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»2016 - This Bitch of Year«

Oct 6, 2016

It's not a boy's dream / this bitch of a year, boay / to wake up fatherless / longing for the better days / when bitter and better / didn't dwell much further apart / / It's not a father's dream / this bitch of a year, boay / to walk to your daughter's lifeless body / It's no a sleep she is not waking up…  sign in to read more »


»Dirty September«

Oct 6, 2016

September is a curse / A little dirty anti-black month made in hell / Biko died in September / Now blacks a jollying with White Monopoly Capital / Peter Tosh died in September / Still Weed is a secret / POQO born but died in a way / No wonder we are not free / If its not the chains its the credit cards / We…  sign in to read more »


»Lays«

Aug 16, 2016

It's getting dark, hold me / I am just a little child longing for your love / It was never a journey / But a hell full of hate / to live destitute even in abundance / tell me you love me / maybe love is stronger than pain / stronger than memories / of a bitter path walked in abeyance / can I wake up from…  sign in to read more »


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