"Impressed" ... A Poem written by Big Virge 1/3/2005

I Guess Most Are IMPRESSED ...
By Poets Who Are BLESSED ...
With ... Mental Capabilities ...
To Memorise Their Poetry ... !!!!

Do These Poets IMPRESS You ... ???

If Not ... That's Cool ...
But If YES Is Your Answer ...
I'm IMPRESSED TOO ... !!!!

Cos' THIS It Seems ...
Is The HOT Thing ...
To Join SLAM Poets School ... !!!

I Recite From Paper ...
Cos' I Write From PAPER ... !!!

It's Good To READ ...
But MOST Now DON'T ... !!!!!

Try Testing A Child And You'll BELIEVE ...
Employers PLEAD For Kids Who READ ...
But MOST Now Think ... TECHNOLOGY ...
Will COVER Their Lack of ... LITERACY ... !?!

I've Got A LAZY Mind ...
When It Comes To Learning Rhymes ... !!!

But Poets Who I See ...
With RETENTIVE Memories ...

Sometimes I Do Believe ...
Can End Up ... STUNG Like Bees ... !!!

When Words That They Had Memorised ...
ESCAPE Their ............. Memory ...... !!!!!

Now Sometimes EVEN Reading ...
Can Leave Some Poets REELING ... !!!

But This To Me's APPEALING ...
Cos' THIS To Me SHOWS FEELING ...
That Words They're Now Reciting ...
To THEM Have ... DEEPER MEANING ... !!!

Slam Poets Are Now SCREAMING ...

"Our Stuff Can Have DEEP MEANING !" ....

WELL YES THATS TRUE SOME Slammers ... DO ...
But MOST Are Writing STUFF That PROVES ...
They REALLY KNOW NOT What They Do ... !?!

That's Got You People ...
Saying ... " Oooooohhhhhh " ... !!!!

CALM Down Now Folks ...
You Know I'm ... " COOL " ...

Simply From The Vocal DROOL ...
I'm Trying To Say That Reading's GREAT ... !!!

So When You Judge ...
Judge Their ... WORDPLAY ... !!!

NOT Actions That Slam Poets MAKE ... !!!
PERFORMING Is The BIG MISTAKE ...
If What You're Saying HOLDS NO Weight ... !!!!!!!!!

I'm NOT Here To ... " ENTERTAIN " ...
Like KRS-One I .... " EDU-TAIN " ... !!!

By USING Words To FEED Your BRAIN ... !!!
My Style AIN'T Built To Make You SMILE ... !!!
Or ForA MOVIE Like .... " 8 Mile " .... !!!!

I Just Compile Poems To RILE ...
Slam Poets Living ... " In DENIAL " ...
Cos' When Our Work Is Put ON TRIAL ...
They'll Get DONE Like PAEDOPHILE ... !!!!

While Scrolls I Write In THIS HERE Style ...
WILL BE Sought After Like .... " X Files " ....

STOP THE PRESS ... !!

It's Time RIGHT Now ...
For A PUBLIC ADDRESS ... !!!

"Big Virge has slammed and brought distress !
He's a big black devil, in poetic dress !"

I've Been GOD Blessed To Write REALNESS ...

So Are You People ... NOW ...

.... " IMPRESSED " .... ???

LISTEN HERE :

https://soundcloud.com/user-16569179/impressed-acapella-recorded-at-shoestring-studios