"Came A Long Way"

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You came a long way away just from being my friend
What I know now wish eye woulda knew back then
Pain is pleasure
Like others fell in dat trend
Our paired hearts used to be 1 dayz on end
Used to use hands to caress our skin
At some point we lost sight of what's important n resentment had crept on in

Some said, what we had wasn't love it was built on sin
Way before da physical n verbal altercations 
Things took a turn for da worse when we stop communicatin'
Solely on da basis on what we never allocated
It's a shame when two people outgrow one another n they whole union just becomes outdated 
Came up together glad just to even make it

No one believed in y'all except them as far as their relations
Experience teaches us dat it takes patience
A certain special kind of motivation
Courage n trust
Workin' as one
Even tho you be young, long as you worked hard you knew it would come
Somewhere along da lines it becomes a job, less of da fun

Family only thing holding y'all together under da sun
But when it rained, it poured
You start finding ways to cut da umbilical cord
Words tossed around become weapons like swords
Walk around cold inside like bodies in morgue's
Just to speak one sentence to each other used to be easy, now you find it a chore

A house of laughter, no one smilin' no more
Nobody wants to be da first to turn they back n walk outta da door 
Da fire is gone
What was once sacred, now a finality torn
Judge's, Court, Lawyer's Up!, papers were drawn

Flesh riddled wit scorn
Tears mixed wit "Cheers", check ya temperature yo!, it isn't da norm 
Nothin' left to do but pick up pieces keep movin' along
It isn't a game, this is life wit triumph's n continuous storms
But how you handle outcome's builds character n makes you strong
Jesus Christ
Came a long way from bein' reborn

"Came A Long Way" (freestyle) 
By Ra Shine McKoy aka Shawn Stare

"Hearin' Voices"

Hearin' voice's in my head homie constantly
Such a tragedy, they wreak havoc!
Scared to close my eyes, all eye see is black magic
Past moral crimes stickin' to me like a magnet
A billion knives enter me stab my memories
It's like a trilogy, comin' at me all angles
Tangled in between da webs of da life I led

To all my people yo!, remain strong
Never meant to hurt da ones dat I did wrong
And to da ones who tried to do me harm
When all I did was give support n extend my arm
Your times comin'!
Shawn's Godson, nigga you'll get pissed on!

Shine da light, Sonny cats in da ring wit dis mic like I'm Liston  
Voices trigger my emotions here on this one, cells torture Chambers like Tom it's da Phoenix Sun
Deez barz radiate thru my solar system like a packed prison
Disloyal men n women!, preyin' on da fam like Lathan n Robin Givens
Shades of gray, backstabbin faces similar in da end like a prism 
Invade my vision
N why do people praise ya more in death den when ya livin'?

I might be shy but I ain't never timid
My nigga Biggie said, "Skys Da Limit"
Betrayal what eye can't forgive, der's no honor in it!
I would say ya name, but faggots don't deserve da fame
Call Mook, dey deserve da bizness!!!
You know who you are bitch!, stop da gimmicks
Cats mad at me cause I'm honest in deez lyric's
Slam you like Onyx when I'm finished
Toss ya fallible rhetoric in ever sentence

Go get a switch, dis gon' leave some welts fool dis a painful whippin'
Now do I build or annihilate da competition?
I swear deez voice's in my head yo!, dey got me trippin'
Old skool Prince Markie Dee wit compositions
Revolutionary Visionary like Pac wit no pot to pis in
Poppin' up in blogs, expose you broads in a instance
Rich or Poor, money won't blind me nor will it stop da mission
Public Officials get nervous when dey see deez verses
Eye still murk you while I'm layin' in a deep slumber
Internet online at da welfare line, we just another number
A bengal like Boomer 2nd comin', I'm a Gunnar!

Gunnin' for you politician's opposin' all y'all fake promises n propositions
Our neighborhoods is still full of gangs n drugs, murder rate steady goin' up
Pssst, Pssst ((talk to em'))
Voice's still Run Amok!
Eye see a sea of dudes love dey seeds but babymamma runnin' Wilds like Mack straight livin' foul
In da dark, backin' up dat ass like Juvenile
Hoes on some other shit a head of crowds tryna wipe cum stains from out dey blouse
On dat Brandy "WOW!", 
Swore 
She was really down
Did some investigatin', sick inside from what da private found 
Canvas bound!
Now you see da whole picture
For da Stone, watch how Sharon sliver
Spark da blunt!, pour some mo' liquor
People think dey slick but I come from a product of a different kind of mixture
We ALL have choices, Hearin' Voice's?
Be aware of your surroundings, don't let ya mind succumb to da damn poison

"Hearin' Voices" By Ra Shine McKoy

"Flow Unique"

https://soundcloud.com/po-house-management/flow-unique-freestyle-shawn-stare
Yo!

