 
It's pure trash!

Eye need some sustenance like KRS on a track
A mixture of grittiness like Kool G. Rap
Skills of Biggie, Pun n L, now it's more about what you sell
Used to listen to Pac to get me through da hard times to keep my head up to prevail

I was proud to be black, RUN-DMC dawg 
Had me Raisin' Hell

Shout out to da Queens!!
Latifah, MC Lyte, Monie Love, Yo-Yo, Roxanne n da rest cause they kept it real
Kept da game balanced 
Wit a certain feel
Gave it dat woman's touch wit a dope appeal

Before Foxy Brown, Lil' Kim, n Da Roc hit da scene wit Amil

Can't forget LL, Da Fat Boys, Slick Rick, Dana Dane, n Doug E. Fresh
A variety link to da gates of our soul is what really made da wires mesh

Hov was a titan!
And when I heard Nas writin', it made me wanna pick a pen up n begin writin'
Throw fire bolts out my pen, commence to proceed to produce lightenin'
Made me wanna raise my thought pattern gave us a glimpse
Of what it was like n what we could obtain to have
Mobb Deep
Stepped forward, came wit hood math
Biz Markie made us all laugh
Big Daddy Kane came with "Raw" stabs
And "Ain't No Half Steppin", gotta put in da work if you want somethin' real bad

Poor Righteous Teachers made me aware, conscious of landscapes n scales datz on da graph
Damn!, I miss da past

Cause da future is 
Stagnated
Got me agitated!
Cause they losin' sight of somethin' dat saved our lives like Lupe n became groundbreakin'

It's not a game, I leave da earth quakin'

Dear Hiphop,
Eye need you back

I'm feelin' forsaken
It seems like a long time dat we ALL been waitin'
Well, da wait is ova
So prepare for greatness
I'm here now, is this seat takin'?

HipHop replied nope!
So I'm snatchin' back everything dat dey confiscated
Afrika Bambaataa
No respect for what our forefathers have created
Legendary status for future generations
In my proclamation
Teach em' to preserve a legacy datz so sacred
Cause all eye see is how higher ups have took our genre n they just straight raped it

"Dear HipHop" by Shawn Stare

"Fallin" ((freestyle))

I'm a mangled soul

Prayin' n I'm fightin'

Stranglehold from da tightenin' of da rope around my neck

Or better yet

When eye reflect on hollow steps

My throat is strep 

From hollerin' at past regrets

Secrets kept

No peace in my sleep, awake when I walk da earth

Bro, all eye feel is hurt!

Feelings jerked

Emotions rattled

From da hassle wit da battle comin' up short tryna raise my cattle

King's lose crowns

Destroyed me when I lost my castle

Failures circle ova me like vultures hang me like a lasso 

Up shit creek without a paddle

Scars saddled

Ride me like a horse with tremendous force

Calibrated power of a speedy Porsche 

Nightmares got me shakin' like Ali when he held da torch

Eye remember back when I couldn't even leave my porch

Me, Myself, n I relinquished in my thoughts

In a maze like white n da seven dwarfs 

Blackin' out

In n out like intercourse 

All I ever had was poetry, music, n my sports

Now my back's against da wall

Cuffed

Holdin' off deez courts

Tryna lock me up for back child support

Don't wanna be another brotha jailed up north

Or statistic in da system wit a bunch of sad remorse

Tryna find ways to do what's right n redirect my course

At one point my record was good, but cats don't care what you did before

Where you stand, switches up from where stood

And I've come to learn, dat eventually ya bad will outweigh da good

Fallin' to temptations

"Ball Of Confusion" in da world n constitution body parts contorted in convulse contusions

Mind enslaved n slain in deez institutions

Becomin' reprogrammed to da waves they've instituted

Top Gun show-offs Maverick loud mouths like Mark Cuban

And never mix business wit pleasure, datz stupid!

Love is so peculiar

It can have you down in da dumps n at da same time it can have you groovin'

Or get shot through da heart like Jon Bon Jovi hit wit cupid's arrow harpoonin'

Try to patch it up wit time but in da meantime you leakin' fluid

Yeah!, New Jersey native Garden State plantation

Home of high unemployment, taxes, n inflation

Among other things y'all

Corrupt situations

Cuts are so abrasive! 

On my shoulder's God n satan

Try to practice better patience but da voices swirlin' in my head are just so persuasive

It's a struggle man movin' forward

Pains from da last alliance keeps me dormant

But

Stayin' focused

Not fallin' in a pit datz bottomless for those dat wish me bad just for their enjoyment 

"Fallin" ((freestyle)) by Ra Shine McKoy
https://soundcloud.com/po-house-management/fallin-freestyle-shawn-stare

"Da Pressures Of Life" ((freestyle))

Forget about da ice n da cars
Steel feel like misrepresented in bars
I still spit for da love of da art
Some days it was cool, some days it was hard
Miss my homies from da basement back when we used to ante' up n drop weed in da jars
Chill!, smoke! talk about our problems b4 going home n reality lit us all like cigars
Battlin' on video games
Poppin' shit, liftin' weights like we was up in da yard

After work, it was an outlet
Away from da pressures of life
A small break from our kids n da wife
At least we wasn't on da block rollin' some dice or sellin' some drugs
But in da end, still crucified when da key hit da lock
Thankful, made it in safe n didn't get shot
Grateful to da Lord for all dat you got

Da good n da bad!

