Power (my verse)

They say no one man should have all that power,
But if that's been said to much of that you are a coward;
Some get to stand up the rest are all bowers,
"The power" is to have power to make them yell "wowzers"!
Big things change after little things crumble,
An our voices are always deeper when we take our time to mumble;
If they are not looking for war then why try to rumble,
An I'm tired of my mind "trippin" so my thoughts are gonna stumble;
How our minds corrupt our actions when our actions control our mind,
So if we act towards our strengths the power will come in time;
But most of us forget the stress and consider yourself to settle,
But half of us want it all and to pain we are a rebel;
Some can scream louder,
Some can soar towers,
But no one man should have all that power;
Some think faster,
And some can be a master;
"But no one man should have all that power"- Kanye West

SILENT TREATMENT

Silent Treatment, a silent treat if you seek it,
A naive mind like mine will never believe it;
Not good for the soul, show spirit to a conversation,
A word can be a step up from the average life saving;
A word can be a step up from time wasting,
To them people that spend their time delaying;
Silent treatment cant be treatment without any potent words,
Effecting a decision for those who carry a social urge;
With a position to effect a social nerve,
An a straight-edge mind with no curves;
How can we give silent treatment to the kindness,
With no words of wind to the wings of the fliest?
Silent treatment is the weakest,
So silent treatment towards me... you can keep it.

Peace

Peace...to me it's a figure of speech,

Although the block seems silent doesn't mean there's no drama throughout the streets;

A heart holds instruments of beats,

With drums at the highest volumes not even lowered by Peace;

Peace... an objective which continues unaccomplished,

With constant rates of change lowered by minor nonsense;

A symbol of hope structured through a mind set,

With a bandwagon of fans but the team still hasn't arrived yet;

Peace...which we prefer to be presentable,

A powerful symbol evident to be invincible;

An although it sounds convincing though,

I feel like it can't be changed so my thoughts of Peace I let them go;

Peace...presented in the inner,

Peace can be the mindset of winner;

A process not always taught when your a beginner,

But a thought of peace is always something to remember;

Peace...can my sidewalks have it,

If it was a basketball would any of us baller pass it;

A sign to increase,

I live for success but what's success without PEACE.

Proud To Have Pride

Pride says...never settle for things you can't tolerate,

I'm proud to have a bunch of haters let them all congregate;

Proud to do what I have to do for all goodness sake,

With pride to bury guys as we dominate;

Definition of a achiever, fit a proud feeling in the air,

Only follow those who have the pride to speak out clear;

Because the things who don't understand, will never pull you by the hand;

So I poke my small chest out because I'm proud to be a man;

Whats the point of changing social standards,

Because we can kill the gutter and cause some damage;

I stay getting questions on how I manage....,

To go above standard English but do not change my language;

Even if I had some magic I couldn't vanish,

Because to the world I exist but fakes are banished;

A proud feeling who has a choice not to choose pride over the prize,

Because if I had to choose I would do it without my eyes,

A proud man is a man that saves lives,

An a man I am so I'm proud to have some pride;

Brilliant Beauty

Brilliant!...what a wonderful blessing,

Intelligence in a presence that can teach charisma all a lesson;

The brilliance of affection,

Skills to hide the most vivid signs of stressing;

A world without a struggle is a world without a hustle,

And its brilliant in it's hustle of life's embarrassment rebuttal;

A rest without a cuddle is like a game without a huddle,

With irrelevant strategies like a gang not involved in trouble;

Beauty got a castle for all of its presenters,

Fighting for the same intentions while making its way towards the center;

A memory of beauty is always something to remember,

But a shield of no hope is such a powerful defender;

Beautiful yearns all the fires that been burn,

But its not about what we was giving taking away from what we earn;

A direction to success always has its bumps and turns,

But the only ones who find the right path is the ones who use what they learn;

A turn on by others appearance,

Some say they look towards those most resilient;   

Just motions upon motions if we feel it,

I don't know their thoughts but Beauty is Brilliant!

For Her Birthday!

