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| ISBN-13: | 9781524647520 |
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| Publisher: | AuthorHouse |
| Publication date: | 10/27/2016 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 164 |
| File size: | 181 KB |
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Between the Lines
By Max Thompson
AuthorHouse
Copyright © 2016 Max ThompsonAll rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-5246-4753-7
CHAPTER 1
City child
(Ain't no changing it)
Brick giants tickling the clouds
A maze of asphalt covering the grounds
Simple everyday noises seem to amplify every time they come around
A city child lost in a jungle of sound
And their ain't no changing it!
People rushing for work like ants rush for food
These days the streets are full of 9 to 5 fools
Juveniles on the curb with absolutely nothing to do
A city child living by the jungle rules
And their ain't no changing it!
Smell the dirt in the air, go ahead, taste it
See the bricks stacking up, go ahead, touch them
Hear the noise traveling, go ahead, lean your ear towards it
I will always be a city child, born and raised in all this shit
and like I said before, Their ain't no changing it!
I am only human
I have been through hell
I have walked down the stairway of flames
I met the devil in a narcotic type of way
He appeared to me in my dreams and also while I was awake
It seemed to me like I was locked up in chains and I
couldn't get away
A slave to my own addictions, my brain cells creating
friction
Therefore, the sparks ignited impairing my way of thinking
I've lost 'enough respect for myself yet I gained wisdom
Gained the notion that I'm only human
Capable of good or evil, failing or succeeding
Capable of giving life as well as taking it
A human responsible for the next generation
So as I live my life the way I want to live it
I remember that I'm only human
A human only capable of being human
Love
Scientific or sent from above
Whichever one it is, you can only know love once you've experienced
love
It's both heaven and hell
Not always angelic like a dove
It could only be what you make it
Either it hurts or feels good like a simple hug
Is it for money, self-empowerment or just for the fun of it
None of the above
Simply for love and what it's made of
Visualize yourself in the arms of your chosen one
The one who you trust to give you a daughter or son
The same one who trusts you to carry the child he brung
Through love we bring life
Through life we bring light
With light we open their eyes
And to my eyes love will survive
Paper
Money,
The root of all evil, the seed for greed
trying to live lavish to conceal the need
Lucci,
Rich man's friend poor man's enemy
It's love at first touch but leaves your fingers dirty
Cash,
Ruler of this world present to past
Go to any length to get it like tits and ass
Dough,
Hunter and the hunted in this life
It just goes to show that we all need more
Paper!
I belong
We live everyday like the one before
Looking for spliff 12 out of 24
It seems like without it life's a bore
It just takes one puff to open a new door
And I belong to that generation
The ones who wander the streets identified as children of the night
We fight because we only want to take flight
And take control of our lives
Now, some of us are murderers
But some of you too
So as I stand here with pride I tell you this I'm proud of being part of
this generation
And if it means death then so be it
I need you
I need you by my side
I need you next to me when I wake up in the morning
To kiss me goodnight
Close to me while I'm dreaming
I need you to tell me when I'm out of line and to support these crazy
ideas of mine
To be there when needed when there are mountains to climb
I need you to be happy to bring out the same in me
So always remember,
You'll always be my baby and the best is yet to be
I need you
Think about it
They say that a higher power controls our lives
Or it's just simply fate
Just the thought of it makes me cry
But see now I'm awake
Because I made it happen
Not God, Buddha or Allah
I make my own rules, call my own shots and accept my flaws
I'm responsible for the way I am today
So fuck the one whom you thought you saw
See, I don't believe in fate or destiny
Or that our lives are pre-planned
I believe in individuality and that I can ...
Sorry, I mean I did make it happen
I urge you to do the same
Roaches
See, friends can turn bitch in a matter of seconds
The same amount of time it takes for a bullet to hit you once it leaves
the weapon
I guess it's just the way it is
Real friends stay, roaches start fading
A connection that was never meant to be
Compliments tum to threats
A friendship that was never meant to be
so tell me, who will be next
The fact is, no matter how much favors or good deeds you might do
for a person, the selfishness remains
The tension is sustained until one person proves to himself he's a
bigger man
Fuck all them! !