I'm like a titan

A god like Zeus lightening when I'm writin'

Thunderbolts pierce ya melon like a cantaloupe

My words touch people when they open notes in da envelope

Love remains da anchor on any boat

Stay optimistic for fear of losin' any hope

No horoscope!

Eye see da best in people when they decide to put some actions behind dem quotes

Ridin' like a biker boy, not blowin' just a line of Smoke

God's promises what we stand on, in da line of fire

I'm a vet!

A proven writer lining up all my adversaries like a sniper!

Cat's sayin' eye can't win like Talia Shire

But I beg to differ

I'm not a coke sniffer 

I'm just a dope spitta!

Sit back!, get high off da residue residing in dis home picture

Pain inflicted from past visions

Artist's searchin' for healin'

Arm in a cast from a broke image

Da older we get, da more dat we value livin'

Breathin' is a privilege!

Or better yet a blessing! 

Life convey's intricate lines within da message

Keys to our journey n answers to our questions

My dreams locked behind barz

Marred, by da enemy

I say what I say wit conviction, so remember me!

If not, then remember He!

Da spirit God gave us gives us energy 

1:7, 2nd Timothy

Our shortcomings don't define or limit thee

We are da master's of our own ability

Keep da faith, stay humble peepz n have some humility

Plant seeds like fertility to bring forth some serenity

Bringin' forth new life in da banks of deez memories

Eternity!

Infinity!

My sub-conscious battles wit da centerpiece 

Tidal waves cut from da ocean reef

Flow unique!

"Flow Unique" By Shawn Stare

"Life's A Bitch"

Life's a bitch
Wit no label!, no warning!
Traumatized by da ills of da post-traumatic
What I post is not meant to lavish 
Been a victim of some bad habits
Mind sullen, ex-warrior like Chris Mullin
Internal War, interrogation 
When you become complacent
Datz da moment you stop elevatin'
Goals
Dream-chasin'
Still tryna clear out da stuff in my inner basement
Overpopulated population smokin' fumes dyin' from inhalation 
Stress n aggravation
Father's in da home annihilated
Life's a bitch like AZ stated so congratulations!
It's up to you to work thru da shit, I'm paraphrasin' 
No marriage made in heaven, no exception!
Da union's what you make it
I should of took my time instead of tryna force creation
But time waits for no one yo! n times a waistin'
Drained from da stains of da rigorous rigid pain
Switch it up now!, find ya purpose
If you was fortunate by da grace of God to survive death upon dis surface
He clutch me twice, just to say dat makes me nervous!
But I'm ova it, constricted to whole other element
In da scheme of things tho, ya past is irrelevant
Forgin' new paths to erase me-stakes dat eye made
Condemned!
Faith shaken!
Still eye pray
And if Shine survive thru dis bitter cold
Maybe it could give someone strength to not give up when shit is lookin' kinda low
Do dis for my sistah's n my younger bro's
Road ahead is treacherous wit many traps
Potential seen, beware of slidin' thru da cracks
If ya flesh get attached to da paper den dey gon' market dat
I don't just spit it live it wit lyric's livid in da fire y'all, I spark da match!
Dropped it den turned my back
Walked away from da flames wit a enlightened view from da wreckage of da crap
Finally seen da shadow of disloyal cats
Teach people thru my raps
Give you me!, give you he!, give you she!, let you know dat life is more than just a B
Between deez pages, how eye set my soul free
Unchained like Django, Jamie, Kerry no slave to a industry
But dat will only come when we recognize da enemy
Cut da cord on our own deficiencies 
Intermediate forces suckin' up our energy
Nonetheless, life's still a freakin' bitch got my hand up her dress
Tryin' to regain da organ dat she snatched
Datz my Heart
Or remain "Powerless" like Linkin Park

"Life's A Bitch" By Ra Shine McKoy

"If Only"

Cold case, most of humanity a cold race but still i rise
What's da purpose in deez damn tears eye cry?
When eye die, will they mourn? contemplatin' on how they did me wrong
If only eye could turn back da hands of time slidin' in da hour glass
Eye would rectify my past
Take da good times i had n make em' last
Tears of a clown hidin' under a distorted mask
If only life, i could've got a grasp
A voice for poetry reachin' to da high heaven's
Cryin' for my sistah's n my brethren's 
At God's discretion
Eye lived among so much deception, battled demons of depression
Dis cruel world full of temptation had me stressin'
There's a parable in everything
If only i had da chance to fly, eye would've spread my wings like a damn Troop 21 gun salute!
Some say i lived as a hermit or became a mute, my verses go ova heads like a roof, dat i provided
Ya logic not makin' no sense so tell me what we got in common?
If only we had took a sec to analyze da problem
We would've fared a better chance from people prayin' dat we fell flat on our faces
Down da staircases
In da basement felt da fire ragin' no containment! 
If only cooler heads had prevailed or if we would've seen da error in our very selfish ways, our future could've been brighter wit some better sunny dayz
It's fucked up when da money plays a vital part
Strangle-hold on da mind n da heart, da violence BARKS!!!
If only we got a moment to cut those strings from da harp
Maybe then it would've been a very different song
Somewhere we belonged
Luggage in da cab gotta go! da meter's on
If only eye wasn't a ghost like Patrick Swayze, maybe then you could've felt da love scintillating in my palms
But it's too late!, cause now I'm gone