Soldier of fortune
Forging forward thru what was hindering you or makin' you mad
Times we laughed n wanted to cry
But couldn't
Cause we had to stay strong n keep our heads to da sky
And anybody sayin' they never felt this is a lie
Young boys to men, we were taught to bury our emotions
Toss em' aside

Wish I could fly

Flap my wings, feel da breeze on my face n be free
But that's a luxury n most not who they say or what they appearin' to be
Test da majority
You'll find a long tedious list
Like a litany 
N while eye slumber, it don't stop epiphanies
Soul hugs my spirit, while da world bears my flesh like a polar n be grippin' me

Shine revive flatten lines
Be Clear!
Caress notes like a symphony
I'm not concerned wit jewelry like Tiffany

I'm more concerned about what roams in ya heart
Character, integrity displayed when all else departs
Is ya Loyalty real or will it fall apart?, cause dat ain't somethin' you can go to Walmart n bag in a cart
Or even when we at odds, at a register out in public at a shoppin' mall or a mart

Sometimes it's unrealistic when you searchin' for a love on da billboard 
High 
Up on da charts
I'm a brother dat will always be there, to be a shield for ya across da board when other people throwin' those darts

Nowadays yo!
Eye show better smarts

Cause when you extend ya kindness, niggaz take it for a weakness
When those lines are crossed
Bonds formed now severed puts it in a category where it breaches

Yeah!
My belief is

What we all believe might not coincide wit what da bible teaches
Some snakes will slide into ya circle n become leeches 
Other folks enter for a purpose, put there for a short season
A brief period, enlightened you
Then left, stepped like new sneakers
Sometimes our parents n our teachers couldn't really reach us
They walked da same asphalt shaky ground that's underneath us
Tried depictin' our thoughts instead of lookin' at da real reasons

Behind da shadows of ourselves which was misleadin'

What shattered confidence in accordance wit da grievance
Daddy penis shootin' stimuli steady pokin' at my genius
8 weeks after conception up in my mama fetus
Considered me a gift to da world like Jesus
A rose from da concrete risin' up 9 months removed from da womb
To be later on concealed to a tomb

Born alone
Die alone in a hospital room

Pressures of life is like suffocatin' from fumes
Stayin' engaged, keeps my mind from illicit neighboring rage
Cuts might heal, but da pain stays where it stays
Insomnia n stress kept me up many days
Night fell
Cold sweats
Howlin' at da moon like a wolf when it change

It hurts to write every word on this page 

If eye don't get deez thoughts out, they'll drive me insane!
Straight jacket therapy wit no serendipity claimed
Just persistent resistance to keep my demons off da length of my wave 

"Da Pressures Of Life" ((freestyle)) by Ra Shine McKoy

"Some Say" ((freestyle))

Some say
Subsequently, what eye right is a gift 
Wrapped 
Rapped wit a spawn curse
Killin' tracks wit a verse
"Ride Along" like Kevin Hart wit no heart
Body n demeanor cold like Ice Cube 
In a hearse 
What's put out, manifest into da universe
Converging on da population, explosive! like a uni-bomb
No gypsies can read my palm
Cats try, but don't attempt to eye my mind
I'm da definition of a sulky sultry stem
Drops 
On a vine
Drippin'
Ink dip in
Blood Diamond, sins of mankind
Mountaintop rage!, grace pages wit my words n watch da landslide

In hindsight
Ra Shine's rhythm beams thru like sunlight
No Shade
Rays raining down off da point of my poetic blade
Dark forces wanna dead my life!
Smoked a little herb but never hit no pipe
Niggaz think I'm crazy when they view da scrolls dat I type
Fuck em'!
Soul a window most can't stomach with no lining
Can't keep nothin' down
Throwin' up stomach acid, burnt tablets burning ya throat lining

Health declining 

Bullets fly, families crying
Wrong time, wrong place
Some might say it's just bad timing

But it's a massive problem, one we all have in common
It's never easy buddy when you at da freakin' bottom
I hear da screams of like a million woman victims, when dat 1st thrust rips their hymen
Contemplated suicide like Phyllis Hyman
For some
It's a difference between da world you see n da one dat I'm in

Some say, I'm a pessimist but I'm just a realist wit perverse feelings, dat no doctor on earth would operate cause of internal extensive damage it would complicate wit no signs of ever healin'

Wounds permanent, no nurse for dat!
Some will say time heals it all, but while you in da thick fog where da cloud is black
You don't wanna hear dat crap
Ain't no comfort or no solace in dat smack
Physical, emotional, verbal assault
It's funny how what we was taught, not even followed sometimes by da one's before us given it off 

Eye know most have written me off
Already got me out da league like Randy Moss
What resides in me won't never sell for any cost
Some say
Walk away
Let it Go!
Yet n still   
Vultures circle round my head like an angel's halo
My demons want me to give in, I tell em' Hell No!
Datz an epic fail bro
Had cars, had doe, had hoes
But in da end, no fulfillment n dat shit never last yo!
Even had a chick who eye thought had my back, but she crept out da back door
Seen da fakes disperse when dat cash low
Ain't no loyalty!
But some will say "Family Matters" like a Winslow
It's more irony then truth in dat tho

And as da wind blow n da world turn
Eye have to reaffirm myself ain't no love, literally and in legal terms
Peace out!, I get up
Gone like court proceedings datz adjourned
Play wit fire homie, you gon' get burned
Yup!
Datz what some say
Hombre'
Strike smart but quick!
Clear da whole plate
De beisbol diamante  
Revenge is a dish best served cold wit no entrée
Erupting at da right Peek like Dante's
Clearing my thoughts
Speedin' down I-95 on da highway

https://soundcloud.com/po-house-management/some-say-freestyle-shawn-stare

"Some Say" ((freestyle)) by Ra Shine McKoy