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I am a very down to earth brotha who is into various aspects of the arts.I have recently been cast as a plain clothes police officer on "The Wire" and ranked 12th in the nation for Slam Poetry in 2005 out of 5000 people...and awarded as an international poet of merrit by the International Society of Poets. I love to meet new people and hold intellectual/stimulating conversations. I am a full time teacher and spoken word artist; and I have been on tour all around the United States and abroad (Canada, Senagal, South Africa..). I am currently ranked 12th in the country for slam poetry by Poetry Slam Inc; Pittsburgh Poetry Slam Champion; and published in the 2005 National Poetry Anthology and the 2005 international Poetry Anthology.
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*******And PLEASE PLEASE...if u haven`t you must read this document "LET`S MAKE A SLAVE"
by William Lynch
(a white slave owner)
"LETS MAKE A SLAVE"
--An article written to control the minds of slaves for three hundred years. Still controlls us to this day-------
-The music I`m feeling now: R&B, Hip-Hop, Reggae, Jazz, and House! (Jill Scott,Talib Kweli andHi-tek, and Brain Mcknight)
-Abook I`d recommend: " TheBible" by GOD, and "Lets make a slave" by Willie Lynch (to unlearn it),
-The funniest movie I`veseen recently: All Bill Cosby and Sidney Portier movies.
-Some nicknames I`ve been called: Nate, Nate dog, Boo-Boo, Hollywood, and Narf!
-A quote I like: "Whatspopular isnot always right, and whats right is not always popular"
-Some of my heroes: MY DAD,DenzelWashington, Sidney Portier, Malcom X, Bill Cosby!
-A recent accomplishment I am proud of: Winning an International award for my poetry
-An embarrassing moment I`d rather forget: When my pants fell down in the middle of and intersection while i was crossing! I fell with my pants aroundmy ankles and the light turned green!
-One reason my friends like me: I`m not fake! I tell it likeit is!I won`t sugar coat sh*t when you are in the wrong! If i don`t like you, I don`t give you areason to think I do! No matter how many accomplishments I make, and how many compliments I recieve! I stay Level Headed!
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Brown Skin Queen
It seems that the new trend
among black men
is to romantically ascend
beauty that????s out of our own cultural origin
but even still my type of blend continues
to be brown skin, or light skin, or dark skinned
as long as it????s close to the type of skin
that I????m in
I tend to take notice of notices
put out in society in magazines and movie themes
and rap video streams
to make us gravitate towards women whose skin is creamed
the clothes made in these stores
that aren????t big enough aroundthe seams
thatmakes our sistas alter their natural beauty
to make it closer to a style that
a Eurocentric society deems
but even still chocolate continues to be
my favorite flavor of Ice Cream
I Scream, you scream, we all scream
When we see my black queen walking down the street
In them jeans
I have dreams about the things that
I could do to you just from watching the way you walk
I????ve built memories of metaphors and similes
Just from hearing the way you talk
I pop my top
When I unlock
The calm composure I????ve sought
At the thought of
The way ya hips pop
The way ya hair locks
The way them lips so soft
That sends a shock from my hat to my socks
That Whew????make ya head pop off
When you touch me you make me feel
Like I????ve found the answer to the world????s hardest riddle
I just wanna transform you into a tootsie pop
When you see how many licks it takes to get to the middle
Time after time I find that my mind only intertwines
With women whose back ground id just like mine
Or who have had my kind of struggles with the evils
That other types of people do
I feel brand new at the thought of the two
Of us connected inseparable like crazy glue
I wish I could just jump to the edge of the skies
At the crack of dawn to bring you back the first fresh drops
Of the morning????s dew
You make me just wanna dive into your womanhood
So can look at your hot spots directly
So I can correctly sexually please you
I love you for the good things
I love you for the flaws
I love the way you crack that gum with the muscles in ya jaws
Broken laws of gravity and loss of my sanity happens
When I close my eyes andyour walking around in my head
I don????t need thatextra submissiveness
Wiping my behind doing everything I????ve said
You pleasing me and I don????t have to please you in the bed
I????ma man aboutmy %#&@$! so I don????t need my egofed
Red roses should be thrown at your feet
Cause the ground isn????t worthy of your heal
I appeal to that real vibe that other cultures have tried to steal
And other cultures have tried to ordeal
But I don????t care how many rap songs you know
Or how many black men you????ve boned
There are certain aspects about my being
That you just won????t be able to feel
Cause you don????t posses those tools that are able to peel
Away the layers to what make me????. Me
Or just what my connection is to that land across the sea
Or who I be when I say things in which
You have absolutely no idea what it means
That????s why I get on my knee
For my light skin, dark skinned, brown skinned. ????Queen.
