By: Cedric McClester

Should we decide to impeach,
What is the lesson that it would teach?
Would it be considered overreach?
Even though decorum has been breached
Does the House have the sworn duty,
To render to the country, the President’s *****?
And wouldn’t that be a thing of beauty,
Or simply a sign that the Democrats are moody?

If you can get where I’m coming from
Clearly, we’re caught up in a conundrum
That’s just as abrasive as a corundum
But Constitutionally it’s in secundum
With what’s laid out in black and white
But should we engage in that kind of fight
Knowing the Senate probably won’t do right
Should we march boldly into that good night?

How to proceed is anyone’s guess
The question is, what would be best?
Does duty call nevertheless
Or are you of the opinion that I digress
I don’t profess to have the answer
So consider me an artful tap dancer
Running in circles like a lab hamster
Contemplating how to punish a lamster

History will record where we’re now at
Whether, or not we go to the mat
Fact of the matter, it’s our turn at bat
And all of us know that we smell a rat
So, how do we propose this riddle gets solved
Should we drag it out and hope it evolves
Or like everything else watch it dissolve
Considering everything that it involves




















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By: Cedric McClester

Sleeping in your bed
Or a brick on your head
Dead equals dead
Did you hear what I said?
No matter how you go
All of us should know
That we’re gonna, so
Don’t let it be a blow

And what’s even more
If you’re at Stage Four
What you know for sure
Is it’s knocking at your door
So don’t get paranoid
Or become destroyed
About what you can’t avoid
It’s like a hemorrhoid

It doesn’t matter how
Whether later or now
Death won’t make you smile
It’s what you most revile
But like it or not
All of us get caught
So don’t get overwrought
It’s not some kind of plot

Whether young or old
Death’s not in your control
Though it’s awesome to behold
We know it's been foretold
So when somebody dies
You shouldn’t be surprised
Once you stop to realize
God owns that whole franchise














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By: Cedric McClester

As I often surmise
I don’t think it is wise
For me to criticize
What I know applies
Israel too has her faults
But we do somersaults
Or apply the schmaltz
Instead of smelling salts

They go through the roof
When we state the truth
Then back it with the proof
A martini needs vermouth!
Should we become myopic,
When Israel is the topic?
Or just be philanthropic?
They really need to stop it

A woman nevertheless
Elected to Congress
Is embroiled in a mess
Cuz she chose to attest
About the Benjamins
As in Franklin friends
Helps Israel reach her ends
See everybody bends

And what’s really pathetic
Is she’s labeled anti-Semitic
But that’s the usual rhetoric
From Zionist confederates
Who can see no wrong
If we just go along
Like Palestinians don’t belong
Long as Israel remains strong














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By: Cedric McClester

Make America great Again
And bring this reign to an end
Look at all the time we spend
Trying real hard to comprehend
The days are short, the nights are long
What the hell is going on
How come some just go along
When even they know that it’s wrong

Make America great again
A land of laws, and not of men
Like only we the people can
Unlike a Twitter feed on send
It’s a catch-phrase that they state
To wrap around their brand of hate
For others they deem second rate
And find it hard to relate

Make America great again
Don’t postulate or just pretend
What’s the message that would send
To friends or foes or next of kin
It can’t be talked into existence
Despite a proclivity for insistence
Which will meet with stark resistence
By people living on mere subsistence

Make America great again
Cuz what we now do is pretend
The immigrants we apprehend
Are animals to be caged when
We lose sight of where they’ve been
Which is like a kick in the shin
And it doesn’t matter what’s the spin
Nor can you say that it’s built in





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By: Cedric McClester

Was it a messiah, you sought to find?
Then Homie was, your paradigm
As it was written, so it was
Our Creator doesn’t make duds
Like Noah sent here
For the floods
So was Homie
For the Crips and Bloods

