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this poem polks fun at the afro centric trends amongst the spoken word community
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Mainly spoken word but i have a few hip hop cuts as well
D.O.B. 4/12/75 Zodiac Aries Writer/Artist Hi I am Daxx a native Texan from the city of FortWorth and i am somewhat of a hybrid artist. I rap and do spoken word. I like to refer to myself as an artist rather than lable myself a poet/emcee i believe when you lable yourself that you are saying that you are limited to just one thing.
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Genre
Hip-Hop • Spoken Word
Charts
Peak #1,237
Peak in subgenre #26
Author
Daxx
Rights
2004
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December 02, 2004
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MP3 3.6 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
Me and a group of friends would allways get together and make fun of neo-soul singers and musicians and people that liked neo soul. This poem is also inspired by a song called Opposable Thumbs by BusDriver from the Temporary Forever album totally different spin but pointed out similar stereotypes
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Soul for Beginners Hello to all my divine brothers and sisters Key holders and gate keepers Protectors of the Gods & Earths I’d like to welcome you to a Neo cosmic, Neo soul Symposium Care for a veggie Some tofu How about a soy bean burger Green tea perhaps I am only motivated by finger snaps I don’t do bath robes much because I prefer To walk around naked in a dashiki Neo soul music is the only way that you can reach me Because I’m neo soul I’m neo soul I eat , shit and sleep neo soul Well I try to keep my hair is nappy as I can In every venue that I go to its like You the man you the man Hell yeah I’m the man Because I am neo soul Well in these poetry spots I am looking for my Jill Scott or Ursurla Rucker Lean back black sister close your eyes and pucker Pucker those lips, pucker those lips Because I wanna all you gotta do is say yes “kiss” you know one of them floetry kisses from a poetry misses come here girl and let me put you in a head lock while I run my fingers down your dread locs I used to date girls with curls but curls were to greasy I used to date girls with weaves but weaves came out to easy But you You are a constuct of spice “n” herbs You are the epitome of spoken word Well after giving each other countless props on the mic Well go home fuck, watch love jones and read each other love poems all night I’ll even lie to you and tell you how earthy you are And then I’ll give you some bullshit about you remind me of my favorite super star “ fart sound” I think we need candles and incense Because this smell is pretty intense Should have fore warned you about one of my neo-fart Now you feel that gastric energy of my soul You feel that vibe you feel that vibe don’t you Come here looking like Sonja Sanchez With that Niki Giovanni voice I wanna be your Langston Hughes I wanna be your viewers choice I think we need more candles and incense Because I’m revealing more of my soul You know that funk that bleeds from the bottom of my heart Way from the bottom of my heart Well in a minute I’m gonna have to use the bathroom And while I’m doing that I’ll read up on some Nat Turner And Marcus Garvey I’ll play beat nick while I beat dick masturbating to old photos of Angela Davis I’ll play some John Coltrane and mellow out to some Miles Davis I’ll be pro black to the fullest And speak up against white racist Hey I really don’t believe half the shit I say This poetry thing is just for play I can no longer pretend that I’m into Malcolm And it really doesn’t matter if I have that new Jaguar Wright album This pretensions lifestyle doesn’t go with me Because that trendy shit just isn’t poetry
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