EOS

Ecohes of Silence has officially dropped.
Excuse me while i disappear in the music for the remainder of the week.

Download it. Download it now.

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General Thoughts

Oh man, so i was scrolling through "My Art" page and I couldn't help but laugh at some things. Those poems are old, The newer ones I just post for you guys but oh man. It's funny to look back on these things. I've grown so much as a writer I would like to think.

Call em Out

So I was asked to write a poem for church. And in respects to the holiday season, this is what I came up with. It's light humoured and more conversational but it gets the point across !  Oh, and it's a true story!

You know, children can always tell when somethings just doesn't make sense
Cause children are always the most honest
Even though they haven't been here the longest, they can always call you on it.
So by the age of 5 i realized that- some people needed calling out.
It was the christmas season. I was in grade one making holiday crafts in class
Drawing doodles and gluing noodles to pieces of construction paper
That my parents will only pretend to like- C'mon. We know you do it.
So some little girl started to talk about santa claus and how she can't wait for him to come
She'd been a very good girl this year with all the great things that she's done.
Now... remember what I said about children being honest?
Well, that's how I work into the story.
I accidentally ruined her image of santa and said,
"Little girl. Santa ain't real. Santa is your mom and dad buying your presents and your christmas meal.
See those people putting money in your university funds? Yeah they're the ones...."
And to this day I have never seen a kid cry so fast and so horribly in my life.
And the only thing I could think of at that moment was
"Well dang. Wait until she finds out about the easter bunny"
But the situation wasn't funny cause fast forward to the end of the day at my detention
Constantly bickering at my teacher cause I wasn't through
I couldn't believe I was getting in trouble for telling the truth!
My parents taught me that christmas was about Jesus's birth
I learned how his coming was the beginning of hope on earth
And I swear I ain't lying cause I saw my momma read it from His Word
So... why am I sitting here?
Last week little Timmy told me that God ain't real
And no one stopped to figure how that made me feel
And... he isn't sitting here...
Why are we encouraging our children to lose the main focus
Buying them dozens of presents and magical hocus pocus
The recognition of Christ shouldn't only happen once a season
When he's the reason why your breathing...
As a kid I knew that you could give me a billion gifts but I only needed one.
And I accepted it from God when he gave me his son
See it's funny at that age I knew what things were all about
That's why by the age of 5 I realized,
Somethings needed to be called out.

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I'm on Youtube bros !
My poem on Occupy Wall Street :)

Nothing big, just something I made real quick to help my friends out with their digital media project
Check it out !

OCCUPY WALL STREET.

NEW POEM- Staying Awake

I KNOOOOOW. it's been so long since I put anything of my own up. To be honest, I just never felt like writing anything :s And every time I try to force something, it comes out horrible. This here is pretty alright. I was feeling it at the moment, hopefully I'll like it tomorrow. :p But good or bad, I will always share my stuff ! <3 

My mind has proven to be a very misleading place

It keeps fucking with my reality

I mean, have you ever had a dream so sweet

That you wake up unpleased to see

That it ain't real?

They say a dream is a wish your heart makes

So I stood up straight, eyes wide open trying to stay awake

And not fall into the fate of that dream world.

Cause to be honest my subconscious has been fucking with me.

Taking me to places in my mind I don't really want to be

Cause life and reality has taught me that the things I thought were manageable

Are no longer tangible

And I refuse to harbor false hopes in my heart

And get disappointed again.

Yes.

Again.

It's funny how life shits on you so often

Happy memories fade away but the bad ones are never forgotten

I never knew that 'happily ever after'

Was a screen play written strictly for actors

And I never got a hand of that script

So every day Hollywood tries to mimic my life

But they never quite get the gist.

So I could never quite relate to the stories flashing in my face

Between the 40 inches of my flat screen

Cause they conveyed the dreams I was afraid of.

See, romantic comedies never sat too fond with me

Cause if my life was a movie,

All you'd see is players and broke niggas trying to holler at me

So you see why I refuse to dream?

If it's not one thing, then it's always the other

Either we ain't on the same page or I'm just another

And even on my worst days I am not about that life.

See reality has taught me that it is full of men

Who won't talk to me in public, but are pushing for private conversations

Thoughts only leaving me debating on

"How exactly am I going to kill him"

Should I draw my blade or play it safe and walk away?

