The Mic Sean Collection

by De’Sean Anderson

  I want to live the good life with a good wife

  Go to the store and buy what I like

  But I can’t do that if I sit on my ass

  Waiting for the government to send me some cash

  I have to be a man and put my life in my own hands

  See me building a home on my land

  You have to crawl before you walk set some goals

  Life is way too short look up and you’re old

  The “Man”

  He used to be the man, many chicks in route

  Had a really nice car, a lot of ‘juice’ and clout

  Everybody in the hood knew who he was

  He went to clubs in the city and received nothing but love

  Sold drugs but never really had to hustle

  Mean “mugs” would get him in a lot of scuffles

  Described as a “player” different women every night

  Some black some white none he ever really liked

  He was 27 but had a taste for ‘younglings’

  Pulled up in a Benz see the teenagers coming

  Slipped up and sexed a chick with H.I.V

  Sold poison to his people see him D.I.E

  The moral of the story is you reap what you sew

  And you never really know when it’s your time to go

  So you have to live right and have do right

  Need to pray ever night and live Christ like!

  Moral Decay

  My purpose in life is to be a leader

  Forget drugs I’d rather be a knowledge dealer

  My community really needs a make over

  Instead of homes we’d rather invest in range rovers

  Mentally enslaved, we have our brains shackled

  You can never win a war from just one battle

  You have to do it by accumulation we’re facing mutilation

  It isn’t from them hating, It’s from the route we’re taking

  It’s like we’re all racing, but last place we’re taking

  We’re like crabs in a barrel and that’s the dead truth

  They say you aren’t ‘Real’ if the ‘Streets’ don’t feel you

  But I’m going make them listen, that’s my main mission

  Forget prison, I’d rather pay tuition

  Never stagnant we have to keep it moving

  What are we proving with all of this evil we’re doing?

  Only The Strong Survive (Part 2)

  Anything easy isn’t worth doing

  Because when you do it then what are you proving?

