self portrait i

self portrait i by chazmen mccarter

street knowledge

we had to learn to survive first.

do you remember the first time you saw a hearse?

me either, too young to count my age but i could count the bodies like 1,2,3…

reiteration: “I really mean it.”

I mean it,

what if we danced

together. I mean it

“pardon me I

know dey need to

get their act together

but

on you honestly truly

it’s the facts that you speak

got it in a trance I wish you

alla da the fans, I know you

got a plan I see it in your chart,

active all in the heart. Each day a new

start each day a new view. Phew,

so many stars on you like a night sky

is that why you stay so high cause your

mind is on many clouds. I vow wow

women yes go run’em thru dem thru

rounds and make dem lose it like a lost

and found and make him sniff it like a

hound. Oh me, oh my, wow, high five to

how you put them in a trance, I vow yes I

-just wanna to make dem listen up, I, vow, wow Women, ‘yes go run’em thru the rounds, and make dem lose it like a lost and found, and make them sniff like a hound. Phew, so many stars on you like a night sky is that why you stay so high cause your mind is on many clouds?” Each day with a new start and each day with a new view. I mean, “Pardon me I know they need to get their act together but on you truly it’s the facts that you speak, got dem all in a trans, I wish you all of the love. I know you got plans, I can see it in your chart, active in all in the heart, mean, “Pardon me, I know they need to get their act together but honestly, it’s truly the facts that you speak. I mean it, what if we just danced together?”

I, promise I vow yes I just wanna

make dem listen up “Oh me, oh my, high five to

how you put them in a trance.”