raindrops FALL like tear drops, contagious musicians a valuable
technique like Coltrane
collard greens & fried chicken, cornbread in Harlem
does anyone pay rent here?

nasdaq fired him over negative economy stats on wallstreet!
my mental disorder is deranged, of course it is . .
Julio's boogie down bodega is where the coffee consumption
takes place, only the strong stuff, Julio (he laughs)
yep the rent is too high over there!

not guilty, no guilty is what house member debates
my friend attorney general Holder wants social media reform
to be born from rhetoric, of course!
I reflect on lessons learned livin' la vida loca in Los Angeles
blood$, crip$, ese'$, the cholo that rolls dolo & sticky greens!

writers reborn after Langston&Baldwin cuz their EYES were
always watching God, of course . .
the temperature is 80 degrees and I can't find my watch!
allow me to take my pills, perhaps not today, just playin'
and they say, I have a vocabulary disordeR

lifE imitates art
-xxx

they showed us phYsically, we could reach infinitY, but mentally, through the century, we lost our identitY
-Rakim