"If Only" By Ra Shine McKoy

"Just Own It"

Eyes meditate thru da notes of compositions
Identify wit my comprehension
Overstand my position, Shine barely got a pot to piss in
Some hear, don't care or ain't listenin'
Life keeps movin'
Unknown speeds to a earthly vessel
Threshold for pain at every level
High tolerance in every ghetto
Rock n roll, sparks fly from da heavy metal
Wakin' up to another day wit no direction
Preacher preachin' to da choir as we pause for a brief selection
Recession?
Eye think not!, dis a very long hard lesson
Bad medicine, hard to swallow
Like bad newz or another dude seeds ya chick slurped n gargled 
I don't live where da floors are marble
I'm tryin' to survive today n pray, dat eye get to see tomorrow
Livin' on da borderline, time borrowed
My heart took a shovel, dead'd sorrow!
Soul gapin' hollow pits wit some buried cargo
People judge but don't understand me
Eye miss my grandmammy!!
Bridge of love disconnected when she died went to heaven n she left da family
Enormous ante'
Huge factors!
Suspended in a atmosphere where eye don't matter
Gravity got a hold but I hear da chatter 
Confidence shattered!
Karma comes back wit vengeance up n down life's ladder
Holdin' fast to dreams like (L. Hughes) said to regain my swagga
I never was a bragger
Just a quiet man in my own thoughts tryna right my wrongs y'all as eye went along
Footsteps in da dark, joggin' memories
Saturated industries where LOYALTY is no longer a propensity
Let alone a principle
Most don't live by morals they were taught
You can't see em', there invisible
Literal!, literally in a state of shock like taser's from da cops
Co-op's downsizin', Steve Martin scoundrel dirty rotten downtrodden 
Eye represent da lost n forgotten, since da days my ancestors picked cotton
No batman, deez officials tho is still robbin 
Wit deez scribes, I'M A REAL PROBLEM!
Deez weirdo's ignore da real problem
Some of my own perpetuatin' cycles
N eye don't see us as being rival's
Anyone of us could be 1 of da 12 disciple's
What's da use in gaining everything? n still not happy like Michael
Man in da mirror not satisfied wit da one datz starin' back
I bring brutal truth to a track, wit internal bleedin' when you get to breakin' down da facts
Kill em' softly!, strummin' pain wit a song like (L.Boogie) sang n rapped 
Touch nerves, spinal tap on da spines of human minds wit my lines within my grasp
Generations generated Genesis to Revelations, be da first to da last
Past, present, n da future going out to every suitor lackin' suitable maneuver's flyin' high searchin' for dat right cougar, watch da motive's!
Everyday our faith is challenged, in what God promised us n He told us
Food for thought spiritual cleansin' for ya colon no semi-colon as my fingers hit da keys n keep rollin'
Still we teeter towin' toe's curlin' on da curves surfin' waves of da ocean
Most things beyond what we know like illogical components
Whatever you do, be original remember YOU, der's no clonin'
Live in da moment, grab it by da balls n just own it 

"Just Own It" By Ra Shine McKoy

"PRESSURE BUILDS"

Pressure builds!

Neighborhood fields, filled wit wasted talent buried wit skillz 

In a landfill where dreams can't escape dey treacherous BILL

Wanna know what's going on?

Come where da truth is concealed

Blood repeatedly spilled

Good folks work hard, others searchin' for a job, Look to God

Prayin' dey don't have to go back to da same prison dat eventually written dem off

Think what I scribe on deez pages is false?

You become a threat den a target when dey paper come to a halt

They hold certain secrets up in a vault, den scoff!

When I unleash material, data reach a nation

Don't thank me, it's my obligation

Da system is designed to put us back in general population 

Doubts?

Reasonable

Hov quotable "I'mma need those keys"

Si

Rapido!

Not da ones he referred to

Da ones dat will free my mind from being miserable

Walls closing in n deez barz choke individuals

I'm at da bottom nowhere to go, but da pinnacle 

Da real criminals, in suits wit conservative's n liberal's

Biblical!

Last dayz

On my ass like a sentinel

Where being erased, from da face of da earth

Burnt out church

Like da Black Wall Street who owned business's on dey own streets

Datz why EYE don't sleep!, quill what most won't speak

Kingdom of heaven is soul-elusive n Redemption is somethin' we ALL seek

My pen is a cannon wit chambers dat hold heat

Grounded on both feet, even if I reach unknown feats

My pressure builds wit no peace

Maleficent like Angelina Jolie 

"Pressure Builds" By Ra Shine McKoy