POEMS BY BRENT JOHN

MR. EMPLOYER

Y IS IT THAT BECAUSE I AM FROM MORVANT, LAVENTILLE OR SOME GHETTO AREA U PUT A STIGMA ON ME?
YOU SEE ME DECK OFF IN MY BRAND NAME CLOTHES AND SNEAKERS, FIRST THING GO RUN THROUGH YOUR MIND IS THAT I THEIF THAT FROM SOMEBODY
BUT Y I COULDN’T WORK HARD FOR MY BLING BLING
OHH ITS BECAUSE U DIDN’T EMPLOY ME WHEN U HEARD THE AREA I WAS LIVING IN
I DONE LIVING IN A HELL HOLE WITH PLENTY ISSUES TO DEAL WITH
WHEN I COME OUT U EMBRACE ME WITH THESE KINDS OF SHIT
BRATATAT GUNSHOT RING OUT IN D NIGHT,
YUH RUNNING THROUGH D HOUSE TO MAKE SURE YOUR FAMILY IS ALRIGHT
BRATATAT YUH THERE NOT GO 2 D FRONT DOOR 2 SAY U PEEPING OR FIXING YUH MAT
BRATATAT YUH RUN UNDER D BED LIKE AH FRIGHTEN MOUSE RUNNING FROM A CAT
BRATATAT ANOTHER ONE BITES D DUST
SURVIVAL OF D FITTEST IN D GHETTO IS A MUST
BUT WITH ALL THAT IS HAPPENING IN D GHETTO
THERE ARE A LOT OF POSITIVE YOUTHS WHO WANTS 2 C A BETTER TOMORROW
YOU SEE WHEN I TALK I DOH TALK IN PARABLES
I TALK FOR THE YOUNG, OLD AND D DISABLE
SO THEY CUD UNDERSTAND WHAT AH SAYING
I TRY TO REFRAIN FROM USING PLENTY METAPHORS AND SIMILIES AND ALL THEM THINGS
SO PPL WON’T HAVE TO BUSS THEY BRAIN 2 UNDERSTAND D MESSAGE AH SENDING
IS AH CLEAR MESSAGE WITH AH POWERFUL MEANING
GIVE D YOUTHS A CHANCE 2 ENJOY THEY LIVING
I AM 1 OUT OF MANY WHO IS THINKING STRAIGHT
SO NEXT TIME I COME 2 U MR EMPLOYER, DON’T DISCRIMINATE ME, APPRECIATE ME, CUZ I AM SEEKING AN HONEST LIVING SO I CAN GO THROUGH HEAVEN’S GATE.