"Eye Pray"

I never rapped for money, fame, or glory
Ra Shine just wanted to tell his story
Poetry was a friend when no one else was
It gave me a voice for da things eye was deprived of
Shy, but eye spoke up!
At one point, all eye ever wanted was love
From an absent father, who even now today I forgave for his departure
As a young kid in church, I recited 
"The Lord's Prayer" our Father at da alter

But didn't truly understand those words til' eye grew older
Life hit me hard with so many responsibilities to shoulder
Eye couldn't sleep, so I rolled over outta my bed
Wiped da tears eye had shed
Began to type cause voice's don't slumber
They just constantly dance in my head
I wish they would stop!
Man!, I wish they would stop!

But they don't agree, so they do not

On a lot of walls I've read, 
"Quitting Is Not An Option"
A standard I would try to live by like an unspoken doctrine
But it's get's more difficult everyday to keep dat promise
Now a days eye pray for peace of mind more than everything
And besides da Creator above us all, taught to never fear anyone or anything
It used to be fun to recite rhymes, go home write n memorize lines
But now this gift is a curse as an adult in an embattled mind
Family don't care, when you really need em' friends not there
Nobody understand Shine!

Loyalties are lost among people who claim so divine
Now eye see only God lives solely by dat design
Trust is a word aforementioned loosely associated wit bond
Da terms don't coincide wit da means when you get stabbed from behind
As eye lay awake, I speak with dead peers
They lend me their ears
When they talk, eye listen! cause da living cannot hear
What is in my heart
Cannot bare
Window through eyes Stare
Within my soul 2 soul
Respirated Back 2 Life
Deep down, my makeup as a whole

Dreams n goals terrorized by nightmares
Dr. King said, wit you I might not get there but I'll see you there

How do you become a better person when you keep trudging in sand datz quick n disperses upon your every movement on surface?

Trying your hardest to do da right things n live wit a purpose
A setup to fail like Pac said within da inner workings
Ghetto vs Suburban, we get ignored like it's not even UrGeNt!
What are we?
What is I?
Worthless!!!
Tryin' to survive around gangs, drug merchants, n serpents in itself is a turbulent job
Not everyone in deez neighborhoods is lookin' to pitch or rob

Eye see good folks too!, decent ones tryin' to get ahead n provide for they fam, paper dat get taken out of checks every week more than what's put in their palms

Employers gorge us on da border
On da canvas, how do we draw any line? 
And we lookin' to deez political figures to even our odds
Shit!, an atheist would have a better chance believing in God
Ask em' about those pretenses n tell em' to think before he respond
Eye pray dat after I'm gone, my writing's on da walls will live on
In subsequent form
On what to change as future generations are being reborn
Eye pray when I go, I won't feel any pain
Looking forward to a paradise wit no monetary exchange

Eye pray my children know eye loved them wit every fiber in me
Hoping they know 
Respect, Dignity, n Integrity can't be equated or replaced by no Bentley
If heaven was a mile away, I'd pack my bags be out da door along wit Nas quickly
Calmly n gently, eye pray my spirit is lifted up swiftly
When no more air is able to pass thru my lungs
Ready to embrace n witness what's beyond da sky 
what Sam Cooke feared n sung 
in "Change Gon Come"

Peace!

"Eye Pray" by Ra Shine McKoy aka Shawn Stare

"Lyrical 4play" w/Shantell Cooper

(Ra Shine McKoy) (Shantell Cooper)



Ra Shine:

Dis what da canvas look like when 3 in he let da ink spray
Shantell, let dem hips sway
Shine, Stare n Ra expand vagina walls, patented dialogue to combat ya long-winded extended monologue
Heat spit, it never meno-pause!
No need for gauge
Eye see the horns spikin' out you viking's no vampire to ya lycan
You's a titan against a goddess n a god, death to any squad!
4 conductor's twisted 2gether formin' 2 circuits like a quad
Ra throwin' rods, to make da earth quake
Shanteazy suspend em' in air, watch em' evaporate
What you expect?
It's epic n authentic when we collaborate
Calibratin' verses, gettin' women/men hot n heated
It's ok eye can see da hate, emotions leakin'
Destroy ya towers, No distress message
Shine da beacon!
Stare da demon
In his face, emulsify any legion
Calm ya breathin'
Shanteazy-Ledgend fire-off n extract what's left of deez human beings


Shantell:

I'M BOUT TOO GET REAL CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE, SHOW Y'ALL WHY MY MENTAL IS VERBALLY AND PHYSICALLY AGGRESSIVE... I KEEP ON GETTING BANNED IN ALL 50 STATES, CAUSE THIS LYRICAL4PLAY WE GOT GOIN' ON IS PERFECTED 2 PERFECTION MAKE NO MISTAKE...  YOU' RE LIKE A TECHNICIAN WHEN YOU'RE PREFORMING SURGERY ON MY PHYSICALLY BODY, GOT ME WRITING ON WALLS WHILE YOU STANDIN' BESIDE ME WITH YOUR LYRICAL ARTISTRY.... THE MASSES MUST DIDN'T KNOW THEY WAS FUCKIN WITH A SUN GOD WITH A HIGH CALIBER VOCABULARY, GOT THE CROWD STARING IN AMAZEMENT WHILE THEY BLOOD KEEP RUSHING OUTTA THEY CAPILLARIES....  CAUSE I BE SETTING THE BAR HIGH WITH MY WITTY CHARM AND FREESTYLE FLOW, MAKE ANY STADIUM I'M IN BURN DOWN LEAVING NOTHING BUT THE DOOR KNOB SMOKING IN ASHES ON THE FLO'.... THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING SO LET IT BE WRITTEN, THIS IS  LYRICAL 4PLAY SO ALL HATERS BETTER KEEP YA DISTANCE....


Ra Shine:

((Shanteazy, I gotta hit em' 1 last time cause they ain't listenin'))

We abuse networks n compositions to make you groove to da monstrosity of notes we compose like a violinist 
Poetry in Motion!, what up to my Jerzy Knight, Kenneth!
And all my brothaz n sistaz sendin' viral whippin's dat seem extensive to other viewers who can't grasp da image
Eye know I been missin'
In action
Like Chuck Norris
Life's a forest
I'm tryin' to find da balance, I'm da silence in da chorus
Literary artist!
Some jeer n some cheer for us
Not knowin', we just like dem' wit a light bill, rent n mortgage
Mere mortals!
We just have da gift to say what others won't in bits n portions
Screamin' to da high heaven's, lungs scortchin'
Half of y'all can't fathom what it was like to already be aborted
And still be born, squeezin' out to a world of torment
My time's borrowed in da mist of night light to mornings
People try to keep me out like an awning
Lyrical 4play is just a warning!
I'm cummin'!
Like Shanteazy strummin' her pain n exotic artistry like Lauryn when it's forthcomin'
Sunnin'
Audiences like Zion
Biblical icons introverted wit deez pythons
We everywhere like "Lucy" when da mic's gone
When da hype's off, da crowd vanish
Bang! Zoom!, Honeymooner's still Kramden
Still standin' wit pilot markin's branded in our speech
English, Spanish
Mita mami!, what a tándem!!!
She da Queen of da guillotine, I'm ghost like da phantom
Our shots are never random
Target minds
Open up! der's less voice behind deez rhymes
Speakin' for da voiceless with hybrid finds
More den mediocre raps wit metaphors hidin' rushin' waves from a lethal tide
Ladies wet when I speak in tongues just to correspond
Shine like a vibrator for women in between sheets of deez raunchy lines
Shanteazy stimulate da nerves n muscles of so many guys, when dey read what she scribe
Probably want pic's for a mental vibe
Damn! you niggaz high, ha!
Datz what dis lyrical 4play wit da pen do
Fuckin' ova brains like internet do
Neurotransmitters wit a visual
I'm a sarcastic bastard wit curses for da ritual
Entrepreneur
Independent
No Major!
Our words are linkage lineage dat shift worlds n grip bodies like thee equator
Slick talker like a phone stalker
Been nice since Pro-keds n British walker's
A father to a son n 3 daughters
Bookstore's can't even lobby what dis brotha "Border"
Shanteazy n Shine on deez misfits, you readin' it write dis not a misprint
Stretch limbs for fitness
Dis is Lyrical 4play on Basic Instinct's when where "Gone" like
N Sync but always in sync when our pen's stem for y'all to witness
Middle-finger "F" da critics!, no matter far or distant
New Jersey to Detroit is vintage dawg when we spittin'
Shanteazy sick!, abolish hit-man wit dey henchmen
Valve in da brass, musical instrument sent to alter pitch like a piston
Introspect
We cum on intellect, connect da bridges


Shantell:

I'M GETTING READY TO PICK UP WHERE  SHAWN LEFT OFF, CAUSE I GOT THAT GLOW LIKE YA FAVORITE LIP BALM OR LIP GLOSS.... SHINNING BRIGHT FOR THE DARKEST FLAME, THIS HERE IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE LEDGEND AND STARE NAME...  SO ANTE UP CAUSE I'M COLLECTING THE TOLLS FOR THESE BROKEN BRIDGES, I GOT MORE "DIFFERENT STROKES" THAN "GARY COLEMAN" & "TODD BRIDGES"... AND I HAVEN'T EVEN BEGUN TO REACH MY FULL POTENTIAL, SO I SPIT THIS LYRICAL 4PLAY TILL I DECIDE HOW HIGH I WANT THE PINNACLE... FOREIGN LEGIONS WHEN WE CONNECTED MENTALLY, NOW WE ON THE SAME WAVE PATTERN USING SIMPLE TECHNIQUES LIKE TELEPATHY ON THE REGISTRY... HIGH RISK THIS BORDERS IMMEDIATE APPREHENSION, I AIN'T MET ANOTHER BROTHER WHO COULD WRITE A BETTER COMPOSITION... STRAIGHT TO THE MAJOR LEAGUES HE GETS ALL THE SIGNING BONUSES, OUR LYRICS COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER WHERE EVERYBODY WANT US... WOMEN BE DROPPING THEY PANTIES LIKE A TRIP TO THE GYNECOLOGIST, WANTING TO SEE HOW WELL HE PERFORM WHEN HE SURVEYING SHIT LIKE A OPHTHALMOLOGIST...  EYE JUST SIT BACK AND LET EM" HANDLE HIS HUSTLE, CAUSE I BE EASING ON DOWN THE ROAD JUST LIKE OLE MAN NIPSEY RUSSELL...  I'M  THE WIZ ON THEY ASSES WHEN I'M ASSIGNING WHO GETS WUTT, SHANTEAZY ON THE FRONT LINE I DON'T STUMBLE I STRUT... BORN TO BE WILD LIKE A LIONESS IN THE JUNGLE, AND IF THESE BITCHES COME FOR ME THEY BETTER BE READY TO RUMBLE~I GIVE REAL NEWS ON THEM JERSEY SHORES SO FUCK ALL THEM BRYANT GUMBELS.... DETROIT MOTOR CITY I REIGN SUPREME, AND I STILL GOT MY TITLE AS QUEEN OF THE GUILLOTINE....

"LyRiCaL 4PlAy" 
by Ra Shine McKoy aka Shawn Stare & Shantell Cooper aka Shan-Teazy Ledgend

"Trust & Love"

Sometimes things happen for unexplained reasons

And most times people come into your life for a short season

To give clarity in the disparities of the things they see in us that we cannot

But as long as there is trust n love

Our Father from above

Can handle any task

We are His children

Our faith seals our union

Eye just want to reiterate how special you are

As lovely as this rose

You are the queen next to me on the throne

We are meant to share in God's beauty, rather than alone

Without thee other, a house is not a home!

I seal a kiss inside this poem

I hope YOU catch it!

Mirrored with nothing but love back in the reflection

Trust & true love is the message

God's love shines in us, and that's a real blessing!

As are His words

Eye "Cherish the Day" like Sade

That we may

Continue to grow and give God the glory

One day save a life, as we have our own just from our story

You are the one

You are the rain

You are the sun

Your are the earth that keeps the preservation stable

WE motivate each other to keep our assurance's strong on the table

Without judgement n labels

We are still here

And without fear!

Eye will still continue to trust n love my dear

"Trust & Love" By Ra Shine McKoy

"Walter"

Walter was a good kid in his own right
Didn't find his callin' til' he began to write
A smart kid who got good grades, da silent type
Observant, always had a great love for life
But wasn't truly fulfilled til' he picked up a mic
He felt like a hero, set free from da ills n da strife
A force like Christ wit a guiding light

Honed his skills in playgrounds, talents shows, cats knew he was nice
Wrote plays wit his classmates dey would later on, act n recite
Ran home, penned raps at night
It was like, a bond started to form
Scribin' in his notepad watchin' ThunderCats n Voltron
Mischievous at times, 
As he grew so did his gift for dem rhymes

After track, bowling, football, n b-ball 
Poetry da next thing dat captured his mind
But in our travels there's always breaks in continuum lines
As he evolved himself, he was beginning to find 
Everything in this world ain't a bed of roses
Da ones dat do you dirty, be da closest
People wit different agenda's n snakes wit similar prose's

Watch where you step, dem tracks carry high voltage
Walter miss's how grandma n grandpa used to coach em'
Along wit others, they injected morals at a gigantic dosage
Their prayer's kept em' safe in dem streets when Walter started floatin'
Nose wide-open from chicks he started strokin'
Daddy long pokin
Was told he was like Moses, 1 of many chosen 
He couldn't see it, so he rebelled
Continued down this wrong path for a spell
Walter n his mom never really jelled

No sign of his real father
When he was old enough to have his own family wit his wife n she left
His soul felt abducted like Taylor Lautner
Depressed, saddened, heartbroke, n confused
Dat shit really almost killed Walter
Real talk!
No sitcom like "Da Parkers"
She claim she took it hard
Walter said he took it HARDER 
Cause it was somethin' he was proud to build, help create n be apart of

((But before dat, he wanna take it back before he get ahead of himself cause his brain began to wander))

