Category: Harlem
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A Dream Deferred
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore– And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over– like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? by Langston Hughes Can…
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The Winner Is…
So what my lips are like soup coolers. They get the job done. I haven’t any complaints either. Hey, I’m a good guy and far from being a dog of a man on any level. Life is complicated enough don’t you think? The Winner Is… I just like to have my options open before making the wrong decision. I don’t…
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Her 90 Day Rule Before I Can Smash?
Her 90 Day Rule Before I Can Smash? FOREPLAY As I approach my 4th year of celibacy my birthday and yet another holiday pass, the emptiness and the loneliness begin to set in and grow. So, I dream of a White Christmas minus the snow. You are my Alaye (A-lay-he), God has blessed me… I…
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R.I.P. Ms. Sharon: Going Home
The world has lost a great person… I know this to be true because I know her son, Todd Tucker aka T-Tizzle. Ms. Sharon, Thank You for your years of service. I thank you even more for giving birth to your son who shines so bright; a image of your reflection. Thank You Ms. Sharon…
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Stand For Something
The Only Way To Get That Gorilla Off Your Back Is To Stand, Upright. When the light is turned on there’s no turning off that light. One may try to ignore that little voice inside but that light and that voice will only burn brighter and speak louder to you each and every time you attempt…
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Ferguson: Michael Brown, Civil Unrest & Change
CNN televised the fiery passionate expression of a people in great despair. Poor people, angry, disenfranchised citizens of Missouri, Ferguson living and witnessing the American experiment. It was a day of shame that imbrue the fabric of our national conscious. This greasy spot will be forever burned on the entire nations memory. Malcolm X, my…
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On This Day Of Shame
Day Of Shame On this day of shame, I’d like to remember all the people, all the entire cultures that are extinct; wiped out, removed from this earth just because they are different. The gratitude and appreciation has been noted of those that have sacrificed their lives so that others could feast and be merry.…
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DSD Podcast Radio: Real Talk, Real People On Real Issues
Real Talk On Real Issues – Be Heard Dial In: 657-383-0995 Every Sunday DSD 14 Real Talk, Real People on Real DSD Podcast. Keeping it Real & Dirty – Kick it with Scout Smith, Christy Harvey, HarlemATL Show Topic: “It’s The Economy, Stupid.” On Down South Dirty Podcast. (Archived) 11/14/14 – Sunday @ 1:30pm…
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I Don’t Need You
She pays the light bill, the food, the car note, her student loan, the gas and the rent. All from one paycheck. She thinks to herself, why are you here? Other than making babies what is he good for? I Don’t Need You Your woman doesn’t smile at you like she use to anymore. There’er times you don’t…
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The Dumb Shit Men Do
Beauty is a beast all by itself but a good woman, an educated woman is the type of woman that make a man storm the beach or die trying. The Dumb Shit Men Do Ah yeah, you already know who I be, constantly doin me, sliding through your hood on that dumb shit fo all to…
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Child Support: Anger, Bitterness & Spitefulness
The good ole relationship and the days of Nana and Poppa are long behind us. Almost nobody is retiring from a job after 20 years and only a few can say they worked at one place for as long to retire from. The same can be said about lasting relationships. Child Support: Anger, Bitterness & Spitefulness Today, in this microwave…
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What is Your Why?
Nothing great is achieved until you step outside your comfort zone. It was a painful and shameful experience being a four time loser. Her unsettling gesture of disapproval. The needless suffering of children… Another fatherless household. Years ago, while living in New York and thinking I was a man when in reality I was functioning like…
Harlem Inner City Blues: Random Thoughts 