But today, I didn't hesitate with that I had to say.

So the sharpest blade I had flung out

With it, scrapping the roof of my mouth

As that two headed axe I call my voice started to speak

"Men like you disgust me. Literally making me sick.

At what point did you take a complete 180 from your mother's teachings

and become the ultimate prick?

Thinking that you can holler at any chick

Just to get a quick fix? well fix this.

Your most unattractive attribute is your lack of seriousness.

Men like you ask me why I don't fucks with them

Why I find it so difficult to put trust them

So I ask them why they findit so difficult to keep a damn promise.

Correct me if I'm wrong, or you can bow down to my honest, and truthful opinion.

Yeah, I aint feeling em

See, I don't believe a word from motherfuckers like you.

Phoney brothers like you,

Not worth my time, yet keep my self esteem constantly under review

There is absolutely nothing to discuss, cause we don't even relate.

This is exactly why I am up so late, constantly fighting to stay awake.

Cause reality taught me that the majority of men- though it seems

All have schemes.

See it's niggas like you,

That make it impossible for girls like me

To even try and dream"

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Okay guys so here it is ! The RADIO SHOW !

THE MIX ! FRIDAYS FROM 3-4 ON SPIRITLIVE.NET !!!!!!!

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T.DOT MIXTAPE

check out the mix tape entitled "Concrete" from the hommie Millz.
I just met him today and I feel like his stuff is pretty good.
Listen, Download, Love.

Don't sleep on the kid.
Toronto is overflowing with potential.

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CHECK THIS OUT

CHECKOUT my girl Keysha !

Keysha is 18 years old and is literally taking this rap game by STORM.

Proud Toronto native, her lyrics are sick.

This is how we know that rap IS poetry yall. it is an art and Keysha's paint brush

is fire spitting lyrics. 

take a peep at her Youtube page !

http://www.youtube.com/user/KeyshaOnDemand#p/u/11/fUB2MfDSYf0

GUESS WHAT

OKAY SO.
good news everyone.


ME AND MY FRIENDS ARE GETTING OUR OWN RADIO SHOW!

this is the swaggiest thing ever.
When I get more information about it I will show you guys were you can tune in !
I'm trying to feature TORONTO talent !

It's going to be off the damn chain !

I'll get back with more news!

its been a while.

HELLO!
Once again school is in full focus and I am swamped with work and assignments.
BUT I have fell upon something amazing. It aint nothing new but if any of you have the chance,
please check out the toronto poetry slam website. The next event taking place is, The Toronto Poetry Slam featuring the Ottawa Slam Team ! Saturday September 24th  at the Drake Hotel downtown on 1150 Queens St, West ! doors open at 7pm and its only 5 dollars.

Now, if interested in participating, you will have to sign up at 730pm.
Open Mic is also available!
for more information contact

info@torontopoetryslam.com

Hulkshare.com We Be Gone (Ft. Troy Trav) .mp3

Hulkshare.com We Be Gone (Ft. Troy Trav) .mp3

This is my friend Troy on a song with his boy B3auu ! Check out B3auu on Youtube. You can find some of his stuff there. it's pretty dope !

Download this track on hulkshare !

swag me the FCK OUT!

Im excited yall, so my friend Troy and a very good friend of mine named Cymmone collaborated and came up with this SICK tune. Respect the art here folks, cause it's something insane ! Click the link !

http://soundcloud.com/troytravesty/vengeance-f-mona-liisa#2/VQ7RrDqnSR_lS8ExCb3Ah8E1nxPSCa7IKAo2uIQs-68

Check out Troy on soundcloud at TroyTravesty !

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This is just one of the many songs he has made. take a listen !

Check it out!

So I added a new artist to my featured page !  Check him out ! Follow his Twitter ! He has become one of my favourite guys to listen to! And I'm not even playing :p I get excited when he sends me music on BBM ! His name is Sevan and he is a lyrical genius !

So I discovered this yesterday and it completely BLEW my mind. oh my goodness !
click this link yall. Floetry has DONE it !
Def Jam Poetry: Floetry- "Fantasize"

Flipping Tables

It's been months since I've posted anything, and I am SO sorry !  to be honest, lately I've been having a hard time writing because nothing seemed to inspire me. So I put my notebook away for a while. I'm hoping that I can get my groove back and I think I have !

