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Neither... In both I'm an underachiever
Especially with the latter
However... In love I'm still a true believer
isn't that all that really matters?

What if one morning you woke up and didn't love yourself at all?

I'm a man who needs a rug
I'm a man who stands alone
Inside a hole that I dug
Into which I was thrown

Here I stand with this familiar face
staring back at me...
A woman who knows her role
my place in society...
Gotta be pretty
Gotta be witty
Strong, yet sensitive and kind

WAVES... They come so many ways
I'VE thought a lot about that today
Drown out sorrows
So they say
Crests and trophs

With god on my side
Who could ever be against me?
That's why I try
To make friends of all my enemies
As my friends become my family
I let them know just what they mean to me

I've got a brand new method to my madness
And very simply stated
This life I lead I hate it
Through all I have seen I have become so jaded
The only place I've left to look for help is inside
There's noone that I trust enough to be my guide
Thus I am a victim to {struck: my own creation} what I've created
Become trapped in a time so antiquated

I bring people to the truth
shine a light into their eyes
I give them something to believe in
Bring them to a place where they can unite
I slap people in the face
If that's what it takes
To get them unhypnotized
Sometimes a little tough love
Works on both the hawks and the doves
Don't want them to shut up - just want them to fly right
Why can't we play nice?
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She left for work without saying goodbye
Just shook her head and then rolled her eyes
I'm not sure what I did to her
Because when you're hungover as hell
Your morning's a blur

My little black cat jumped on my bed
He looked at me and this is what he said:
He said I got to get out of this house
Get up open up the door and let me out

One man searches for power and riches
While his brother would settle for fortune and Fame
Another kind brother just wants some bling bling and bitches
And his cousin's a preacher screaming out God's name

Do I have strong enough faith
To look back in hindsight
And realize I made a mistake
Or do I pretend things are alright

Am I willing to move on
To a new phase in my life
Write her this one last song
And finally part ways with my wife

Am I willing to move on
Or will I continue to postpone
Is this really her last song
Would I be better off on my own

I heard about an accident on the train
That I normally take
This morning I overslept
Usually I'm never late
Somewhere along the line
It seems that someone made a mistake
And after the two trains collided
There was enough blood to fill a lake
It took nearly three days
For all the cars to seperate
These next words give me reason to hesitate
On what I will now say
First I must meditate
On the other train
was my son's favorite playmate
Along with his mom
Who was seven months pregnant

Daddy said son it's nice to see you
Just what brings you around this way?
Sonny boy answers likewise
Ah, I'm just passing through
I'm so sorry but I can't stay
Sonny boy

I'm becoming a big fan
Of a guy who's barely five feet tall
He's a man that's making a stand
While all his friends play video games
And then go hang out at the mall

Ethan is a thirteen year old boy
Who's probably never even kissed a girl
He's a singer who plays a mean guitar
And he writes songs about changing the world

The summer's here...
That means blue skies and sunshine
Happy children...
Less work and more play time

The summer's here...
Warmer weather and more vacations
Go grab a beer...
Barbeques and celebrations

I heard about an accident on the train
That I normally take
This morning I overslept
Usually I'm never late
Somewhere along the line
It seems that someone made a mistake
And after the two trains collided
There was enough blood to fill a lake
It took nearly three days
For all the cars to seperate
These next words give me reason to hesitate
On what I will now say
First I must meditate
On the other train
was my son's favorite playmate
Along with his mom
Who was seven months pregnant

SUPER STAR by B.R.

This jam gonna spit it as fast as I Can - like Eminem...
Hope you can understand and comprehend that I fuck like a rabbit
fly like a maggot I see something shiny I just go and grab it
'cause I just gotta have it I know its a bad habbit and I look like a priest
but at least... wait, freeze, go back... did that but have one
or two "t's"? Oh boy! Almost lost my train of thought - it's filled
with pot - if it didn't have tracks I'd have forgot where I parked.
Oh yeah over here in the parking lot.
As I'd drive away in a bright white car at night with black lights that red
Then I'd
say "Hey, HAVE A NICE day"
(AND WAVE)
'SUPERSTAR'
Ha Ha Ha!
John Lennon
was right
And Right
you Are
Uh huh.
Uh huh.

She's MORE of a
Got a flare for the dramatic
Than Captain Gordon the fisherman's
got Haddock
or your radio in Timbuctoo's got static
sometimes it's not who you know
But who knows about you
And then finds out about me
That makes this comedy so tragic
Here in lies both the loss... and the
Magic

What more is there for one to need?
Everything is made from Magic and Loss
That's what I learned from Lou Reed

coffee pot wisdom gas priced knowledge and
it's no cup of tea for me to be.... me

that
I said it sounded like a dead man would write
And you can take that as you want I'm square with the deputy

We're broke and we need fixing
Never had money, no that ain't what we're asking
Glory be to who? You?
Well it seems to me there's a lot less of that than before left to bask in

That means he's money
He's got more
He's got more fame
The LeBronecon...
your whole damned country, state and
your city!

used to have
Detroit cars
Cavalier.
once LOST
Cleveland a prince
The day gained
Miami a Knight
Sadly
Cleveland had
That day
today lost a son, prince
the two shall re-unite

he's come Home
As
Now known as The Lord of the Rings
Everybody's getting ready for
the return of the king

Sometimes the unlucky get lucky...
and then unlucky... And then
they end up getting
lucky
Again

That's where we stand
other times the lucky
get unlucky... and
things
stay sucky
But that's enough about
Kansas
City
fans! (haha)

The LeBronecon...
That means he's money.
He's got more game
He's got more fame in just his name that
He'll triple double the entire G.D.P.
entire
of your whole damn country, state and
your city!