So think of him, not as dead
Get that notion out your head
Based upon the life he led
And the words of comfort said
He’s merely resting in his bed
See to the manor he was born
The good he left us will live on
Long after Homie is gone

He believed in law and order
As his time was growing shorter
Much like a lamb taken to slaughter
No Homie didn’t walk on water
But he loved his son,
And daughter
I hope they learned
From all he taught ‘em

When his story is finally told
Just like Jesus, he was bold
And if per chance,
You’re still not sold
The retelling doesn’t get old
The way he left us
Was also cold
And both their lives broke the mold








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By: Cedric McClester

Though it’s a matter
Of the heart
It’s still not easy
To break apart
Makes you wonder
When did it start?
Us together
Being a lost art

People break up
Everyday
When emotions
Get in the way
Guess it’s the price
We have to pay
For one of us
Going  astray

Do I love you?
Yes, I do!
It didn’t come
Out of the blue
Deep inside
I think I knew
I couldn't take
What you put me through

Now it’s over
And it’s done
For all those years
You were the one
And I admit
That it’s not fun
For us to say
We had our run


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By: Cedric McClester

As it’s written,
It shall be
We have a date
With destiny
Though it’s hard
For us to see
Exactly when
That may be

A few words
To ease the  mind
It’s all about
What’s left behind
And while alive
Are we kind
By accident
Or the Divine

Blessed are those
Who promote peace
Or try to calm
The savage beast
Then often let
The hungry feast
On food or thought
At the very least

Though not here,
Still, not gone
Our memories
Will linger on
Cuz they were blessed
When they were born
They leave us
On earth to morn






















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BY: CEDRIC MCCLESTER

WHAT MADE ME LOVE HER,
THE WAY THAT I DID?
THAT’S HARD TO ANSWER
I HAVE TO ADMIT
SHE WAS SO SPECIAL
AS SPECIAL GETS
AND WE FLEW SKY HIGH
WITHOUT SAFETY NETS

WHAT MADE ME LOVE HER?
STRANGE YOU SHOULD ASK
I GUESS MY HEART
PROVED UP TO THE TASK
SHE NEVER HID
BEHIND A MASK
THAT SOME PEOPLE WEAR
BEFORE THE DYE HAS BEEN CAST

WHAT MADE ME LOVE HER?
I’M TRYING TO THINK
MAN SHE LOOKED PRETTY
IN THE COLOR PINK
AND I THOUGHT OF HER
AS MY MISSING LINK
SHE KNEW JUST HOW
TO BRING ME TO THE BRINK

WHAT MADE ME LOVE HER?
I GUESS MORE OR LESS
SHE OWNED MY HEART
IF I HAD TO GUESS
BUT I WOULD STILL LOVE HER
NEVERTHELESS
BECAUSE OUR UNION
WAS TRULY BLESSED

By: Cedric McClester

Don’t know who you are
One moment from the next
And to be honest
You keep me perplexed
See I never know
Under what pretext
You’ll make me happy
Or just get me vexed
 
I don’t know if you heard
A word that I said
But you’ve got me going
Out of my head
Sometimes I think
I’d be better off dead
Though suicidal thoughts
Are what I truly dread

Throughout our history
You’ve always been
A total mystery
Especially when
You keep me confused
Time and time again
With the cross messages
That you tend to send

So there you are
What can I say
You know that I love you
Anyway
See hope springs eternal
At least I can pray
That tomorrow will bring about
A better day







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By: Cedric McClester

Clearly the President
Has gotten out of hand
To make a comparison
With Disney Land
For desperate people
Who arrive in caravans
While trying to escape
From their homelands

He’s now making claims
That are outrageous
He says that Obama
Made those cages
That imprison children
From south of the border
Though that’s his way
Of trying to keep order

See it’s his base
He seeks to inspire
By becoming
A world-class kind of liar
Even though
the situation ‘s dire
He pours gasoline
All over that fire

Mueller’s hand
Was on the trigger
But he didn’t pull it
So, we have to figure
Trump dodged a bullet
But this is much bigger
The Southern District’s pursuing
Their case with vigor











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By: Cedric McClester

How am I doing?
I guess you could say
That I’m doing fine
I’m doing okay
Just tryna make it
Through another day
Though challenges often
Get in my way

Life can be a struggle
From day to day
More money more problems
Biggie used to say
But what would it be
With nothing in the way
To prevent my optimism
From being on display?