So I was given the opportunity to write/perform a poem for church.  They were having a little talent expo outside and it turned out to be pretty good in all honesty ! 

Flipping Tables

i've always been the type to

break rules and to

challenge authority and to

question the ones who have

done it before me see,

my name is the youth 

and my, behaviour is likely so

with all due respect please,

don't take us lightly.

We are that mob in the street 

disturbing the peace

cause these days the definition of peace

has been misplaced and misshaped 

to translate to complacency 

But trust me, God is a part of our mob 

cause he was the first one to flip over 

tables in the synagogue 

We are that undeniable riot 

throwing slings at goliaths

And our greatest opposition is out silence. 

see we, work when its quiet

We observe.

Our mission isn't to corrupt the church

nah nah,  plenty has been done without our help.

 We are that army around jerico  

marching around waiting for the walls to crumble 

So that we can infiltrate and recreate 

The word God had intended to spread.

We like to do things a little different

But that doesn't mean that its wrong.

Just because the blue bird sings it

don't mean the red bird can't remix its song. 

 For example, to you, 1 plus 1 may equal 2 and thats cool

but  sin45 to the power of 2, times 4 multiplied by 3.14 divided by pie, 

don't ask me how or why, STILL equals the same thing.

Our minds overflow with endless possibilities of outreach

Spreading the word God once preached

So believe me, the last thing i care about is

who in the pews I need to please.

Cause I am not that chick

who gets wrapped up in church politics

God said he who is without blame cast the first stone

But you pick up bricks

Using rumours as whips

And gossip to start conflict

Hate me now but I'm just being honest.

Like God did, I am about to start flipping tables.

And erasing labels and

Showing people the equal grounds God placed us ALL on.

cause I've...

always been the type to

break rules and to

challenge authority and to

question the ones who have

done it before me see,

my name is the youth 

and my, behaviour is likely so

with all due respect please,

don't take us lightly.

Fade Out- New poem.

I got something for you guys :) I wrote this last night at around 1 in the morning. I couldn't sleep and I felt  like trash. Those moments when you feel like you've hit rock bottom. Yeah, it was one of those. But at least this negative turned into a positive picture and I was able to write something down !

Fade out.

It's just a thought but...

Maybe drugs aren't as bad as people perceive

They offer more than what reality gives us

Opening a door to a 5th dimensional world

Where sanity is no longer a prerequisite in order to live a socially acceptable life-

But an option.

Have you ever been in such a dark place in your mind

Wishing that you could just control time, retrace chapters and rewind

Yet life is pausing, playing and fast forwarding you into a state of mind completely 

Unhealthy for an unstable mind- just like mine. See, 

I can understand the use of drugs.

It comes from the belief that there is no God above,

It's meaning derives from a broken heart sick of love

So we puff puff pass our problems to the side

Inhale life, exhale the moments we've died, then breathe it all back into our nostrils

Cause at one point, we all got to go out

So i feel for the people who hide behind the poisonous clouds they blow out of their mouths.

Finding shelter behind the smoke, scared to be exposed

The want to hide and be non existant.

I've been there. 

It's sickening to know what a man would give to disappear.

To be anywhere other than here

Cause the present don't seem like a present

So why keep a gift you don't fucking want?

Fade out.

Fade in...

The belt strap around his arm couldn't be any tighter.

This time he requires no lighters so he

Dedicates the needle to all the people who search for an escape.

When he opens his eyes, it's either he sees hell or pearly gates

No time to waste, rushing through mistakes

He injects a lightning bolt up his arm 

That jolts his entire being.

Eyes rolled back so far that memories are all that he's seeing

In his attempt to electrify all the feelings within him

Who knew that moving ones mind from here would have the pleasantries of an electric chair

So fucking high that he must've high fived Jesus

Who tried to teach us the right way

Somehow he never turned straight

Fade out.

Fade in...

She stares into the mirror unpleased

"I have no one else to blame but me"

Opening bathroom cupboards searching for pills

Purposely trying to get ill

Downing pharmaceuticals cause she never felt beautiful

And hopefully one day she will wake up seen with self esteem.

