THIS POEM WAS INSPIRED BY ERYKAH BADU 'S " FANS AND FRIENDS "
THE GIFT
HE TRIED GIVING IT TO ME BUT I TURNED IT DOWN WITH A SMILE
IGNORED THE CHANCE I HAD BEEN WANTING FOR A WHILE
LOVE MAKING , PROMISE AND TRUST BETWEEN TWO
THE ONE I'VE BEEN WANTING WAS THERE WITH NO CLUE
JUST A FACE IN THE DAY OF THE LIFE OF ME
IT WAS THERE ALL ALONG SINCE 83
BLACK BOY GEEKY GLASSES WITH SOME FUCKED UP TEETH
HAD I SEEN THE INNER BEAUTY WOULD HAVE BEEN YOU AND ME
HIGH SCHOOL DOPE FRESH BLASTIN CURTIS BLOW
GOT MY GIRLS JEAN AND GINA SAYING HE SO POOR
LISTENED TO THOSE DUMB BITCHES HAD YOU SLIP AWAY
I WAS BLOCKING WHAT I WANTED SINCE EIGHTY THRAYE
GODS GIVEN MESSAGE TIMES, MAYBE TIMES BEFORE
BOY I WISH I HAD THE CHANCE BUT YOU LEFT THE DOOR
YEARS PASS , HAD KIDS ,FAT , BLACK AND POOR
SITTING ON THE DIRTY COUCH WITH 4 KIDS OR MORE
HUSBAND OUT FUCKIN GIRLS , SUCH A CHEATING WHORE
SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME AND YOU , WISH I KNOWN BEFORE
TURNED THE TELEVISION ON TO CHANNEL 34
SAW YA OLE FINE ASS . OUT ON THE FLOOR
YOUR IN A MOVIE WITH SOME WHITE CHICK , I SAID WHO SHE
MY KID SAID "DREW BARRYMORE" I SAID WOOPI
I FELT DUMB ABOUT WHAT I DID YEARS BEFORE
I WAS BLOCKING MY BLESSING , THE GIFT I NEEDED TO SOAR
YOU ..........