Satisfied by her savvy eyes, 

With her curves so narrow it would take me to strategise; 

Her hair glares through sunlight, so bright, 

I got words 4 her beautiful ears but I don't know if it would sound rite... "Excuse me can I just touch your hands?" With her smile bringing upon sweat 2 my glands; 

Ha nevermind a trance, 

I don't care if your involved in relations I wanna be your mans; 

Let her perfume sent take up my whole seat, 

Because I've been enjoying this since last week; 

Measuring her every thought since I'm now considered a math geek, 

Compliment her every thought with her saying "your so sweet"; 

Forget that! I wanna hear "I love you too, cause when I'm saying "your so cool" I'm really thinking I love u boo;
Beauty!...defined by her blank stare, 

With angels being kicked out of Heaven being that they don't compare; 

They don't come near I don't care, I don't care, 

An we can b together with all this time we can spare; 

Her lips softer then what I thought, 

An her chest is a home of a fantastic heart; 

Too words.. Positively Beautiful, an this can be a mystery 4 others, I just want YOU to know;

ACCOMPLISHED

One of the most proud and satisfying accomplishments of my life was traveling all over the U.S. to play basketball. It’s not the NBA or anything, but AAU has given me great opportunities to travel and be a tourist but still take care of my business on the court. AAU basketball stands for Amateur Athletes United, and it has all different types of age and grade groups and divisions. I haven’t played all my life, but from 5^th grade to 11^th my skills weren't too amateur--if you ask me. AAU is where all the big dogs prove themselves as the most elite;  my team was no exception. We didn’t get paid but the free hotel rooms, room service, transportation and warm-up suits were a huge plus. You can’t go wrong with free, especially when all my coach asked of us was to BALL!

  

As I previously stated, I basically played basketball for about half of my life, and the whole time I was all over the place. But the most recent and vivid memory relevant to my biggest accomplishment was in the 10th and 11th grade years of my AAU basketball career. I remember 10th grade being so upsetting and enjoyable at the same time. My teammates and I played together since the 6th grade and we were ranked number 1 in the state. We were favorite to all spectators and we lived up to the hype. Our skills were so balanced; if one person could do something all of us could. If one person wasn’t so good at a specific attribute, there were 5 of us who were twice as good at that particular technique. We were the most dominant 15 men roster in our grade. I remember the coach being so stern and proud; he never let us slack. "We will be here all day, George, if you continue missing that shot," he said to me over and over every single day. If you were the best with your right hand, he wanted to see you use your left. If you were faster than everyone else, he would make you rely on your strength and vice-versa. That’s what I think made us play our best. I remember everyone respecting their curfews and being in their assigned hotel room when the coached asked.  The early morning practices hours before the games are unforgettable. I remember the bus tours and restaurants the whole team would go to in each state, enjoying the site-seeing and cultural food. It was so cool to experience that. I also remember all the wins we had too. Most AAU teams have a tournament based record. This means that your wins were based on how many tournaments you won or the places you came in after the tournaments. There were about 30 tourneys overall and we came first place in 25 of them, second place in 4, and once in third place. We either won by 50 or lost by 2...we were like the Kobe-and -Shaq Lakers. But we had about 8 Kobes and 7 Shaqs. Imagine all them on the floor…almost impossible to beat. The most upsetting thought of this entire memory was that we lost in the championships, which were in LAS VEGAS! We lost to some team from Georgia by 1 point. I will never forget that game.

  

11th grade was almost opposite. It was probably my most disappointing season because I ended up quitting for obvious and personal reasons. In 11th grade, I was tired of going to Handover, where I went in 10th grade to play basketball, so I found a team closer to home. It was the worst decision of my life. I hated the team. The coach was so laid back and only trusted players he coached before. And  being the new kid was horrible! The team was so cheap. The nice school buses or Coach Buses I had a year ago were downgraded to little rental vans. It sucked; 12 guys who barley went to practice and I were bunched up in little vans driving all over the country. And we actually had to pay for our own food on occasions. We lost the majority of tournaments and because the coach was so bad and I tried to "correct him" or "embarrass" him so much, I barley played. In fact, I only played when we were losing and whenever my individual performance got the team back in the game....on the bench I went. It was terrible. I was finally fed up with it all and decided to quit do to my lack of play time and other off the court issues.

