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https://soundcloud.com/tavidee-orfeofame-hoskins/white-tee-black-dye

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By @cityyearbr "What a fantastic night! Huge thanks to all who continue to help us #makebetterhappen tonight and every day."

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Brotherhood My brother plays basketball, my brother is a player, a heart breaker but know how to fix one too, my brother is a heart surgeon, my brother just got health insurance, my brother just got head of state, my brother made the news last night. Couldn't find my brother this morning. I think they should rename the news the minority report, my brother made victim of that store clerk, my brother was made a victim by my other brother, my brother just got health insurance, my brother died in the ambulance, my other brother was indicted at birth, my brothers made victim by the system. My brother can't read, my brother can rebuild an engine with scraps from a junkyard, my brother is dexterous, my brother is dangerous, my brother got his GED, then went and got his PhD, my brother gotta glock 40, my other brother made a song about his glock 40, now my nephew got a glock 40, my brother is non-violent, my brother got a purple heart from that war, my brother is a hero, my brother got a red flag from that other war, my brother is a savage, My brother died for his president My brother died for his presidents, my brother made the news again, my brother fit the description, my brother didn't come home last night, my brother just got health insurance, my brother died on that concrete, my brother is a martyr, my brother is a target. My brother is a father, we never met our father, My brother missed my nephew's birthday, My brother missed my nephew's first basketball game My brother is a family man My brother barbecued by that swimming pool every Sunday all summer My brother thinks woman is God My brother found religion in my niece's smile My nephew just cheated on his girlfriend My brother laughed about it My brother is scarred My brothers back was whipped till leather thick My brother is a pastor My brother is well read My brother built the pyramids, and was buried in one my brother is a descendant of ham My brother is a descendant of imhotep My brother knows struggle, to survive and to breathe My brother was 6'3, My brother is afraid of heights, you know the higher up you go the harder it is to breathe My brother just got health insurance But he'll never get the chance to use it.

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https://soundcloud.com/tavidee-orfeofame-hoskins/brotherhood

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"To the person who told me race doesn’t matter because we’re all just different shades of brown"

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Check out @chaedria's Tweet:

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A message to men

Let your hug be just as firm as your handshake and backbone ..

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Underwater sculpture, in Grenada, in honor of our African ancestors thrown overboard.

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My new sounds:

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#bars

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Shoutout to @cheezeeggs for posting my work on her awesome site. CHECK IT OUT!! PAY ATTENTION!!! NEW POETRY support FICTION BEINGZ‼️‼️👏👏"

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I ripened there. In the pit of the peach state.  My backbone a long leaf pine, rising majestically through the buckle of the bible belt. They say every time the sun peeks through a sky shrouded grey, an eagle gets its wings. I got mine. It's time to fly. Trading red clay for bayou, but I'll always know my way home. I'll never forget the fountain springing from the banks of the chattahoochee. Understated yet quietly confident city. I'll always cherish the warriors who bred me for flight. Who taught me to work hard, think harder and give thanks. I thank the creators who inspired me to open my mind, and wipe away the sleep crusted on my eyes and see the world as a tragically beautiful masterpiece. I thank kickbacks and Friday nights for giving me life. Perfection. Forever. And angel with an earth toned finish and tangled halo. I love you all. I live through you. And I'll be back before you kno it. #familia #random #blessed #GAtoLA

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Convenience

"callous - (n.) a thickened and hardened part of the skin or soft tissue, especially in an area that has been subjected to friction." Nigga be hard, nigga be real, niggers don't feel. Be primal, no primate. Be calloused. Mimic the the welts left on runaway spines. Mask the pain behind hate hardened flesh. The callous on the ball of my left foot causes my unsteady gait. I traipse across this blemished titled linoleum, spouting simple salutations as my skin thickens with each step. Herding profits. Filling pockets. photosynthesizing oxygen to get only a breath. The elephant in the room is getting comfortable, he knows why he is here and won't forget. Transaction after transaction, pieces of me dispensed with every interaction, we have a special on passion, buy one get one freed mind, need more? Here's mine, it's not being used currently. Bruised currency, whored by many hands. Faded glories on sweat beaded scalps. Dreams lost in the folds. Some synapses won't allow dreams to move freely, for fear they will conquer your mind. We must day dream, conscious and in control. Not only at night fall. Not only with subconscious interpretations. But with our eyes opened. Oriented on freedom. (Don't know how to finish this piece)