Every day above ground
Counts as a victory
When you consider
What the alternative could be
To opening your eyes
And being able to see
That life continues to be
A great mystery

Now is a good time
For me to explain
Life is comprised of
Some joy and pain
That’s how it’s been
And will always remain
So I hope these words
Aren't shared in vain









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By: Cedric McClester

I’m not trying to be
Obtrusive
But the Mueller Report
Was inconclusive
Exoneration wasn’t
Mutually exclusive
So his innocence
Remains deducive

And his old
Familiar song
Is he was right
All along
The prosecution
Had to be wrong
No collusion
Like Cheech and Chong

William Barr reached
His own conclusion
Based on the
Optical illusion
That in fact
There was no collision
By the President
For attribution

Wiliam Barr has
Thrown the first lob
NIow Congress must
Do it’s job
Mueller chose not to prosecute
That slob
So the American public
Was robbed
















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By: Cedric McClester

The Mueller Report is in
But don’t get excited when
The man’s not indicted, and
His kids continue to pretend
As if, they are peachy keen
Easy enough for us to glean
They’re liars, know what I mean?
Who manipulate as we have seen

The Mueller Report is in
When does the panacea begin?
Can you tell me where or when
It can finally be brought to an end
We know crimes were committed
If he’s honest then he’ll admit it
See nobody has been acquitted
Of the charges Mueller submitted

The Mueller Report is in
And he clearly practices Zen
He’s learned how to lazer in
On all of the President’s men
I’ve lost count of those indicted
Only two have chosen to fight it
A Presidential pardon has them excited
Which no doubt has them delighted

The Mueller Report is in
And all of them have some skin
They need to be placed in the pen
The women as well as the men
I don’t mean to interrupt
Yet we all know the man is corrupt
And his is a scary construct
Especially when his last nerve is plucked















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By: Cedric McClester

He isn’t a fan of
John McCain
But the fact of the matter
Will remain
Despite the hurtful
Words he said
John McCain
Is no less dead

John McCain
Was a prisoner of war
The same war
Trump chose to ignore
Yet he is still
Keeping score
Against a dead war hero
Because Trump is a bore

I believe what
Will Shakespeare said
The evil men do
Lives on when they’re dead
From the play Julius Caesar
Which Trump never read
Makes one wonder what goes on
Inside his small head

He’ll never be the man
That John McCain was
You only have to look at
What that narcissist does
To know that he’s sick
Because, because
No one makes more faux pas










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By: Cedric McClester

Hallelujah and amen
To the Evangelicals
Supporting him
Though he’s clearly
Christian thin
They have shown
How quick they bend
Because it’s him whom they defend

As for what,
Would Jesus do?
They don’t seem
To have a clue
You can tell
Cuz’ if they knew
They wouldn’t be
Attracted to

A man who’s
Morally bankrupt
Whose supporters
He corrupts
Which I think
Is at the crux
Of who he is
By who he *****

Hallelujah and amen
They can praise him
And pretend
They don’t care
That he’s sinned
If Roe v Wade
He will amend

















































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By: Cedric McClester

50 people dead
And yet the man still said
He didn’t know enough
About white supremacy stuff
To comment any further
But that was clearly ******
It’s origin was hate
No need for a debate

He feigned not knowing
If white supremacy is growing
And said to one and all
The problem’s really small
But the facts seem to shout
The supremacists are coming out
We find them everywhere
Which is cause enough to fear

