And suddenly it was the last day of the month, and she wondered where it went.
Been in the Apple for two years now, it was mostly time well spent
I’m well spent but still its 4 am and I’m awake
Nervous like on edge preparing for an earthquake
And tomorrow begins the month, but does it start a new day?
Wanting to see the finish line keeps her in the race, for today
But if we eliminate the race it’s just the running itself
We feel worthier with a cause than just doing it for the health
But she doesn’t feel too healthy without healthy insurance
Doesn’t feel too blessed without blessed assurance
When is the last time you prayed?
What about the last time you played?
What was the last thing you created and were proud that you made?
Would you like to journey with me to where the sidewalk ends?
Do something unconventional? Be more than just friends?
I should stop here
Not because I’m shy or that I fear
That everything just crumbles when I try to bring it near
Uh huh-
Off of me and you
And back to the world
Do it for the joy it brings
Cause I’m a joyful girl
And we try to keep it general
But then our feelings creep on in
In general the door is open for you to creep on in
And because its 4 am tomorrow I’ll be sleeping in
Well if I can cause the sunlight keeps peeking in
To my window like that Goodie Mob song
Some people know all along right where they belong
But for me I also like a little bit of trial and error
Take a leap of faith forward and maybe you’ll see it clearer
And it’s the end of one road, yet she wonders where she went
And taking the time to figure it out would be time misspent
Sure it feels like forever
But if you blink you’ll surely miss it
Try to live here in the moment before you knock it and you diss it
Go outside and just BE
Turn off your TV
Stop waiting for the revolution to come out on DVD
Love cannot be downloaded like an MP3
Can not be photo shopped like a JPG
It cannot be simply located with a few Google searches
It cannot be simply bought like an Amazon purchase
I should stop here
Not because I couldn’t go on forever with technology
Not because I’m thinking of what you and I could “prolly” be
Uh huh-
Change the topic of love
And get back to that girl
So these days everything is really changing in her world
Got the first black pres
But did you know Barack's daughters aint the First black girls?
Simply saying I was black before Obama was the POTUS
Its important that I support him
but yo you gotta know this
Is the first chapter in the history of our victory
So many causes out there
Just don't be forgetting me
Says my people who are still struggling in US
And beyond
Its beyond comprehension
How they can forget to mention
Genocide, AIDS Crisis, homicides with no convictions
Whole neighborhoods needing aid
But they got no conviction
Sick and tired of sick and tired
It’s like a different kind of itis
Not the kind that come from eating
But the kind that come from sleeping
On their issues
Extra extra just peep my latest issue
I’m concerned about citizens just being concerned citizens
and nothing else
If nothing else everyday just go learn something else
It’s not that I'm just saying grab a bootstrap and pull
Yea they’ll eat you alive
But everybody out there, they just trying to feel full
Not saying a lot of folk are not just full of themselves
But you just work hard as hell
If you do it do it well
If you come up against a wall
Give it hell until its fell
Dispel the mythical BS that will try to surround you
And if you need to come back down to earth
Come to me and I will ground you
So much talent is undiscovered
I just thank God that I found you
And like many I really don’t thank God enough and act tough
But no bluffing-I hope he thinks enough of me to hear my prayer
So now I bow my head, put down the pen, and send my thoughts up there