Remember ‘Amnesia’

Not that many listeners in life would give this artist as much regard as I credit him with but I swear his music is worth every penny. I like to think everyone from Shakespeare to Benjemin Zephaniah can appreciate his poetry (lyricism). Even Lupe said, “Blu is the only artist in the game that scares me.”

This is the 1st verse from song, ‘Amnesia’ off his ‘HerFavoriteColo(u)r‘ mixtape.

I used to have
Peace, serenity, teaching divinity.
Break bread, sipping the blood, eating with enemies.
Blind, pearl on my mind thinking we fittin’ to be,
This, that, and the third.

Boy did I learn, tables turn,
Billy holiday burned down to play when my nerves drowned my folks away,
Swerving in the locomotive, far from my hopes and motives,
Back to boasting at shows to get a standing O’
From all the fans I know.

On some of that sapphire rapid fire soul stuff I used to hit ‘em off with,
But now I’m some ol’ “pay the toll” for the way I played the role,
Cautious when I lace a flow, cause, pose?
Think I’m painting codes;
Patience grown thin, home sick and haven’t been home since.

Fuck a rapper,
I’m an actor in a film called:
“Leave me the fuck alone until I find a real job”
Busting chrome grills off at these soft hearted break-beats;
Bouncing with 808′s and gray ink,
Blue heart, red skies, true art died in the heart of my mind,
Kept trying to fulfil this
Blank scribbled realness,
Even if it kills this
Poet inside.

I can’t belive it’s free, it costs you more NOT to listen.

Here’s the audio for the less rhythmic or literate minded (no par).

Peace.

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