But that’s not on his radar screen
If you know what I mean
Ya see he’s more inclined
To be deaf, dumb and blind
When it come to religion or race
He doesn’t want to disturb his base
And I don’t know if the case is
He himself is a racist

A lot of things tend to slip
Because he’s lacking in leadership
So supremacists just let it rip
And they have us in his grip
But they have to be checkmated
Cuz’ their power is overrated
Though when our leadership is corrupted
They’ll continue uninterrupted



























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Other than
Hoping and wishing
Pence has
No ambition
Because he’ always
On a fool’s mission
In attempts to legitimize
The President’s lies

He’s a sycophant
Whose time is spent
******* up
He won’t relent
Nor shy away
From a complement
That’s undeserved
For a man well served


Like in
Shakespeare’s play
It’s always
On display
That lean
And hungry look
Straight from
The play’s book

But in
Any case,
He’ll remain
In place
Despite his desire
For an office higher
But it’s anyone but pence
That’s just common sense









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By: Cedric McClester

How many times
Must he be accused
Before people start
Believing the news
If he’s innocent
Then we’re confused
Because they swear to us
They’ve been abused

How many times
Will he deny
That he’s a monster
If it’s just a lie
Were they underage
And if so why
Should we believe
His weak alibi

How many times
Will we come to know,
They’ve just uncovered
Yet another video?
Of him and a young girl
Putting on a show
Of a pornographic nature
Helo, hello,hello!

How many times
Will he beat the charges,
That one of his victim’s
Testimony enlarges?
Before another jury
Finally discharges
A not guilty verdict
That  clearly disparages












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By: Cedric McClester

As he sets his sights
For the election in 2020
He has vulnerabilities
We can cite aplenty
Does he have supporters,
Numbering in many,
Or a loyal handful
If in fact there’s any?

Has he become somebody
That the people should adore,
Or is he the same *******
That he was the day before?
If we judge him by his policies,
He’s rotten to the core
And, an inherent danger
We can’t afford to ignore

He’s been an experience
That only goes to show
You may think you do
But you never really know
How far the ridiculous
Can ultimately go
When people decide
To just go with the flow

This whole conversation
May prove to be for naught
If Mueller has his way
And the President gets caught
In a web of lies,
Concerning his collusion
Though he hopes he’ll reach
Quite a different conclusion










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By: Cedric McClester

Mexico hasn’t
Heeded his call,
But he’s still insistent,
On that **** wall
He’s presently seeking
8.6 billion y’all
Or our southern border
Can’t help but fall

We the taxpayers
Will be stuck
With the bill
But he’s not deterred
Even still
With building a wall
That Congress
Will ****

He made a promise
To his loyal base
Even though
The wall is a total waste
The reality of which
He has yet to face
And he probably won’t
In any case

So we the people
Will have to resist
No matter how much
He might insist
On its necessity
And ***** his fist
Either we do
Or we’ll be remiss














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By: Cedric McClester

Little Rocket Man
Is getting out of hand
But Trump doesn’t understand
How in the world he can
Cuz Un said he had banned
Rocket launches and
That wasn’t their game plan
And Trump’s his biggest fan

But satellites don’t lie
They capture from the sky
What Un cannot deny
Something’s prepared to fly
And it’s been verified
But we’re not on standby
Cuz’ Trump can’t figure why
Un would even try

Trump will still insist
That it won’t end like this
Cuz their friendship is bliss
And it would sure be missed
If Trump’s forced to get ******
When they were in the midst
Why take an ugly twist
Trump hopes Un will resist

What should be very clear
Is the thing we need to fear
Un’s already nuclear
So we had best prepare
Cuz’ he may take us there
Though this could be a scare
We better say a prayer
Then get our ***** in gear













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By: Cedric McClester

Name me a dictator
That he doesn’t admire
If you come up with one
I’ll call you a liar
You could sell me a bridge
If I were a buyer
Or tell me it’s cold
When I know it’s fire

