Mind Notes Pt.23 'Always But Never'

I'm always this

But I'm never that

And I'm always moving forwards

Never moving back

Always keep peace and love

Never miss the track

Spitting real home truths

Because it's real like that

I'm alive man

I'm alive man

Always been a good man

Never been a bad man

Always had the right plan

Never had the wrong plan

Always use the right hand

Never use the wrong hand

Always keep myself up

Never let myself down

Always wear a big smile

Never wear a big frown

Always keep it low P

Never run around town

Always talk real talk

Never make fake sounds

Always keep it moving

Never stop and stand still

Always keep it unsigned

Never sign a whack deal

Always make legit moves

Never on a wheel and deal

Always carry warm love

Never carry cold steel

Always coming hard

Never soft like flour

Always stand tall

Never shrink and cower

Always keep it peace, love

And people power

Because that's the word of the minute

That's the word of the hour

I'm alive man

I'm alive man

Always got my pen and pad

Never miss a line man

Always running late

But I'm never out of time man

Always up and at em'

Never gaze on the vibe man

Always looking forward

Never living in the past

Always see the half glass

Never see the empty glass

Always up in the front

Never last in the class

Always stay a step ahead

Never on the last gasp

Always carry real love

Never carry fake hate

Always make real moves

Never make moves bait

Always reach just in time

Never reach too late

Always finish what I start

Never ever leave my plate

Always rep my own name

Never rep a fake game

Always choose words wise

Never use words lame

Always keep focused

Never keep a weak aim

Peace

Love 

And people power

Is the name of my game

PEACE LOVE & PEOPLE POWER!

Mind Notes Pt.22 'What More Can I Say'

What more can I say

What more can I do

But to share words of wisdom

Try and help you through

What more can I say

What more can I do

But to speak home truths

To you, you and you

What more can I say

What more can I do

Except keep dropping rhymes

For you and your crew

What more can I say

What more can I do

But to speak home truths

To you, you and you

Like morning cups

Thoughts brew and settle softly

Filled with good intentions

Trying to shake the demons off me

How much will it cost me

To fulfil my dreams

The price seems priceless

Can't be valued it seems

Nightmares and daydreams

Because the mind keeps spinning

We really can't tell

If we're loosing or winning

From end back to beginning

And right round again

Spin in the cycle of life

But what's the purpose my friends

Means justify the ends

All's well that ends well

But spare thoughts

For people passed away

Or locked up in jail

Speak and spell

Share wisdom

Share thoughts for the day

We've all got something to offer

We're all deep in our own way

What people say

Is not always what people be thinking

Smiling in your face

But their intentions be stinking

Eyes wide

Keep blinking

Carefully choose your friends

Because when the dust settles

Real ones be there at the end

Young ballers

Breaking windows

On Sundays

Side streets

Grown to make and break trends

Rolling far from discreet

Quick mouths

And quick feet

Now it's quick mentalities

Bursting with ideas

Stuck on day to day salaries

Inspiration filled with calories

Fat and full fledged

But when we step outside the box

They say we're living on edge

Got to keep pushing ahead

Because the past is history

One mans dreams

Is another mans destiny

Thoughts float in circles

Stop the merry go round

Ideas become reality

Keep feet on the ground

Dreams float in clouds

Search for silver linings

Dig deep to find direction

Don't be scared of the findings

Might be the wrong timing

But the right ideas

Be wary of jealous voices

Don't succumb to your fears

Because in these days and years

Only the strong stand tall

While you strive to reach to the top

Make sure you don't fall

PEACE LOVE & PEOPLE POWER!

