This piece was written by Breeze Vincinz from the Poet's Jazz House Homework Writing Prompt, "I Gotta Do This"
I gotta do this
Take care of my beats
Take care of my teeth
Take care
Of my fam
Don’t fall for the flim flam
Make that money
Not the kind that’s funny
Tho I know ain’t nothing funny
When you ain’t got none
I gotta do this
Love and care
Put afro sheen on my bald head
Give love
To my fam
Don’t fall for the flim flam
Say what I need to say
Even if it ain’t the popular way
Like my love for being Black or my shame for being gay
But not all the time
I gotta do this
Acknowledge the Creator
Brought me here from the Equator
Acknowledge
My fam
Don’t fall for the flim flam
Know my breath is a gift
All the rest is bullshit
The ego is counterfeit
There is only love
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