Georgia Ave Day

I used to think Jamaicans Were angry When they conversed Patois from my eighth Grade teacher Before I'd book a girl I'd Rehearse Way before I'd use Couplets in a verse Within the confines of my Blinds I immerse Before I role reverse lay up A verse With minimal curse I used to record at listen Vision Across from the old Ujima Book store Where there were Teachings from Diop Galore My father stayed hours for He trained me a Disciplined youngin Vibing to Poor righteous Teachers on the floor Not knowing the eons of Studies It took to compile these Books And had our ancestors Hands bloody DJ Awthentik mixed and Mastered my first Demo I was broke in one thousand dollar fits From Up against The wall but I didn't get The memo Phylicia Rashad Farrakhan Howard hospital mental Health Black Doctors I see you I see myself That I was under the class Of a limo Before Cashapp and Venmo House behind Howard U Is where They going and get it in Moe Before gentrification and Don't mute DC crescendo I remember T where Seventh turned into Georgia Ave Where my slimes pitched Slabs In the drab And junkies confab The CVS was a homeless Haven If you had Eddie's you Were brave then Foams and ACG no Payless saving Backyard perform sons Spanking opps Run saving slim on the Ground shit caved in Many races Plenty faces Melting pot Trinidad Guyanese Ethiopian Lebanese Ghanaian 91 degrees Kenyan Ugandan Bahamanian Liberian Turned Ukrainian Panamanian Puerto Rican Creole speaking Haitian All here bonded seeking a Celebration Phylicia Rashad Farrakhan Howard hospital mental Health Black Doctors I see you I see myself