"Compromise" ... A Poem written by Big Virge 2/3/2005

I'm SICK Now of Hearing ...
This Word ... " Compromise " ... !!!!!
 
While THEY Tell Us Lies ... !!!
Why Should I ... " dIsGuise " ... ?
The Truth From ............................................................... "Their Eyes" ... ?!?
 
THEY As In ...... " THEM " ......  
 
Who Give Us ... PROBLEMS ... !!!!!
While THEY Sit And Spend ...
Cash THEY Have STOLEN ... !!!!!
 
This Thing ... Compromise ...
Is How They've ... Devised ...
To Keep Us From ... Seeing ...
THE TRUTH From THE LIES ... !!!
 
So ...
Can It Be ... " Wise " ... ?
To Just ... Compromise ... ?
Opinions ... In YOU ....
 
You KNOW ...
To Be ... TRUE ... ?!?
 
Just To Make CASH ...
So You Can Live ... FLASH ... !?!
 
THAT ...
 
Just ISN'T ... REAL ... !!!
 
You Might As Well ... "Steal" ...
Cos' Living Like THAT ...
 
UNevEns .... " The Keel " .... !!!
 
Do YOU ... Compromise ... ???
 
Well ...
Maybe You Do ... ?
 
But When You Reflect ...................................
Can You Say It Was ... Wise ... ?!?
 
I CANNOT Deny ... !!!
I Have ... Compromised ... !!!

But Now I Believe ...
I'd Rather ... DEFY ... !!!
Than Sit And ... " Comply " ...
With Those Who Would Try ...
To Make Me The ... " Fall Guy " ... !!!!!
 
They ALWAYS Imply ...
That Brothers Like I ...
Should Simply BEND OVER ...
ROLLOVER ... and Die ... !?!?!
 
Well .....
 
If I Must ... Die ...
I Firstly MUST TRY ...
To RISE ABOVE ... Those ...
Who Just ... " Compromise " ...
 
And Sell Themselves ... " short " ...
Cos' Their Souls Have Been ... Bought ... !!!
By Those Who ... "Constrict" ...
Their ... FREEDOM OF THOUGHT ... !!!
 
These Days ...  
I'm Now ... STRESSING ...
POETIC ... Expression ... !!!!!

To FLY With ... God's Blessing ...
Straight Into ... " His Heaven " ...
 
In Life Can't We Be ...
... Mentally FREE ... ?

To ... EXPRESS Our View ...
On Things That We SEE ... ???
 
WITHOUT ........................................... Compromise ....... !!!
 
For Guys Who Wear ... "Ties" ...
Who Seem ... SO SURPRISED ... !?!?!
 
When Black Men Like Me ...
Are ... WISE TO Their LIES ... !!!
  
And Use THEIR OWN WORDS ...
To Devise Their Demise ...
 
Compromise ... HERE ...
Or Compromise ... THERE ... ?
 
We NEED TO Start Issuing ...
WARNINGS ... BEWARE ... !!!!!!
 
With Poetry CLAIMING ...  
... The Media GLARE ... !!!!!!!!!
 
So Maybe One Day ... ?
I'll Be Your ... " Compere " ...
 
WITHOUT ..........  
Song and Dance ........
I'm NOT .... Fred Astaire .... !!!!!!!
But ..... Running AMOK .....  
YES ... Just Like MY HAIR ... !!!!!!!!!
 
So Who'll Pave The Way ... ?!?
For Poets ... To Say ...
The Things On Their Mind ...
That HURT .... EVERYDAY .... !!!!!
 
Could It Be ... " Me " ... ?
Or Could It Be ... " You " ... ?
 
Who REALLY Can Handle ... !?!
 
Reciting ... THE TRUTH ...
WITHOUT ... " Selling Out " ...
 
Just To Look ... " COOL " ...  
Well I ... AIN'T That Fool ... !!!!!
 
My Brain Is A TOOL ...
To Skywalk' ... Like LUKE ... !!!!!
 
But Forces Are ... DARK ... !!!
Surrounding Like ... SHARKS ... !!!
 
"PROTECTING" .... The Few ...
Who ... "Hide What They Do" ... !!!
 
So ...
Tell Me This People ...  
 
Is What I Say ... TRUE ... ???
 
Well That's ...  
Up To ... YOU ...  
 
UNLEARN What You've Learned ... !!!
Before You Get ... BURNED ... !!!
 
LUST For ... " A Prize " ...
Could Leave You ... "downsized" ... ?!?
 
And This ...
Might Just Happen ...  ???
 
If You ............
 
.... " Compromise " ....