  Hate to sound like a preacher but many need to hear this

  A lot of brothers running around ‘Lit’ like they’re fearless

  Watching rap videos, like that’s realness

  Watching gangsta movies now they want to fill clips

  We have to let the youngsters know that there’s more to life

  Than ratchet women, rims, and chains of ice

  Cars and clothes depreciate in value

  In life you’re only going to have what the lord allows you

  Plus, life is what you make it so stay focused

  A lot of people still trying to keep up wit the Joneses

  Live within your means, or your bound to struggle

  Your life is your business so don’t get hustled

  The Victim

  Personal responsibility and accountability we sometimes Lack

  We can't always play the victim role just because we're black

  That's the easy road due to our built up frustration

  In many cases we're co-conspirators of our own degradation

  It is true that we don't own many planes or boats

  But at the end of the day it's one's personal choice to slang coke

  We've gone astray from the things that made our community great

  The incarceration population is linked to high school drop out rates

  We must break the cycle of self-hate and community pillage

  To raise productive young people it's still going to take a village

  We must be Pro-Education because without it leads to poverty

  Lets remove us from the pitfalls of Victim-ology

  The vast majority of us consider ourselves Christian individuals

  Yet too many in our every day lives fail to apply God's principles

  Lets encourage each other, success we can all reach it

  Even the crabs that escape from the barrel eventually get eaten

  Lost And Confused

  Lost and confused was this young dude

  Thought he was too cool to finish school

  Dropped out the 8th grade he should’ve stayed

  Hardheaded and figured he had to get paid

  Positive Role models he didn’t have none

  The men he looked up to wanted to blast guns

  Or were into drugs and some were locked up

  A couple had a few young girls knocked up

  He thought that was the way of the world

  So by the age of 16 he had a baby girl

  His path of manhood went straight through Rikers

  At the age of 22 he shared cells with lifers

  Got out at 28 on the block that’s old

  He wasn’t ready for the world to be so cold

  Can somebody help him? He needs direction

  At 29 years old its time for progression

  Keeping The Faith

  Ashes to Ashes and dust to dust

  Success is a must in God I trust

  In this world of lust our worst enemy is us

  When we fight and fuss and get mad and cuss

  Life is tough because the world is rough

  But we can’t give up, we just can’t give up

  We Have to keep the wheels turning, keep the fire burning

  Never stop learning and never stop yearning

  For a better way, life is a maze

  Wishing for brighter days, I give praise

  To my lord and Savior, Yeshua Ben

  And Yahweh, the one who fathered him

  I know it bothers them to see me blessed

  Evil men in this world want to see me stressed

  They want to see me lose faith, see my spirit break

  But I will keep persevering no matter the stakes

  The Truth Can Hurt

  I used to want to be like Andre Rison

  Now I want to teach like Michael Eric Dyson

  With this platform my purpose is to educate

  Keep climbing and try not to procrastinate

  There’s no debate that some lack common sense

  And what I’m building some want to topple it

  They say I’m arrogant because I went to college

  But that doesn’t mean I’m smarter I just invested in knowledge

  I say I’m misunderstood because I’m not “Hood”

  Since when has representing ignorance ever been good?

  I’m going to keep it real and show you how sad it gets

  I see more rims in the hood than high school graduates

  We shall over come? We haven’t overcame it

  The way we think as a people let’s change it

  Let’s face it, we’re in a state of emergency

  You think you made it because you have a little currency?

  Real Talk

  What’s my purpose in life? Is it to become a banger?

  Or is to become an ordinary knowledge ‘slanger’?

  I’m filled with anger I can’t understand the ignorance

  Can't believe what I see its ridiculous

  These predicaments we get in are nonsense

  Sometimes I wonder if we're using our conscience

  Twisted Logic, we’re not thinking straight

  ‘Tight Whips’ and ‘Big Chains’, thinking life's great

  But it isn’t, we’re still shackled mentally

  Even though we’re not chained down physically

  Chemically, we’re killing ourselves<
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  Because drugs and alcohol destroy our health

  As a people, we have a long way to go

  We always hate, we never say “way to go!”

  Black, White, Latin, Asian, we’re all a team

  Everybody was in Martin Luther King’s Dream

  After My Death

  I wonder how it’s going to be when I'm not here?

  How's life going to be for those I hold dear?

  Will my haters toast it up and say cheers?

  Will people forget me in a couple years?

  But my worst fear is for my kids and wife

  That another man comes and doesn’t treat them right

  Everything is in God's hands so I'm fortunate

  But we all played a part in the course we went

  They say the path less traveled is the hardest

  Regardless, I will choose the smartest

  I’ve seen a lot of folks go down the wrong road

  Seen more trade their souls for fool’s gold

  I hope and I pray when my day comes

  That I'm forgiven for the sins I've done

  One of these mornings it wont be long

  I'm on my way to heaven I'm coming home

  The Past & The Future

  In order to know where you’re headed, learn from the past

  Plan for tomorrow, and make sure what you build will last

  Everything at first sight isn’t always what it seems

  We all have to dream like Martin Luther King

  There will be times of discouragement, fear and stress

  But always fight for human rights like Malcolm X

  Marcus Garvey and Dubois didn’t always see eye to eye

  Both wanted the best for their people their hardest they tried

  Booker T. Washington was a slave before Emancipation

  Encouraged his people to do for self and set a foundation

  Through agriculture and education he came Up From Slavery

  The 54th Massachusetts, and Tuskegee Airman displayed bravery

  Buffalo Soldiers, Harlem Hell Fighters and the 5th Colored Calvary

  Showed they were capable on the battlefield and fought valiantly

  In order to know where you’re headed, learn from the past

  Teach the leaders of tomorrow and what you build will last

  “Never abandon your vision. Keep reaching to further your dreams.”

  Benjamin Banneker