"Our Light Shines In Us"

I know times is rough

But keep ya head up!

Da only way to prosper

Faith n Love!

Through God, our Father

Can't you hear da laughter?

Angels singing among the rafters

Protect us while we slumber

There was a time my feelings couldn't feel and became numb n felt da beat of my heart skip n mutter

Used to close people out like window shutters

Came out my cocoon like a butterfly so you could see my wings flutter

Words cut like box cutters! 

So I choose carefully what eye articulate

Circle of emotions so strong, you couldn't penetrate

When you weak, datz when deez serpents try to infiltrate

Life is like dat shot at da buzzer

You either miss or make!

I wanna start fresh plus have a clean slate

Not after death, but before it like Biggie

One More Chance!

No more sleepwalkin' while my dreams are muffled in a trance

Brighter days on horizon's, watchin' sunsets 

You n I side by side no sense of time

As we romance under da moonlight

Fools never listen to wisdom til' da noose tight

We Alive!

So very blessed just to be alive!

Eye know sometimes da truth stings like a bee-hive

Mirrors give off reflections where you can't hide

Our light shines in us!

No sense or hint of vengeful pride

Put dat to da side

Let our voice's connect with our minds to harmonize with da notes in stride

My eyes focused on da ocean tide

As God is my witness n my guide

Eye shall never quit or give up inside

Our destinies written in hieroglyphics on da walls of future eyes on da prize

Our sins are cleansed through da blood of Christ

Let's come together n unite

Bring about change for a better life instead of strife

"Our Light Shines In Us" By Ra Shine McKoy

"BROKEN"

A select few were sent out to speak da gospel like Jesus twelve apostles
Well, after His resurrection minus backstabbers like Judas datz eleven
Seems times haven't changed, we still feel our backs bombarded wit weapons
Want answers, but still asking da wrong questions
My neck of da woods is far from heaven
Mesmerized by her essence
Was once soul partners
Engaged in between those dat slaughter n lauter
Ill will feelings harbored, never forgotten
Eye was picked apart by her broken gospel
Even tho we dug each other like fossils
Opposites attract, it's theological
With God, nothing is impossible!
I can remember our last supper
Eager to eat
Tired!
Things become different n all you want is release
Oddly enough, we were destined to meet
Vows thru speech
Met up at da alter years ago, we broke more den bread on deez sheetz
Love was da pillar we consecrated our beliefs
But in da field of battle, can't expect there not to be any heat
Short-term temptation is sweet!
But in da long run causes both resentment, anger, n grief
A nigerian nightmare comin' at cha like Christian Okoye runnin' ova cats wit cleats
Not nearly as many indians, now so many wanna be chiefs
Epiphanies are discovered where as before dey never were reached
Sometimes you wish you could hit a button on ya mind
Instead of pressin' rewind n just hit delete
Deez are lessons in life we are forced to learn from n not to repeat
Some bonds are cemented after broken or left discrete
Moments awkward n brief
But da respect between two eyez should remain in view within da pupil n teach

"Broken" By Ra Shine McKoy

"DA SKIN I'M IN" ((freestyle))

Da skin I'm in
Currently 
Within
Still
Battles wit sin
Stare vs Shine
Shawn vs Ra Shine
Sometimes eye feel like I'm losin' my mind
Flesh chasin' my spirit
But keep fallin' behind
Never aligned
My depression became an obsession 
It almost crippled my essence
A valuable learning lesson
Came out da depths
Foul
Worser den bowl movements
Past consumin'
My future groomin'
Stranded in da defecation of waste
Now eye can't breathe
Dis shit suffocatin' my space
Rude boy
It's written all ova my face
Charlie Sheen demons
I'm in a "Chase"
Tryna escape
Things I never dealt wit to help me heal
I became cut off from how eye feel
Put my emotions on a battered field
Pain n sadness kills
When your alone
No home
No friends
No loyalty
No honor
No sponsor
No father 
All drama
Besides God or mama
Don't think eye could've made it thru dis hellish somber
Mood
Dat once ruled my vessel
F
U
If you can't understand my struggle
Surrounded by cats dat move packs in bundles
I reside where da poor stumble
Hungry
But still on da humble
Trials n tribulations
Niggaz hatin'!!!
Period
Menstruation
Forget dis country n it's legislative's
Dem fuckerz be da main one's wit bones in da closet n da basement
Smh
Wow!
Ain't it fascinatin'
Eye stayed quiet cause eye was taught dat real dudes move in silence
Even thru da violence
Stare was jealous of Shine talent
It was festerin'
Hatred pilin'
Like Tom Hanks
Eye found myself stuck on a island
My children give me hope
But da world thru my scope doesn't
Nope!
I'm hangin' by da ropes
Like a dope fiend tryna cope
Or like a songstress tryna hit dat high note
My goals n my dreams float
On da borderline
No Madonna
Just a deadline to meet death on da other side
Noggin' in my hands
Dayz eye cried!!!
Back slid
Fallin' by da wayside 
People say have faith
Yeah eye know 
It takes time
I run towards my troubles tryna to embrace mine
Datz da only way eye can conquer da monster
Dat resides in me!
Da skin dat I'm in 
Eye fight to be free
Da key like Styles P
Lockdown in he, among da dirt no one can see