Or just wake up period.

Why take life so serious if everyday she lives is a joke.

Showering pills down her throat

Not letting any opportunity pass by, that could potentially get her high

A pill for each moment of happiness she has missed

Turning insanity into a beautiful bliss

Without the pain of slitting her wrists- she much prefers this.

Forget hopes and dreams

Life is actually as bad as it seems

The world has never been kind enough to let you succeed so she

Fades out.

Fades in.

Fades out.

Stays out..

#LiveLyrical

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Okay yall. so remember how I mentioned my friend Troy and his group the Outsiders?
Well two days ago, they dropped their mixtape ! If you are a Lupe, Cudi or Wale fan, you will def fall in love with this. here's the link to download. so far there's already over 325 ! Support out Toronto artists :) !

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THIS IS THE ISH RIGHT HERE

Okay all. If you haven't heard of my girl Keysha Freshh then you are living under a ROCK. She is one of the most real people I've had the pleasure of knowing. Shes a mad cool girl with an ambitious drive that will make a hater stfu quiick. Her rap game is insane. And if you from T.O then you've definitely heard her on FLOW.93.5 with her song Hollywood Fresh. but this link I'm about to give you is some new ish that I like. Self made, T.O proclaimed, Keysha Freshh.
Get with it or get gone.

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check out the rest of her videos.
SUSCRIBE !

act like you know.

#LiveLyrical !

Inside me Beats

So I've finally taken the time to write something new ! Sorry it's taken me so long.
But here it is. It's funny how a bad day can push words out.

It's that feeling of suffocation, like the air around me is toxic.

Choking on the pollution of confusion cause my thoughts no longer process

I'm losing progress

Keep taking wrong steps

As I drown in my ocean of thoughts

That were once calm waters like Jesus stilled them

Now inside me is a ravaging tsunami like the one in Japan that took lives and killed them,

Innocent children, what's left of my heart goes out to you.

Feeling uneasy

Like a million miles up with nothing beneath me- and I'm scared of heights.

I can feel my heart beat crawling up my neck, trying to escape out my ears

Searching for something better out there

Cause in this body it has lost its meaning

All my heart does is maintain my breathing

Cause to breathe doesn't mean you're alive

Half the world walks, though they've already died.

I keep my heart caged, and kept in a corner

So take it. I've replaced it.

I've become an organ donor. 

Instead, inside me beats the beginning of an earthquake that found its home on a fault line.

Inside me beats the devastation of Haiti

As if my entire being hates me, so it seeks to upset and destroy

As my body fills up with the flood God sent for 40 days to erase the earth,

I cry it out with the curse of a mother who mourns the death of her son.

The worst has just begun.

Inside me beats the last thoughts of a dying passenger on 9/11

Praying for a reverend,

Giving up on life, looking forward to a heaven

But not quite sure that one exists.

Inside me i can feel the slowing heartbeat of a teenager who finds pleasure in the pain

of slitting their  wrists.

Trudging through hell to find  beautiful bliss.

With by standers not knowing that the hug they could have gave them

Would have been that reassurance to save them

Rest in Peace. 

Inside me beats the heart of a young woman with the weight of the world on her shoulders

Wearing a smile that she isn't meaning

Cause inside her beats, a life that is screaming.

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Look This Guy Up !

Hello all !
Well, I got something very cool for everyone.
I want you guys to check out one of my favourite poets Rudy Francisco.
He is from San Diego, California and  his work is brilliant!

Add him on Facebook and take advantage of the notes and poetry he writes
or search him up on twitter !
@RudyFancisco

Have a wonderful day, Stay bless !

#LiveLyrical.

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CHECK THIS OUT! my boy Troy has come up with some CRAZY tunes.

check out his latest to Gucci Rag Top.

lets support our Toronto Artists !

talent lives here!

#livelyrical

New Poem: It Works for Me

This legit too me so long to write because one day I'd write a verse and leave it. next day write a verse. hate the previous one, delete it, etc.

Well now it is finally done. Its not my favourite work but that is were YOU come in :) how the hell can i fix this? :) And what are your initial thoughts? let me know what you all think.

