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