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Peace Queen, my Goddess, you been with me through it all// Got me open now, I was once a puzzle only you could solve// Been tamed through fifteen years of mountains and craters// Gassed you up sayin I would change, I had you drownin in vapors// Confirmation of God wasn’t at the time of our first child’s birth// It was the fact that you stayed with me when I was at my lowest worth// You loved me even when all of your family told you to stay away// Believed in me when my own mother had my coffin on lay-a-way// Never did me dirty when I was hustlin, you had patience perfected// You kept us connected/ you only got upset when I got apathetic// It’s not my absent father’s fault, or the government’s blatant neglect// Because only I can make the decision to show myself some respect// Makin me look in the mirror of my son, until I finally understand// That gold fronts in my mouth and a gun will never make me a man// Remember when you got pregnant, I told you to get rid of the baby// And you said you’d kill me first, no if’s, might’s, or maybe’s// You saved me/ not just from the crack rock or glocks bustin on blocks// But also from my close-mindedness that kept my brain in a locked box// I tore down my mental ghetto walls and freed my gray matter// To the love factor/ deep in the book of life so now I turn the next chapter// And it’s you, all smiles, all trust, all joy, all love// An olive branch and a dove/ we stay getting burns from rugs// After I came home from a year locked in Minimum Security// I promised to release you from my juvenile subliminal tyranny// 12 months of patiently waitin, you never disrespected our home// Never cheated, said I was the only king that would sit on your throne// As the time goes pass/ for every calendar that we throw in the trash// It’s more evident that we in a marathon and not a 40 yard dash// So we gonna last/ longer than any fad/ because we are time itself// Never held down by gravity, we stay in the stars like Orion’s Belt// Give me goose bumps when you kiss me with your beautiful self// I hope this is felt/ Love it when I kiss your candy coatin, and you start to melt// I prayed to God and thanked him for sending me one of His angels// My pride has been strangled/ so now I spend my days being thankful// Black man with a black queen/ your eyes sparkle with that African gleam// I can’t explain to you the depth of what you makin me laugh again means// The essence of dreams/ is your definition, your soul makes me serene// A paradise of emotion, my crooked past you’ve made me redeem//
"I'm scientific, but my reflex gangsta"- Black Thought
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