"Calm" ... A Poem written by Big Virge 18/9/2005

Ya Know I’d ...
Rather See ... " CALM " ...
Than ALL THIS ALARM ... !!!!

MORE Welcoming Arms ...
LESS Guns In Young Palms ...

The Use of Napalm ...
Has Left MANY HARMED ... !!!

New Orleans Has Now ...
Got Bodies To Farm ...

THAT Line Deserves PSALMS ...
Cos' Those Who Have DIED ...
Have LOST Lucky Charms ... !!!

But Hopefully Now ...
Are RESTFUL And CALM ...

NO NEED For Gendarmes ...
Or ... Government YARNS ...

NO NEED Now For Money ...
Or ... EXPENSIVE Garms' ...  

See These Are The Things ...
We NEED To ............... DISMISS .....

Luxuries Leading To Peoples Killings ... !!!
How Can We Expect To Serve and Protect ...
When People AREN'T HAPPY ...
Because of Their DEBTS ... !!!!!

Most People Are FRIGHTENED ...
To ... Write Out A Cheque ...

Cos' If You’re In The Red ...
The Bank Then COLLECTS ... !!!!!!

EXTORTIONATE Charges ...
Leave People ... UPSET ... !!!

People AREN'T CALM ...
Because They Are VEX ... !!!

Why Use Direct Debit ... ?!?
Or Have Cards For Credit ... ?!?

I’d Rather Have Dinner ...
With ... Old Norman Tebbit’ ... !!!

Of Course That’s NOT True ... !!!
Cos' He WASN'T Cool ...
With Black Guys Like Me ...
With ... Differing Views ... !!!

Views That AREN'T Clouded ...
By ... BIASED Reviews ... !!!

Reviews That We See ...
In ... EVERYDAY News ...

DON’T Get It Confused ... !!!!!

I USE News Reviews ...
To RAISE THE PROFILE ...
of ... CERTAIN Issues ... !!!

I’ve Said It Before ...
... I’ll Say It AGAIN ... !!!
 
Your Everyday News ...
Is NOT Always TRUE ... !!!

But Certain Things CLEARLY ...
Require ... NO CLUES ...
Like ... MURDEROUS Acts ...
Or RACIST Attacks ... !!!

Just Like The Ones ...
Where Those FOOLS ...
Used An ... AXE ... !!!
I’m SAD About That ...
But THIS Is A FACT ... !!!

It’s HARD To Stay Calm ...
If You’re A Young Black ... !!!

But Blacks NEEDS To Learn ...
To ... Make The Worm Turn ... !!!
Some White People CLEARLY ...

Are Keen To Discern ...
What It Is They Can Do ...
To LIGHTEN Our Mood ...

So DON'T Think That We ...
Can Ever Be ... FREE ...
WITHOUT Showing LOVE ...

Well You May Not Agree ...
But CALMNESS Is KEY ...
As Is ... UNITY ... !!!!!

Take That Advice ...
PLEASE Have It ON ME ... !!!

PEACE Is The Answer ...
As Is A GOOD KARMA ... !!!

EVEN With Your Woman ...
She LOVES When You CHARM Her ... !!!

A SMILE And A Grin ...
Is Where This Begins ...

We Need To STAY CALM ...
When With Our Women ... !!!

It’s NOT Always EASY ...
But Who Said It Was ... ?!?

It’s Kinda Like Finding ...
The ... " Wizard of Oz’ " ... !?!

It Lies DEEP WITHIN ...
NOT IN Books of Hymns ... !!!

These Days I’m Inclined ...
To ... Channel My Mind ...
To ... LOVING Mankind ...
Rather Than Walk ...
In The Land of The Blind ... !!!

Cos' Walking With Them ...
Means You Walk A Fine Line ... !!!!

A Line WITHOUT Calm ...
And Glasses of Wine ...  

A Line Where You’ll Find ...
Yourself TRAPPED In A BIND ... !!!

A BIND Where Your TRAPPED ...
Behind ... ENEMY Lines ... !!!

So Who Are Your Friends ... ???
They ... May Be Your End ... ?!?
Friendships Aren’t Meant ...
To ... FUEL ARGUMENTS ... !!!

A TRUE FRIEND Is Someone ...
Who Is ... HEAVEN Sent ... !!!

But How Many of Them ...
Do We ... REALLY Have ... ???

When Young I Was Told ...
To ... Look In Your Hand ...
Your Fingers And Thumb ...
When Added Make FIVE ...

You’ll Be LUCKY To Have ...
Five TRUE FRIENDS In Your LIFE ... !!!!!

It Seemed So Contrived ...
To Be ...  So PRECISE ... !!!!!!
But Now That I’m Older ...
It Seems To Be RIGHT ... !!!

People Will ... " Tell You " ...
That They Are ... " Your Friend " ...
But When You're In TROUBLE ...
... How Many of Them ... ?!?

Will Make A Case For You ...
And Build Your DEFENCE ... ?!?

This ISN'T The Way ...
I Want This To End  ... !!!

So Let Me Do This ...
With Words That Transcend ...

We NEED LESS Alarm ...
We NEED To Link Arms ...
We NEED ... UNITY ...

And This ... I Believe ...

Will Bring ....

..... " Calm " .....

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Taken from the, " On The Virge ", album.

https://soundcloud.com/user-16569179/calm-2