It’s crazy seeing the differences between my seasons. I always wondered what happened. What made my career have a downfall? I remember all the celebrations running in and out the locker room with the thunderous roar of the people standing in the bleachers. Or that earth quaking imitation of people’s feet stomping “we will, we will, rock you…..rock you….”. I remember the boos and the laughter of the crowd after we lost. We would hang our heads down in shame. Nothing at the moment could change my point of view of the game. Once I felt like I was Kobe on the LakersLakers--like Luke Walton or Adam Morrison. My lack of confidence in my game  showed in all of my easy misses during “shootarounds” before the game. Or my jersey being all sloppy from relaxing and slouching on the bench. I remember giving the coach “the look” when the team was down by thirty or fifty. But throughout all that, I still knew basketball was all I wanted to do with my life, and all that summer after I quit the team I practiced 24/7 so I would never have to go through that experience again. I practiced to the point where everything was so natural the coach wouldn’t have any choice but to play me for the majority of the game. But throughout it all, I still have no regrets. That bench time ended up making me a better player whether it was my coach's intentions or not.      

Throughout my good and bad times in travel and basketball, I truly see this as my biggest accomplishment. If it wasn’t for basketball, I don’t think I would ever see beyond New England and I did multiple times. Just imagine traveling the nation and doing what you love. I had a college student athlete lifestyle already and I don’t regret any of it. One thing I think I would change would be the score of that game in Vegas. But I still enjoyed going to VEGAS, NEW YORK, VERMONT, D.C, NEW HAMPSHIRE, CONNECTICUT, MAINE, GEORGIA, FLORIDA, CALIFORNIA, NEBRASKA, MONTANA, DETROIT, CHICAGO, TENNESSEE, SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH AND NORTH DAKOTA, PHILLY, TEXAS, ARIZONA, ETC, .

5 YEARS FROM NOW

5 years from now where I ride through in a new Charger,
Waving at the females I use 2 "bother";
Where it might be my first year in the leauge,
Where I can live in a crib with no rent but a deed;
With a lil crib in the Hills,
Getting free Nike products from my signature on deals;
Practicing my head nods at celebrities,
Keeping the name in the residents so first daughter might be Beverly;
Or when I hit the industry,
To valuable for rap to get rid of me;
Or when my songs hit global charts,
Vacations with Jet Li doing yoga an martial arts;
Or when I get to make buildings,
Buisness with profits in the billions;
Reaching the beach with the riches Brazilians,
Throwing Africa millions;
Or still on campus holding it down,
Always the youngest all through school now one of the older one now;
I just want them all to say wow,
I just want to be successful 5 years from now;

25 THINGS YOU DONT KNOW ABOUT ME....

1. I love being a Scorpio; my excuse for my negative ways (10/29).
2. I use to love the color green when I was younger only because it was the color of money.
3. My favorite candy is skittles....I wouldnt give my last skittle to a starving person.
4. I was a pee-wee boxing champ at Queens YMCA when I was seven and twelve.
5. I use to play soccer and love golf.
6. I pretend to be Magic Johnson when I play basketball.
7. I hate when people eat stuff they dropped.
8.Whenever I play a sport I wear numbers 8,35 or 5.
9. I hate Dr.Phil.
10. I dislike psychiatrist but hope to be one if my dreams of basketball doesn't happen.
11. I hate when my clothes are too baggy.
12. If I was to wear a fitted hat it would only be a NY fitted.
13. I wish to have a pet Cheetah or Hyena one day and raise it from the womb.
14. I performed "You" by Lloyd in a middle school talent show in front of my whole school.
15. I use to imitate Usher in Elementary school.
16. My favorite things to watch is stuff on the "History Channel" and "Tru TV."
17. I love Polo sneakers over any other sneaker.
18. My dream wife is Beyonce.
19. I sleep next to my basketball on weekend nights.
20.I wish I didnt have to have a phone.
21.My dream car is a Dodge Charger and I hope to collect them all one day.
22.I am related to famous basketball players Elton Brand, Will Blalock an Lamar Odom.
23.I performed in front of 2,ooo people at UCONN.
24.I opened two shows for Wiz Khalifa.
25. I am the middle child on both my father an mothers side.