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I'VE thought a lot about that today
Drown out sorrows
So they say
Crests and trophs

Try to live your
{struck: Make my} life as if Love was tangible
{struck: Somehow} That'll make your day much more managable
Especially when times are tough {struck: and} hard to handle
{struck: an} When Passionate burns {struck: the} flame {struck: the} Let Love become {struck: the} the candle

Quick wit By Brian Rainstorm
With Quick wit
you gotta spit the shit
Before you get dissed then dismissed
It's a one shot world don't get hit
by what's hurled and when it's your turn to shoot...
Don't Miss! [crossed out text] SWISH!
ALL MY FANS CHEER, I smile Go Buck
while from their fancy chairs wild... that's my style
with wide-eyed stares their Fans Hiss
We won the game... Im @ am the game
I own the game... Everybody knows my name
My claim to fame... It's always been the same
I put in my time... The dues have been paid
I lay it out on the line... Every single day
The world is a Whopper... gonna have it my way
She swallowed, said she liked fast food because
it came right away... Hey ill you know
what
they say:
With Quick wit...

IT'S ALRIGH By Brian Rainstorm

Meanwhile
The past is mad at the future
For making plans that don't include
him
As The face of the man of the moon
still seemed surprised by the sunrise Fallen
Like tears
of the clouds, from the eyes
now dragged across the sky by the wind
being

IF there be more wisdom in
Silence than in spoken word
then do not speak. It's all right
It's all right
IF there is more to be learned from
an empty page than one full of
words then do not write...

The Present felt alone, so she
soon left and went back home

The Future came early and yet
his date arrived late, which just
goes to show one can plan out one's good fortune
but never create his fate

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"Some people will just NEVER get
it... Not even if you gave it to
them." - Brian Rainstorm

"The more problems you have (or
think you have) then the more cures
they can come up with to sell you.
The worse you feel inside the more
Things they'll have that they'll tell you
for your outside will make you feel
better. But that never works nor
was it ever supposed to. That's when
you realize that all you ever were to
them was just another number, another
cog in the machine, another pawn on
their chessboard and another soldier
in their war." - Brian Rainstorm

It's Obama's white house
and Bush's world.
Black

TWELVE WORDS BY Brian Rainstorm
Obama's white house
Bush's Black world
Life summed up
just words
twelve

Can't Buy me P.2
2:06:00
{struck: Soap operas, Game shows, sitcoms and shootouts}

Soap operas, shoot-outs, sitcoms and game shows
[scribbled out text],
Devil-horned followers led by halos
On the brightest of nights
They Hide in the shadows of [scribbled out text]
the Sweet stench of day glow left like frost
Beneath the Summer sun's moon...
Out of place
Out of space
Out of time and
Out of tune

A Broken clock's face And its
A twice right Smile
[scribbled out text]
[scribbled out text] it's future ending
as the beginning of a pile
being
see it perceives

I broke up with your sister
when I saw your picture
That goes double for your brother
When in walked your mother
These country songs
not singing themselves
Not by the wronging of rights
but by the writing of wrongs

* vegetarians eat vegetables...
* vegetarians eat vegetables*

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MAD MAN MUMBLINGS
While debating the pros and
cons of invading

---

When I got lost inside
A MALL and
WITH so many FLOORS and STORES
I had to take their bus to find my car
so swore I wouldn't go back there
That's when I was sure
And I never did...

Time for another game
on another plane
Where all the pieces of the puzzle
Have again been rearranged
Down side UP Left right
[crossed out: upside down] a is now [crossed out: right] side [crossed out: top]
Right is center, [crossed out: and] parallel is
perpendicular, Day is dawn and dawn
is night
Triangles are square and squares
are [crossed out: so] oblong and circular

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"I only meet people in
public places...
May we both never
know why I have that
rule" - Brian Rainstorm

One at a time
I wear my fifty diferent faces
otherwise I find

That everyone plays me for
a fool...

This way I can keep my cool

It's a put on
I can take off
like a cheap three pice suit

If you play fast and loose with the truth
After the Fog of War fades there might not be anyone
left to sign a truce

It's so hard to go from being
obsessed with the material
And then blend back with
all that is spiritual
Sometimes I think it'll take
a miracle
If I manage to come back
at all

You might be down to your final days
Since i'm down to my last straw
I've been thinking about changing my ways
Thinking I might be fighting for a lost cause
Have I been fighting

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It's time to get my head back in
the game
I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired
of everybody's whining
look and see how this has effected me
Even I'm complaining...

