Woke up this morning
Took my dog outside to pee
Now I’m going to sleep
This Is America (Poem)
America the land of the free
The home of the brave
Where cops shoot teens because they can
Nowadays the police are worst than the klan
Teenage girls become pregnant at 16
Half of America is stuck in poverty
Most people only have the energy to commit robberies
People gave up on working and started robbing
I guess this is the part you don’t see on tv
You only see the reality shows and athletes
You don’t see the people accepting defeat
The ones taking themselves out because of bills
You don’t see the addicts taking pills
You don’t see the drug dealers making deals
None of that is up for appeal
Its cool living the dream
Where everything is no longer segregated and everything is fair
A woman can beat the hell out of a man without him swinging
Women want rights to be equal but them beating men is fair
Countless videos of women jumping men while others watch
No one calls the police on the women, only call on men
A man defending himself is domestic violence
So I must silence
It’s so fair now between cops and gangsters
Cops can kill you and say it was a accident
On the other hand a gangster saying it was an accident gets him life
Now is that right
Day by day, night by night everyone pray for a better way
While days get worst
Teens are beat up and harassed by officers
While the president monitor
The people you vote for watch it all happen
Money is their only attraction
As long as they getting paid then they absent
I don’t even watch the news anymore
The news is so biased
You only see Hispanics and Black people doing illegal things
But never the Caucasian are ever on the scene
Black lives matter chants are seen everywhere
You only hear that when another race do the shooting
Black on black is just a normal shooting
Racial profiling is always the case
Walking while black will change the pace
Walking while white may get you a wave
Others live their lives being a slave
The only thing they worried about is the money
You get fed a bone every once in awhile
Just worried about not being on trial
This is everyday life
This is America
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Under (Spoken Word)
Under: I recited this on the day of my surgery. Thought I would share it on here. View previous posts until tomorrow. Like, comment and subscribe to my mailing list. The video of me reciting is here:
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About to go under
Listen I never been punctured by a knife
Only voices that spoke volumes inside
Never been physically stabbed but I got scars in my soul
That took a toll On me
It finally made me try and heal to feel whole
No matter what I tried I never healed correctly like my arm
Thoughts used to run wild so much I thought about being armed
A little voice told me to just be calm
See the thing about being verbally abused is it doesn’t really hurt until you hear the same stuff from your pops and mom
The same stuff that you can’t control is what enemies tend to use against you
My only advice is to always be confident in yourself
Without a insecurity they don’t have leverage
Now I’m not doing this cause I’m desperate
I’m doing this to get rid of my insecurity
And finally feel like the man again
I have been verbally beaten for 8 years
I have shed millions of tears
Just looking for a cure
I found one
If it wasn’t meant to be
He wouldn’t have let me get to this point
It’s almost time to go
So I’ll see y’all on the other side
Weekly Thoughts #29
I have heard that after the surgery you won’t have an appetite for food. Boy was they wrong. I’m hungry as hell. I have 1 more week of this liquid diet and I am craving some food. Especially with all the weekend festivities going on around me. I’m missing food every minute.
On the other hand, I’m down to 380 and it feels amazing. Finally out the 4s. I’m officially 35 pounds down since I started this liquid diet. If I thought of this before my date I would have stuck to this. But then I probably would have gone back up. Truthfully I needed the restriction the sleeve brings. Knowing I can’t eat over a certain amount keeps my weight down.
Blog-wise, I’m planning to post some more stories. Currently getting a story edited. This story is part of a story I posted some time last year. I’ll probably repost that story. Then do the second part on a later date. I want it to be a series of stories.
Stories are not my strongest ability anymore. I just have a harder time getting in that zone because I’m just so used to writing poetry. I’ll get my mojo back at some point in time hopefully.
I’m currently doing my Instagrams over so my page is really inactive. I plan on posting the blog pictures and poetry quotes on @Piecesofkblog. As for my main page, I’m still stuck a little on what I want to post. I kinda want it to be more of my life and videos of me reciting. I guess I’m just over the quotes on my page. But I do like some other people format of posting. I don’t really know still thinking. Anyways follow my main page anyways. @k.exum.
I’m just rambling though. Also, thank you for your likes and comments. I love getting feedback so leave comments below. I’m still really fresh on the blogging thing but I try my best to keep posting. Let me know what I can improve on. That’s it for this Weekly Thoughts. View my previous posts until tomorrow. Follow me on all social media platforms. Subscribe to my mailing list to stay updated on my blog posts.
I’m Black (Spoken Word)
I’m Black:
All I keep hearing is keep calm it will be okay
I can’t keep calm I am black
They say relax
But you are not black
You don’t get attacked
But I get smacked
I get smacked because I match the description of a suspect in this incident
Oh what a coincidence
This is getting irritant
Get beaten and brutalize with no evidence
This is nothing new its been in existence
I’m ready to go the distance
Get pulled over each day because of your lights
You tell them you know your rights
Still get searched with no warrant
They say do you have any guns
You mind as well give no response
Before you know it you in handcuffs on the curb
Getting searched
These cops are starting to purge
Ask for id and then shots occur
Now the people start to converge
Another cop is not charged
They say violence doesn’t solve anything
Well back in the day we use to march in peace
Until our fearless leader was gun down on a balcony
His killer simply went missing
Just like that plane simply went missing
Hmm
This year people are going nuts over gun control laws
Gun control laws can’t stop the police
We need peace
But thousand of people are killed and their case is left in a breeze
So I continue to tap on these keys
And let my words breathe
I can’t keep calm I am black
Be respectful and do as they say
A man on the ground with his hands up
I guess he wasn’t respectful enough
Or that was just his bad luck
They say not all cops are bad
Okay tell me what a good cop is
One that doesn’t use his fist
Or one that when he has to apprehend a suspect he has to use violence
But I thought violence is bad
Cops come to schools to tell the kids to never use violence
Wow that’s so crazy
That’s like a bully saying stop bullying
Or K. Michelle saying butt shots is not good
Or maybe like a thief saying don’t steal
Another unarmed man or child die each day
Everyday I feel like I’m next
So each day I pray
Because at the end of the day
I’m black