Name me a dictator
That he doesn’t admire
The very position
For which he aspires
You can’t pull the truth from him
With a pair of plyers
His favorite ice cream
Has to be Breyers

Name me a dictator
That he doesn’t admire
Curious minds
Can’t help but inquire
Because he too
Has that desire
In pursuit of which
He never tires

Name me a dictator
That he doesn’t admire
Though you know full well
What that would require
That would make me say
Your pants are on fire
Because your circuitry
Must Have gone haywire








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By: Cedric McClester

When he said
He fell in love, with Kim Jong-Un,
I had to ask myself,
Does he fall in love too soon?
Cuz everybody knows
That Un’s a world class goon
And also a despot
As you might well presume

Who arranged to have
His own brother killed
At a foreign airport
Just the way he willed
That’s not the only blood
That he has had spilled
If I were to name them all
This page would soon be filled

What about that man
Does he find so attractive?
Could it be his haircut?
That largely is redacted
Now their relationship
Has become protracted
While trying to cut a deal
He became distracted

All the hand patting in the world
Won’t change a single thing
If Un won’t accept the deal
That Trump intends to bring
Their meeting will be for naught
It won’t result in anything
Other than wasted time
Which has a familiar ring










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By: Cedric McClester

“We don’t put them in jail,” she said.
No, instead we put ‘em in cages,
At the most tender ages!
And so the debate rages
Because of a presidential policy
That never had to be
And she apparently support it
To remain his Secretary

Every time that she insists
The border wall must exist
She’s putting her integrity at risk
And that really gets me ******
You see in stark reality
There is no real emergency
Although we hear him say it
He cannot display it

People running for their lives
Seeking asylum, but is it wise?
For them to cross the border legally
If when they do they won’t be free
To apply for American citizenship
Because of the President’s xenophobic trip
Especially when they’re shades of brown
Because all that they’ll get, is the run around

Closeness to power must be contagious
It causes some people to say the outrageous
When they find it advantageous
They’ll say the kids are not in cages
But we will not be deceived
Just because that’s what they want us to believe
Some have gone to see for self
Those children warehoused on a shelf









































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By: Cedric McClester

Conspiracy theories abound,
They can be found everywhere
Even among Amazon’s bestsellers
But what are they doing there?
Soaking up legitimacy
In places where they shouldn’t be
And that’s how the craziness spreads
In some susceptible heads ya see

Conspiracy theories abound
They can be found everywhere
Especially on Fox TV News
That’s all they seem to air
And guys like Chuck and Harold
Buy them lock stock and barrel
And you can’t make them believe
That they are ill conceived

Conspiracy theories abound
They can be found everywhere
On the pages of the National Enquirer
There’s more than enough to spare
And though most seem impossible
To their readers it’s true gospel
So they will continue to exist
As long as they persist

Conspiracy theories abound
They can be found everywhere
Especially on the internet
That all we seem to get
And then they’re spread
Like an infectious disease
By their believers
With the greatest of ease














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By: Cedric McClester

Israel is our ally,
Not our 51st state
But you might think it is
As highly as it rates
It’s one nation, among many
In the Middle East
Although it’s highly favored
To say the very least

It’s a bully tactic
That truly is pathetic
Criticize Israel
And you’re labeled anit-Semetic
Semites can be found
Throughout the Middle East
It’s not limited to them
Though they have added yeast

But we’re made to believe it is
By supporters of the Jewish State
So those who are critical of them
Are accused of blatant hate
But there’s plenty to criticize
If you care to debate
Though the label you’ll be given
Gives it added weight

Some view Israel as she is
With blemishes and all
And others hide her imperfections
While praying at the Wall
Though constructive criticism
Just might be the cure
For everything that ails her
And causes her endless war





