I am closest to those
who are the farthest away
When asked about my life
Then [?] that's my sentence
It's the first thing
I'd have to say.
All those who get too close
Are bound to [?] get pushed away
There's a support group that
meets once a week
It's a fun place to go
just to see who speaks
at six o' clock
on saturdays

ALL IN
When she said her cell phone was on
"I'm too far gone" was my response
I just might tell you some thing
I've mentioned a time or two before
How a meeting in the middle
Might really be a step forward
But I don't push it...
Nah, I don't go there...
since there's so much at stake
I pull back in fear

I just painted myself into a corner
Looks like I'm in for one long afternoon
Lately I been feeling like a musician
Every instrument I touch is outta tune...

just went for
I a long walk in the sun
Far away from everyone
With just my music,
my past and my soul
a log book of poems...
that are beyond my control

All this blue sky and sunshine
Certainly hasn't been wasted on me
While some may say I've past the prime of my life
I guess they're not seeing the same picture as me

Since I try to get better every day that I live
my best day shall be my last on this earthy
For I don't mind being taken once I've nothing useful left to give
Once I lose my value and my sense of self worth

Until that day
Dontcha know I'm in it
To win it - yeah, I'm all in... all the way.

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ALL IN
When she said her cell phone was on
"I'm too far gone" was my response
I just might tell you some thing
I've mentioned a time or two before
How a meeting in the middle
Might really be a step forward

But I don't push it...
Nah, I don't go there...
Since there's so much at stake
I pull back in fear

I just painted myself into a corner
Looks like I'm in for one long afternoon
Lately I been feeling like a musician
Every instrument I touch is outta tune

---

to a
long
like
uch is on
just
went for
[crossed out text] I
a long walk in the sun
Far away from everyone
With just my music,
my past and my soul
a long book of poems
that are beyond my control

---

All this [crossed out text] blue sky and sunshine
Certainly hasn't been wasted on me
While some may say I've past the prime of my life
I guess [crossed out text] they're not seeing the same picture as me
since I try to get better every day [crossed out text] that I live
My best day shall be my last on this earthly useful
For I don't mind being taken once I've nothing left to give
Once I lose my value and my sense of self worth

Until that day
Don'tcha know I'm in it
To win it - [crossed out text] yeah, I'm all in ... all the way.

TOAST
While it lasted
It sure was fun
But now...
Look out Hooverville!
'Cause here I come..

living in a commune
Sharing this shack of mine
With a fellow tortured soul
That I met in the bread line

His loaf was too crusty
while mine three days stale
Still the time was a pleasant one
Despite what you'll call 'our meal'

Once we feasted on fresh pheasant
And perhaps a glass or two of champagne
Toasted as the sun was setting
Now a toast: "Shall it shine once again"

While it lasted
It sure was fun
But now..
Look out Hooverville!
'Cause here I come...

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FRIENDS AND COUNTRYMEN
"So anyone who rebels against authority
is rebelling against what God has
instituted, and they will be punished!"

Romans: Thirteen, two...
Just one of those things that religion can do
E nslave a race
While still keeping your faith
"Hey, I was just doing what I was told to [crossed out word]
{struck: [crossed out word] I suggest you do [crossed out word] too}
My priceless advice so should you

(GARDEN of Flowers P.S)
Whether or not to serve power
To go pulling up weeds
In this garden of flowers
Or be like everyone else
and when it time to work
Go run off and play
leave it for another day... another day...
another day... another day

Romans: Thirteen, two...
Is our get of jail free card
That God gaveeth to me and you

Romans: Thirteen, two...
Helps keep the status quo here at the zoo
[crossed out words]

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Who doesn't have two ways to tell their story?
Yeah, one's okay... but [at] times it tends to get
too tedious, monotonous, long-winded, tiresome and plain old
redundant, and stale, boring...
Oh, but the second one is great because the
glorified saint with the background of a
legendary hero

All the children chant your name
As the soldiers proudly proclaim:
If they die for you 'tis not in vain
You who can hold power yet yield restraint
Yet there's no tone 'tis all black and white
not even gray
No imagination of a world of colors
no blending
No vairience, no vibrance or shades

I'd rather be me and be boring
Than be him with all his cutout cardboard
subjects the
Same

Yeah, that's not exactly what I'd call glory
Actually to me, it sounds pretty lame

I visualize greatness in the morning
So hopefully I'll get to it by the
afternoon...
This lazy afternoon...
2710

They say lightening never strikes in the same place twice
I say we all deserve a second chance in this game called life
5 -

I just moved the clouds with my mind
Because I needed some sunshine
At least I can say that I tried
This act of hubris personified
Nah, I ain't afraid to die...
With my good name attached to a good cause
I ain't afraid to fight even if gotta say I lost...