"Da Skin I'm In" ((freestyle)) 
By Ra Shine McKoy

"TEMPTATIONS"

Throw it back like Janet Jackson
Nasty!
Classy!
Women
In da streetz
But a freak in bed sheetz
Liquid Lust 
Peep how da Pages Meet
Cum together on Loose Leaf
So wet dat my pen skeets
It knows No Boundaries
From far away it speaks
It even feel what eye leak
Fortunes told eye 2 eye when we meet
It forms unions n resonates 2 peeps
RoadRunner
Beep! Beep!
We gone!!!
Like Natalie Imbruglia naked on da floor
Heart, Feelings, n Ligaments
Left "Torn"
A new day spawned awakened at dawn
Soul replenished n reborn
Weathered Storms
Silent Goodbye's
Gray Loud Clouds Cry
Their Tears rain down from da sky
Soakin'
Touchin' grass
Arms wide Outward Mass
Region across da At-Las
Tree branches, Leaves of Stems
2 Bodies of Molecular Spins
Watchin' Liquids Lust n breathe within
Forbidden fruit
We taste, we sin
Poetry consoles thee
You, me n He
Open up my book
Get M-tu-me
Serious series of Convulsions
Bringin' forth Light to darkness
Outta Doldrums
Intensified width wit vibrations
Sensations
Limbs Hemmed up on bedboards surpassin' unmeasured rulers of engagement
Rings sporadically, emphatically
Inner walls ejaculating
Da devil fell from heaven to hell
Lost Wings where Angels dwell
Human make up canvas art
Deez barz are painted cells
Tainted tales
Outta da depths where scorned, tortured spirits n da angry yell
Females
Wanna release wells on Males
Not sure of Intentions So Juices Are Withheld
And instead she lets da sheetrock lubricating dry walls from dry spells
In thee event of self-control
Da Mind Curtails
Boxed In
Writers Block all 4 corners
Most will tell you they can do bad by themselves
N dead weight can get picked up from coroners
Many still wanna know what Love is like foreigner
3 sides
Evol actions spiked wit poison
Cuts cured by time ointment dat Temptations moistened
Adrenaline rush!
Liquids Lusts after dark like Michael Baisden upon appointment

"Temptations" By Shawn Stare

""VOICES CARRY" ((freestyle))

Young age
I was married
But Til tuesday n beyond yo!, Voices Carry
Like Mariah
Echoes of my words, split between da rhymes
Memories of good times 
Bad times
Arguments n past crimes
Didn't work out but I took responsibility for my ac-tions
My seeds are thee only thing dat really has any significance
Down here on dis devil playground resident
Character measurements, festerin'
Friendships polluted from misinformed messages
Incredulous
Da lesson is
Learn from mistakes move on from da bitterness
Wanna make God laugh?
Hold up ya written script
Too many are controlled by dem benjamins
Make it but don't worship it
Purchases
You can't take it wit you when da earth is on top of you
Datz why eye don't put no worth in dat damn module
I'm a Realist! n eye recognize what is logical
Illogical components shadowed by proponents of da onus
We may never get what most really owe us
Hate is ignorance, somethin' planted like a lotus
It divides n it holds us
Kills us soldiers
Wrong temperament implodes us
Can't pump ya brakes if you don't have da right padded shoes dolger
Steady goin' backwards owners
Rollin' on damaged rotors
Back up
Cut da holder
Lust n Love is two different kind of motors
When its ova, den its ova!
Flippin' like a cold shoulder
Life's a Bitch n she keep poppin' up like a toaster
Many deaths from heat in holsters
Tough guys claimin' posers!
Wrekkin' families wit dey motives
Fatherless child
Tribulations n Expensive trials
Now niggaz stuck in barz to hear da voices carry in dey ear canals