Middle of senior year, grandma had died
A little later grandpa followed behind
For the whole family, it became a tumultuous grind
Walter was lost for a minute, he couldn't respond
He lost his best friend
Also da one who taught em' about, courage n discipline 
Temptation n sin
And they said no matter how bleak or any situation your in, believe in God n have faith in Him
Or even better have faith within
Walter remembered those valuable lessons even as his life took on a cycle spin

For a while, things were shaky n murky then
94' wit his girl at da time had his first seed
Didn't work between da two but Walter knew, he still had responsibilities
Strugglin' to appease, took any job just to succeed
Found himself caught up in court appearance's, judge's n pleas

Walter kept feelin' pressure
from a daughter dat he know, dat he had to feed
In n out, he didn't spend enough time to some degree 
Child support ate his check up almost every week
Til' this day Walter still behind da 8ball in da background like a pedigree
At one point he actually had a good history but couldn't find a job
datz when he fell in a hole n da pipe had began to leak

And da government don't care where you get da cash from
They'll suspend your license, put a warrant out for your arrest, lock you up til' you pay some kind of fee
Many years passed as he deals wit dat weight currently
When his options grew smaller still tried his best to generate some currency 
Feelin' like an OutKast like Andre 3000 in society
Unemployment, welfare lines feelin' thee affects of poverty in a messed up economy
But dat came later

In da middle

Walter got married to a woman who became a damn traitor
Raise another man's son like he was his own n had two girls wit her later
Her n Walter thought they were soul mates, always had her back right there even when she hit labor
Had there fair share of laughter n good times but it never equaled up to da paper
After awhile trust became somethin' they used n abused to get a favor

Off n on, there path's kept runnin' back like an Oakland Raider
And they both had their share of mistakes
Loyalty is a oath dat you never should break
They tried a clean video slate but Warner Wolf dat ain't shit you can fix wit no tape

On both sides a foul stench of Infidelity draped
Kids in da middle, da shits a disgrace!
They allowed da enemy to creep in dey home n walk all ova their place
Eventually, Walter n her divorced n filed those memories in a crate
Never spoke or saw each other

again, he'd probably spit in her face
Eye know most reading this can relate

And Walter went on to use this as a reminder
Asked God to help his spirit heal, set those demons in a grinder  
He prayed for forgiveness n to give em' better sight of deez slick anaconda's
Forget about da past n look forward toward to da future 
In time, Walter knows God will have a better suitor
Nothin' last forever as he just sat n pondered

Everyone has a path to walk in itself, Hardest battle you will face is da one wit yo' self
Yea
Timing's everything!
If done correctly
Walter know's deep down marriage still a consecrated beautiful thing
Not just da sound or what you get out, but what both put in has such a beautiful ring
If eye could speak wit Walter right now, write thru da screen
I know he would say datz da way a union is supposed to be between a King n his Queen

"Walter" By Ra Shine McKoy

"HeartBeat"

Loaded stacks

Tryna grow it back

Most invitations don't come unless dey come wit a catch

Cracked Levee's

What's held inside needs to be release cause it's heavy

Outlines of a soothin' medley
Remember when I used to ride around in a broken beat-up Chevy

Now my scripts span farther den da Serengeti

Everybody got good intentions

Til' you up n cross em'

Nuggets thrown like Ty Lawson

Being real ain't in everyone's DNA

Datz why you don't see me around, eye speed away

I'm allergic!

It's a inner trait you can't purchase

What's ya worth if less is all you twerkin'

Heart beat fast, I ain't in to what you servin'

Eye can see around curves of ya canvas features

People take ya kindness for a weakness

Give em' an inch, dey stay suckin' on ya blood like leeches 

I'm a different creature

Cat's bump my music thru dey speakers

Dey know what i spit is meant to uplift

If you don't like it, den tough shit!

Pussy!

Eye report what deez politicians won't dick

Our environments is so sick

Deez pricks don't know what it's like to be broke wit no chips

Heartbeatin' so hard, ya clothes flyin' off ya whole strip

Exposed like a hoe's clit

Strippin' for cash for school or to support dey young pit

No job!

No friends!

No family!

No whip!, raise another man's child n you da one dey come get

For some

All it take is words of encouragement

I'll never compromise my loyalty just to jerk you

Everything dat happens eventually comes full circle

But datz just me!

I'm a product of da underdawg under y'all nod ya head!, listen to my heart beat for da cause

Cause when I'm gone, ya gonna miss my love like Lou Rawls

If nothin' else, Shine true to what he spew pa

Datz my Q!, 

Schoolboy 
Eye live in dat studio too!

One "Flew

Over Da Cuckoo's Nest"

Like "Chief" Bromden, believed to be silent, muted, n deaf

Don't need it all bro, eye can do more wit less

Value what eye have, let my heart capture da rest

And when dat heart stop beatin' under my flesh

I guarantee

People won't treasure deez scribes til' A.D

After my death

"HeartBeat" By Ra Shine McKoy