Mind Notes Pt.21 'Up & Up'

Up and up

We keep on climbing

Day to day

We keep on striving

There's much more to life

Than a nine to five

There's a big wide world

We've got to open our eyes

Fall straight off the wagon

Routine is a drag

We always take for granted

All the things that we have

We always think we know

What was good

And what's bad

Certain situations

Got us ecstatic

Or feeling sad

Then we straight feeling mad

When the tables have turned

Too many fingers in hot pies

Red hands getting burned

So many lessons never learned

Then we paying the price

Should of listened to those lessons

Should of took that advice

But we hard headed

Stuck in our own mentalities

Got our own points of view

Our own take on reality

Day to day tragedy

And broken hearts

But those who clock the game plan

Still laugh the last laugh

Because life's hard

But based on the choices we make

We sign or own destiny

Deliver our own fate

Like tubs of play-doh

We mould manipulate

Dig deep

Work hard

Watch your life take shape

Monday to Sunday

And right round' again

Weeks fly by

We wonder where to begin

We wonder where will it end

Because the story's not written

And for every different person

There's a very different ending

We create our own stories

Write our own plots

Is yours shallow

Like a plant with no roots

Stuck in a pot

Or is your fairytale deep

Like a redwood tree

Spreading your roots

Making links for many centuries

Life's mysteries

Could never be written in ink

We debate and contemplate

But life's deeper than we think

Religion and heritage

Culture and tradition

In every different place

Their teaching

Very different lessons

Some reach for weapons

Others reach for the pen

Because we can fight like enemies

Or rejoice like friends

But in the end

Mother nature

Will provide for her children

Because the world keeps spinning

So we got to keep living

Open eyes

Open mind

Seek and you'll find

A penny for your thoughts

So let's mortgage your mind

Although this fast life

Seems to have lost it's relevance

The wonder of the human heart

Remains immense

We can contemplate

Science and technology

But who can explain these emotions

Inside of me

Planets spin in orbit

Tangents three sixty degrees

We all stuck inside

The cycle of society

How can we break the chains

How can we step outside the box

Some people holding all the keys

But they still can't find the locks

Imaginations a powerful tool 

For inspiration

Create your own dimension

If you got the dedication

Words and pictures

The harmony of art form

Perfect vehicle for creation

Expression can transform

Sometimes the worm turns

But it's never the end

We just destroy and rebuild

Start all over again

PEACE LOVE & PEOPLE POWER!

Mind Notes Pt.20 'Love Affair'

I'm 50 FEET DEEP

In love with music

Music's my love affair

I'm 50 FEET DEEP

In love with music

Because she's always real

And she's always there

From the day of my conception

My early perceptions

Engulfed with melodies

Flow through my mothers system

Notting hill carnival 1982

I was jamming to them so a tunes

Up in the womb

Then in 1983

When my mother gave birth

That's when I first heard the music

They create on this earth

Hospital radio

Headphones on my baby ears

Melodies soothe my baby tears

Then it's home time

Homeward bound our direction

Back to the record player

And old collection

Sweet soul sounds

And lovers rock

Reggae the foundation

I fell in love with Bob

He left before I was born in 83'

Yet his message translated

Directly into me

Now I'm up to my dad's knees

Begging him dad please

Could you put the Bob record

On the player for me

Time pass it's 89

Now I'm up in the mix

Left south

Went to west

A whole new bag of tricks

Just 6 years old

But deep like old soul

But my records got left behind

In my old home

Now I'm on a hiatus

Surrounded by haters

Like a fish out of water

So I'm weary of others

Then I met this real brother

Another music lover

Now it's Bob and MJ

Up in the tape player

Pots and pans

Drum kits with the SMA cans

Grab the wooden spoon

And play the drum kit with our hands

But then time moved on

And we all moved on

91' I'm with my mum

Playing lovers rock songs

Old Motown

And Bob still taking to me

Dubbing radio mixtapes in 1993

And then things got exciting

When I started writing

MC Steele 96'

Fast as lightning

96' Biggie and Pac dropped

We all hiphop

Nas and Wu Tang Clan

The cassettes was on lock

But in 1999

Is when I lost my mind

Because I discovered the keyboard

And perfected my rhyme

For the next few years

I was glued to my seat

Filling up cassette tapes

With weird and wonderful beats

Late nights with my boy RJ

Was my musical degree

I graduated as a real MC

Even though I loved music

I was trying to do me

So I decided to enrol in university

I put down the lyric book

And picked up the study book

Three years clocking knowledge

Was a really good look

Then in summer 06'

I was free as a bird

I was straight back on the rhymes

And the speed was absurd

First, second, third LP's

Back to back

Now four and five are coming

SuperStead is off the rack

PEACE LOVE & PEOPLE POWER!