"Voices Carry" ((freestyle)) By Shawn Stare

"LET DA POET SPEAK"

I'm always down for my peepz
Levitate da words, let da poet speak
Sounds of floetry!
My past molded me
Demons tried conjolin' me
Eye found a love n passion for poetry
Hold tight to my faith in God n let da Best out datz bestowed in he
Humbled!, never ornery
Competitiveness, wreaks havoc on da arteries
Paint pictures wit dis art eye bleed
Blood shot!
Blood clot!
Our lyrics assassinate deez bumbaclots
Thugs runnin' stocks n runnin' bloks
Welcome to AmeriKKKa, Da meltin' pot!!! 
DMX was right
Hell is Hot!!!
Eye smell da stench n rot
Of fiendish plots
To keep us down n never rise up
So many lives stuck!
Sometimes when I talk
Cat's tend to think I'm nutz!
But I don't give a fuck!!!
Forces between woman n man seemingly span 
A connection thru da simplest strands
Woven in da center of our memory gland
Mutual friends
Friends of Friends
Innocent sins?
Depends!
Depends!
Singled out wit a twisted sputterin' grin 
Sly evol silent he spin
Pen to page!
It switches like Primal Fear
Richard Gere
Ed Norton
Past da weed my nigga, I don't know what dey snortin'
Headhunters on da prowl, you see us comin'
Salute to ALL my writing affiliates!!!
Expression!
Ain't it Somethin'?
Eye got so much love for this, eye would do it for nothin'
But EYE understand da dynamic's of tryin' to make somethin'
So eye ain't mad at cha!,
Matter O fact!
I'm encouragin' dat!
We all do what we do
Flow foolish, crazy, n cool!
N still tight at da end of a duel
Never surrender ya tools
Respect due!
To ALL you pen soldiering fools (lol) 
Like me!, who hold it up wit a sense of pride 
Been on both sides 
Of da spectrum
Ridin' down da highway thinkin'
Music bumpin', Leanin'
Laid back!,
Recitin' what I inked in my notebook from dis evening
Folks!, hold tight
We gon' get somethin' straight b4 we leave here
Our voices lye in each ear
What time is it?
Eye don't know but we hear
Our struggles made each of us who we are, So be Clear!
Cause we fear!
No entity or anyone who tries to fuck wit our lyrical capabilities 
Too much artillery!
You feelin' me?!
Y'all inspire me
I'm not afraid to say what's on my mind wit no apologies
Honestly!
I feel like we da top tier of poetic piracy 
Whether positive or negative
We spill our irony!
Be who we are designed to be
But We ALL respect one another's honesty
Regardless of society
We've forged bonds thru sonnets we sewn in it's entirety 
To level a nation n it's hypocrisy
ALY-US
Follow me!
But we leaders
So correction!, 
Follow ya instincts n let it breathe
Eye have a difference in opinion wit what BS people be handin' me
Respect from my peers is pure flattery!!!
Big Upz to ALL you Queen & King Pen assassin's 
Attackin' not just da brain but da whole anatomy
Knowledge filters in gradually 

"Let Da Poet Speak" 
By Ra Shine McKoy

"This Love We Made" w/Shantell Cooper

"THIS LOVE WE MADE"....

 

(RA SHINE MCKOY) (SHANTELL COOPER)

RA SHINE:

For a while my thoughts couldn't penetrate
My emotions had to ventilate
A friend came along on thee interstate
Our mind connected through poetry n then a date
Companions behind da scene
Our notes intervened 
Da pen set da stage n da scene
For da love 
We make on sheets
Riveting!, soul thumpin!, supersonic suction
Of our bodies pressed to each other
Felt like eye search da atlas for an antidote to recover
Laurence Fishburne
Dis is "Deep Cover"
Heartbeats beneath da covers
Shantell n Shine
Atlantic Starr
Poetic 
Secret Lover's
Feel da thunder 
Of heavens doors open up when heat flutters
The love we make, make walls tremble
Convo became da fusion
N deez notes? 
Symbols!!!

