“We Can’t All Be !” ... A Poem written by Big Virge 18/7/2019

Ya Know ...
... We Can’t All Be ...
Artistically Free ... !!!

It’s A FALLACY To Truly Believe ...
That Artistry Truly Deals In FREE Speech ...

It’s Just A Different Form ...
of ...... SLAVERY ...... !!!

When ...
Some Are FORCED ... !!!
To HOLD BACK ... Talk ... !!!

To Now Be... P.C.
Cos’ of Communities Like The LGBT ...

I Mean ... SERIOUSLY ... !?!
How Can Art Be ... FREE ... ?!?
When Artists CAN'T Speak ...
About How They Feel ... !?!

So What’s The Deal ... ?
Who’s ... REALLY Being REAL ... ???

Because We’re Facing Times ...
Where Arts Design Is Being Refined ...
To Play The Game In RESTRICTED Ways ... !!!

It’s Nothing New ...
To See How Groups ...
And ... Soloists Too ... !!!

Are The Ones Pushed Through ...
Because Their TRUTH ...
Is .................... "Hidden From View" ... !!!!!

To APPEASE Their ...
... Management Companies ... !!!

So Are Made To Write ...
Lyrics That ... " Fit " ...
In With The Trends ...
That DON'T Cause Offence ...
To These ... MONEY Men ...
And Their Groups of RICH Friends ... !!!

So ... " We CAN’T All Be " ...

FREE To ... EXPRESS ...
What We WANT To Express ...

Because of CONTROLS ...
That ... Go To SHOW ...

That The Game ...
... AIN'T FAIR ... !!!!!

When WAR's Declared ... ?!?

On Expression Not Lessened ...
Because of The Pressures ...
Applied By ... "Agendas" ...
And ... Corporate Fellas ... !!!

Whose Teams Have The Means ...
To CONTROL ... Artistry ... !!!!!!

You See Things Are NOT Really ...
... As They Seem To Be ... !!!

It’s ... FALSIFIED Dreams ...
That They're Feeding To Teens ...
And .... Adults TOO .... !!!!!

So TRUST When I Say ... !!!
That For MOST To Get Though ...

They Have To Be SHREWD ...
With The Views That They Choose ...
To ... Express On Tunes ... !!!

Cos’ Now Reggae Crews ...
Are AGAIN In The News ...
For Being ... REFUSED ... !!!

The Right To Perform ...
On ... Foreign Shores ...
By Those Whose Cause ...
Is To ... LOCK DOWN Jaws ... !!!

UNLESS ...  Of Course ...
They’re QUICK To Conform ...
And NOT Kick Up Storms ... !!!

In The Things They Perform ... !!!!!
Which Is Now ... " The New Norm " ...

Or ... IS IT ... ???

... INDEPENDENT Art ...
RARELY Reaches Charts ...
Because of RESTRICTIONS ...
And Positions CONDITIONED ...

That Have ... PROVEN To Me ...
That When It Comes To Artistic Teams ...
And Having ... SUCCESS ...
With The Things You Express ...

From ...
Singing To Rapping ...
To Doing ... Poetry ...

When It Comes To The DREAM ...
of Being .... Artistically FREE ....

It Really Is Something  .....

That .....

.... “ We Can’t All Be “ .... !!!!!!

LISTEN HERE :

https://soundcloud.com/user-16569179/we-cant-all-be?in=user-16569179/sets/the-starway-vocals