Bloodletting

[AUDIO TRANSCRIPT]

So If you're best friend is [Redacted]

And you grew up with [Redacted] [Redacted] [Redacted]

Then how come you ain't end up gang banging with them

Ok

So 2 things

1. I was a good kid

2. I'm not quite mentally stable

See what would of happened is

Either i would of joined the gang

But not been able to properly put in pain

Be violently valuable

Or I'd of been the most volatile Villian

The belligerent bar

Aye man Yall doing a lot of fighting with fist

Why don't we start firing arms

Make them shoulder

the brunt of my trigger finger

Red handed

Paint then town red

Red dead redemption

Show em how my cowboys

Be bop

If we throwing up big B's

Let's batter bash break hearts of mothers

Too hot headed and hurried trying to mimic what i saw on TV might of arrested our development

Maybe when the time is thrown in front of me I'm not as tough as I thought, maybe I'd tell

Maybe reflect a rat

Irredeemable

Reputation Irreparably damaged

So i stopped at the red light

Put my car in park insteada ride

For the set

or Seth

The Egyptian God murdered his brother Osiris or Ausar

And thousands of years later the set still murdering his brother the mythology plays on

Cain kills abel (able)

Bodied brothers everyday

We drilling shit but not building shit

Villian shit

Killing shit but not militant against who our villain is

Spilling shit oh my God

But not remembering Wayne said there's no ceilings just

Remembering wayne said su woo if you banging

Gang

hanging with the homies

Like we wasn't hangin from them folks trees

U wanna smoke me but revolt please
Maybe if Diddy did it u would

If puffy passed u a backwood would you puff pass or would you pass?

Not now i mean like when you was a boy

was you bad?

Would you take a big drag if you was given 1 more chance?

Cus i seen kids who was not g

Scream g-unot when Game and 50 beefed

And that was the first time they ever heard of Blackwallstreet

See I'm a fan of listening to gangsta music aye

But I've seen the Lox (locks) put on the byrd gang and Id prefer we fly higher than that

My era of hip hop fostered a different kind of B boy

No cardboard when they spin

My gen don't pop n lock

They locked in gen pop

When i thought

Of banging

Nothing i could say but no

If i caught a body

I...I I couldn't let it go

I'm not good with guilt, grief, or graveyards shifts

I don't wanna put in work

I've hurt

Ive felt loss

I don't wanna cause 

I don't wanna war

With mine

Inside

Ones already going on

While they fought
Dem
on
blocks

I fought
demons
Lots

Government plots

Psyops

False flags from the red white and blue

Funny how often those 2 outer hues fued

You know I'd bet the middle one

thinks it's pretty funny too


 

Marcus Stokes is a rapper, poet, and actor out of Westchester NY. 3x Nuyorican Slam Champ, January 2025 Nuyorican Final Friday slam champ, Bric February slam champ, as well as winner of numerous other slams all over the city. Blending all different elements of his artistry into his poetry, he creates unique pieces of expression dealing with themes of spirituality, mental health, love, grief and heartbreak. A "writer's writer", whose voice and storytelling as well as experience on stage make every performance a moving one.  their bio