((Gathering himself))

Chill!
Let me continue!,
Our pens met
Our imagination stretched
Lyrical! 
Mental!
Physical!
Spanned across oceans
Eye loved da visual
Caress her tears as she wept
Water ski
Wet sex
Body parts 
In ALL directions
Passion ignited as we watched each other in reflections
Mirrored wit beauty n affection
No affliction!, just dis diction! 
Dat spiraled
As you opened up n let me tame your inner piston
Smile  n glisten!
Sounds echoed off floors n ceilings from constant feelings
Enraptured in one another's warm embrace
Too many positions to speculate!
With da short time we spent 
In 
Da imagery of the love we make
We came together to set da record straight

SHANTELL:

STRAIGHT FROM CUPIDS ARROW YOUR PEN CAME THROUGH PIERCING, WE CONNECTED FROM A MILL~EON SO I WANDER IS THE HEAVENS REALLY LISTENING... LOOKING DOWN AT THE SPIRITS HE HELP CREATED, A "LIVE WIRE" IN RARE FORM DAMN MAN YOU HAD ME COMPLETELY FADED... I WAS CAUGHT OFF BALANCE WITH YA "POETIC SHINE" AND PROSE, EVERY TIME YOUR INK BLED THE PAGE I SWORE MY HEART PALPITATIONS ROSE... RISING WHILE STEADY TEAZIN', YOU GAVE THE DICTIONARY NEW MEANING OF FEMALE PLEAZIN'... I CAN'T HELP BUT SMILE EVERY TIME YOUR INK WOULD HIT WET SPOTS ON MY MEMOREX, YOU BROKE THE GLASS AROUND MY HEART WITH OUR LATE NIGHT SEX TEXT... SIDES ACHING FROM LAUGHING UNCONTROLLABLY, I WROTE EVERY KINDA FANTASY ABOUT THE WAY I IMAGINED YOU HOLDING ME... SIMPLICITY FINALLY BECAME REALITY, AND FROM THE LOVE WE MADE IT WAS HIGHER THAN GRAVITY...


RA SHINE:

Hold Up! 
Eye know it's late
Thought i'd make a u-turn
Around da base
Of ya heart
I remember our little talks 
After dark
It was clear we had a spark!
For what it's worth
You kept me laughing
When things wasn't so cool in my universe
Back n forth
We dropped a verse!
Continued on, n a bond emerged!
Both have situations from what da past occurred
We both had a common outlet
Feel da surge!
She became da immense missin' link to my puzzle
Word!
Every lesson has a learning curve
Like da smooth curves of your skin
Infectious grin!
Sweet-nature Queen wit da Pen
Dis Lost Boy
Know it ain't a party til' you n eye enter it
Eye knocked,
You opened up,
Eye entered in
We commenced to taring up satin sheets while our vessels bend
Memories made into reality when forces 
eXXX-tend!
Invitations broaden our stems
The love we make
Gives off a taste 
Like her sweet succulent skin 
Music suspendin' our limbs
More precious den diamonds n gems 
Such artistry!
When we
Cum 2gether on da page
Eye feel you apart of me
The love we make will always be apart of we
Majestic harmony
A Poet n a Poetess linked thru ink, sultry melodic tendencies

Goodnite!
Talk to you later S.C

SHANTELL:

THESE TENDENCIES IS WHAT KEEPS MY PEN PUSHING METAL TO YOUR MENTAL, THE REAL REASON WHY THE SPACE IN MY HEAD IS MORE THAN JUST RENTAL... YOU WERE THE BUILDING BLOCKS TO A SOLID FOUNDATION, LIKE THE WAY YOU GRIPPED MY BODY WHEN WE LAYED BRICKS IN OUTLINED PAGES... PAGES BECAME RED LIKE THE SHEETS OF A FALLING MATTRESS, STILL HOLD ON TO THAT MOMENT WHEN MY LEGS WAS SLIPPING AND YOU SAID DAMN GIRL I GOT DIS  .... THIS IS DEFINITELY E=Mc2, THE RAWEST FORM OF ENERGY THAT CAN ONLY BE MADE FROM ME AND YOU... TROPICAL BUT TOPICAL, YOUR THE ONLY VISION THAT REMAINS IN MY OPTICAL~NO ILLUSION OR PARODY~, SOMETIMES THIS INTENSITY IS SCARING ME... BUT I BLEED IT OUT WITHOUT REMORSE OR SHAME, AND I BET YOU ANY MOUNT OF MONEY MY NEIGHBORS STILL ONLY KNOW YOUR NAME...

"This Love We Made" By Shantell Cooper & Ra Shine McKoy