We'll see who gets the last laugh
Even though I'm not laughing at the moment
Tomorrow, all this shit will be in the past
We'll see who gets the last laugh nigga
Sometimes
Sometimes I like to kiss
Sometimes I like to lick
Run my tongue on every square inch of your body
No matter what time it is
Sometimes I like to play
All night with you HI lay
Make you wet for days and days No matter what you say
Sometimes I want to freak
Take a little trip down beneath
but no matter what I do
I need you to feed the freak in me
Sometimes turns to always
Simple thoughts tum to freaky ways
Let the world know from Sidney o Santa-fe
Sometimes I know you feel the same way
Unexplained
Something happened to me today
For the very first time I felt this way
I don't know if I was jealous or just afraid either way something
strange happened to me today
I don't think it was jealousy because we're not together
per say
Still I felt pain, so I guess I'm just afraid
But afraid of what?
I can't answer myself
All I know is that she means more to me than any kings' wealth
I don't believe in fate but her and I were meant to be
Since the first day we met, a while back at an outdoor party
I looked in her eyes, she looked in mine
I took a chance, it wasn't a daily opportunity
Scared or not, I don't want her to fall for the wrong man Jealous or
not, the matter is now out of my hands
I can't drain the seas or change the earth's rotation
But if I can't have her
There's a lucky man out there who can
A simple theory
A split second reaction
Live or die
It's only a matter of moments now
Adrenaline high
Blood rushing like highway traffic through your veins
Can't think straight, can't even feel the pain
React quickly, turn the situation around
Get the upper hand
Force your foes to the ground
Use what you found, be invisible like sound
Confuse your opponent
Tum his self-esteem around
Only one person can step away a winner
You decide, is it you or the other?
Because it's not necessarily the one who
leaves unharmed who claims the victory
But the one who uses talent and skill Both physically and mentally
It's a simple theory
No angel
There are moments when I feel trapped
Even lost perhaps
Wandering by myself in my own thoughts in effort to find out where
I'm at
My place in this world is yet to be determined
And I'm no angel, that's a fact
It only takes a matter of seconds to make a nigga like me snap
I try not to stay to close to the ones I love
I always take a step back
Because I don't want to harm them with all the shit I got on my back
That's probably the biggest mistake I ever made
Pushing my family away
Because life to me they gave
I realize it but can't apply it to my ways
I haven't got the slightest idea why I act this way
Is it my entourage, the schools I went to or the drugs I do?
Like I said I have no clue
But I must be on the right path because I'm writing this today
Death
Did you know that every word in our vocabulary is based on
experiences?
Except for one: Death!
How can we have a word for something that has never manifested
itself to us
Of course we've seen death
But never over our own heads 'cause it's always someone else
So what is death?
Is there something laying behind its darkest doors
Or is it just the end
The eternal shut down of our thoughts and feelings
Some people qualify it as a very deep sleep which should be peaceful
But if you never awaken from your sleep all the benefits that are
supposed to go with it are annulled
The purpose of sleeping is rejuvenation
Without the walking up part it's worth nothing
But there's one thing of which I'm sure and one thing only
I don't want to find out the answer to this question to quickly
I prefer living ignorant about the subject than not living at all
Death remains an enigma to us all
This is not a goodbye
Nice guys finish last
This was shown to me through personal experience
So many situations in the past turned to dark moments
It's the thug over the poet
And love, you're scared to show it
Recently I felt both the pain and joy of being in love
And of course, being a human, pain is more apparent than joy
It seems like if joy just passes by but pain
leaves a deeply rooted stain
I learned this the hard way,
but deep down I remain the same
The man, poet, MC
The lover not the hatter
And no matter how much I might care for you
I won't change
So because of my personality I remain nothing but a shoulder to cry
on, the best friend
Yet you'd feel funny seeing me with another woman
Now here's my question
Am I supposed to keep on torturing myself and prive myself of any
other relationship
because I'm obsessed by the simplest things like your presence?
Or do I move on, forget about my feelings and dull my senses?
I tend to lean towards the second option no matter how painful it may be
And I intend to approach the situation with caution
I'm not the type to harm the ones I love
I just want you to promise me one thing
Don' t ever say that you never found someone who cares for you
Because you and I both know it ain't true
maybe it's for the better that we part our own ways
But know this
Never in a million years would I regret meeting someone like you
Even if it was for the shortest minute
I loved you then
I love you now
And the feeling will remain until the end of my living days
Don't you dare forget it
The stage
I can hear her calling me
Softly whispering my name like the wind on an autumn day
I can see her staring at me
Yet very rarely together we play
I can still remember the very first time I laid eyes on her
We touched once and were as one for life
Her and her freaky ways!
Our first encounter involved a threesome with a mic
The stage captured my heart and soul
And when we're together all lights shine bright
We are as one in the spotlight
(Continues...)
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