Takiyah Penny

Its dark where I am and I cannot find the light
there are shadows all around me and my heart is full of fright

Everyone is cheerful they never even see that storm clouds are forming upon the peaceful sea
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Are you ready to die?
Are you ready to go?
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When people say the 'hood' what do you think?
children screamingtrash on the ground gansters pimps prostatutes and people asking for money, nothing good comes outn of the hood
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I'm different shapes and sizes, im sold in store and even libraries
I tell stories that take you anywhere you want to go
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ya see, i gotta certain lust, that makes me want to do stuff
theres so much i wanna do before my time is up, so much i wanna experience, so much i wanna see, so much i wanna smell, so much i wanna touch, so much i wanna play around with
see, i am a rather eccentric, loving unusual person, that is determined to live life with flair and laughter
i gotta certain lust for something better, and i hope that it last, last long enough to be wanted, to bee needed, by a person that really believes in me
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its ironic that the person that i want to have children with has eight brothers and sisters, and tells me my life is too much and then moves to Alton
out of all the places you could go, i thought you would have chose somewhere that you know
im always up too late, i worry about you all alone, in that place you call your home
i promise i wont get known for doing something crazy, cause no man wants to hear stories about his lady
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so, you want to be a demagogue, for your selfish reasons, saying one thing and doing another
censuring everything i do, i was just trying to emulate everything you do
i guess im the fortuitous one how, im just going to be abstinenced from being around you, period
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infactuation: when your deeply in like, not love
are you in love, or do you think you are, and if YOU are is your partner in love, do you know
is love something you giggle about to your friends or everytime you hear that person's name you butterflies,
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Will you love me in the spring time?
Will you love me in the fall?
Will you love me when moons shining,
or when there isnt any moon at all?
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I see me in my necless before breakfast
dont skip school trying to cool then youll wind up acting like a fool
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Whats your problem man
cant you deal with the basic plan
your momma dont know
that you a secret, and its going to blow
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Can you go this way?
No wait that way, no, not there, here, your going here
there, this way, that way, everywhich way
but the right way, stay here, and this go there
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The blues in me might be cool
but dont act like this new
it runs through my veins some times its a pain
when i sit still and not express
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I live by the nguzo saba each and everyday
celebrating unit, having self determination
creativity is my life, everything i do
i make sure that i know that i have purpose
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Go green and protest and support of our mother earth
Make this day we don't forget
Sing all the Nzuri of our history
Sore past the limits of the stratosphere
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I am a lamb
I am gentle
I am a book and street smart
I am a helping hand
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