I'm open to criticism but closed to hating :P

It Works For Me

As a woman all the times i've used and been used

Torn and confused, my heart has been bruised

My man didn't love me enough

So he left saying its cause he loved me too much

I guess he was too scared of love

I can't say that we were never meant to be

Or that he wasn't meant for me

It's just somewhere down the road, he messed up our destiny.

So i stopped believing.

Gave my love but i wasn't receiving 

Guess sometimes looks are deceiving

Cause he done looked like the man of my dreams,

The love of my life.

I guess I should've put my glasses on right...

Having crushes on boys I could never have

Only to end up with boys that I should never have

I never felt like I was better than

Cause if the first man didn't want me

The rest must follow the pattern then

Telling God the Father that he should have tried harder

To send someone better my way

Tomorrow ain't promised so I only got today

And i swear I would call all these boys mistakes

Cause if time could rewind, back is all the shit I'd take.

I ain't got that time to waste.

So i say, fuck it.

I tired to write something deep

To be completely honest

My thoughts are as stable as a broken armrest.

Unreliable. I shouldn't trust my mind

Cause if I dwell on my emotions, I'm bound to fall behind.

So with this notion of honesty

Truth is my mind is running relentlessly 

Cause how can one even begin to vocalize

How it feels when your heart begins to die?

So i pretend as if I'm fine

Make y'all laugh just to see a smile

Even if is isn't mine.

Cause what's the use of crying?

It's like

Words can't express and when they try, tears do the speaking

And when they do my eyes stop seeing

Blind. 

Heart turns to stone so my heart stops feeling

All the things that pushed me to love now finds no reason.

Developing that "fuck you mentality"

So far from reality

So far gone

But fuck it, it works for me.

I keep telling myself.

Ali, it works for me.

What is UP?

Hello Poetry lovers !
It's been a while since I've posted, believe me though, I wish I had more free time.
But I just want to thank everyone who has been visiting my page and checking out my work and the work of the featured people I have on here. So far I have over 600 views and it means so much ! There are more featured artists to come so keep a look out !

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My friend Darnell just recently put out his first mixtape and it's FIRE. i have it on my iPod and my Blackberry. I think you should all check him out. You can download it for free at datpiff.com
DO IT ! lets support our Toronto artists !!

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THE OUTSIDERS

Okay, so i discovered some of the coolest cats in Toronto.
My friend Troy has formed a group called The Outsiders and they are flipping AMAZING ! believe me when I say this. Check out their "Moment For Life ft. Nicki Minaj" Remake.
 Watch, Comment, Subscribe. !!
Support our Toronto Artists !

Moment for Life- Outsiders CLICK HERE !

I Rather

Who says a poem has to be a cascade of verses? Sometimes, 10 lines are enough to get the point across


I rather.
I rather be a victim of the streets
as if the concrete, could creep up and 
kill me in, cold blood than,
become a victim of love.
I rather repeat the severity of the harsh things
life can do to me
than to compete with the insecurities
of and emotion that has never been kind to me see,
I rather have a broken neck
Than another broken heart.

If poetry could have an album cover, this would be mine !

Our Perceptions of Perfection

hey everyone. I apologize for not having the time to post new things. School is seriously no joke. As much as I love updating you guys and writing new things, University is priority! But here's a little something I wrote the other day. I couldn't leave you guys hanging !

Our Perceptions of Perfection

There is no set definition for the word perfection

There will always be someone making corrections

So long as you let them

But our perceptions are all different

Though we all search for the same thing,

Something truly amazing, get caught dazing

Maybe I'm phased and-

Or you find yourself day dreaming

Face gleaming, smile beaming

And instead of your heart beating

It's screaming the tune of their perfection.

Feeling no objection with your mind

Cause your brain and your heart both agree this time,

But your past has taught you otherwise

Telling you that love dies cause people always lie

And it's been a while since you decided not to hide

But sometimes it takes us getting hurt a million times

For use to realize that there is someone perfect for us to find.

And the essence of your perfection

Feels like an injection of surrealism 

The hope just to be with 'em

Sends your mind on an ultimate high

So when you look down, you see the sky

Get caught in the wind and just ride-

It back to your perfect reality

Where your perfection has no correction

Cause you wouldn't change them 

For the world.