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By: Cedric McClester

How are we supposed to act?
When we’re ticketed because we’re black?
See we are profiled, as a matter of fact
And it seems like the deck is stacked
Cards are coming from the bottom
Like the higher ups have taught ‘em
Winter summer spring and autumn
To fill their quotas, we know they got ‘em

They’ll deny it, if we ask
But they’ve been put up to that task
Their motivation is hard to mask
I’m just trying to put them on blast
It’s a ***** low down shame
That we’re not all treated the same
It’s a vicious racist game
But they don’t want to shoulder blame

Could it be because we’re strangers?
We’re exposed to all sorts of dangers
Whenever we have unpleasant exchanges
They tend to treat us like they’re Texas Rangers
No matter why we’re stopped they’ll insist
We put our hands up and not resist
And if we do we’ll be remiss
We’ll have a better reason to be ******

See if we’re stopped in our cars
We could lose a life, namely ours
Which would contribute to our psychic scars
Long before we see prison bars
And what’s the crime we’re guilty of
While being black which rates above
All kinds of charges derived thereof
It seems our color gets us no love





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By: Cedric McClester

Donald Trump mugged our flag
At C-Pac, ain’t that a drag?
Then spoke two hours with no lag
And still his numbers don’t seem to sag
Should we call him Teflon Don,
Until the curse is finally gone?
Cuz’ to the manner he was born
So have a seat and some popcorn

Donald Trump made a joke,
About his Russia request, when he spoke
Concerning Hillary’s emails, but that was smoke
Thick enough to make one choke
He was asking them in earnest
It doesn’t take a genius, to learn this
But ignorance they say is bliss
Which must be true, when you look at this

Donald Trump has divided the nation
We’d be on critical were we his patient
So why are most of us complacent?
It defies all logic and is not adjacent
To having a reasonable explanation
But that’s the way it seems to be
And it will be recorded in history
Though it will remain a mystery

Donald Trump is a demigod
Worshipped by Republican’s who are awed
By his majesty which they applaud
Although their rationales are flawed
He is clearly wants to be an autocrat
The fact of the matter, it’s as simple as that
Will he make it? We’ll have to see
Ultimately what it’s gonna be

















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By: Cedric McClester

He’s not a Richard,
Though clearly, he’s a ****
Because he thinks the rest of us
Really must be sick
To try to find the answers
Though there’s not one broomstick
He’s calling it a witch-hunt
Like he’s Jesus on the crucifix

He’s not a Richard,
Though clearly, he’s a ****
A world class narcissist
Who’ll hurl an insult quick
He’s mired in the muck
But it seems to never stick
Though it’s catching up with him
If you do the arithmetic

He’s not a Richard,
Though clearly, he’s a ****
Who’s knee deep in his ****
And it’s very thick
He’s gonna choke, or drown
You can make your pick
The investigations everywhere
Are on the uptick

He’s not a Richard,
Though clearly, he’s a ****
It’s an understatement
To call him impolitic
A garden variety con-man
Who’s slippery and slick
But the Eastern District charges
Like Krazy Glue will stick







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By: Cedric McClester

If all the President’s men
Wind up in the pen,
Wouldn’t it stand to reason then,
That he too should go in?
Cuz’ it’s been said forever
No matter what the weather
Birds of a certain feather
Always flock together

Much to Putin’s delight
Whether Mueller joins the fight
There’s been collusion in plain sight
Deny it, though Trump might
See he and his sycophant Pence
Have left few finger prints
And therefore, he says hence,
The charges make no sense

But the Southern District buzz
Through the cobwebs and the fuzz
Captures who he is and was
By what he did and does
And ever since he came
We haven’t been the same
So in our country’s name
He must take the blame

I guess this is the season
To get away with treason
Cuz’ it defies all reason
How his actions can be pleasing
Even to his base,
Which in any case,
Their loyalty’s misplaced
And  eventually must be faced














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By: Cedric McClester

When you throw a stone
At a plate glass window
It exceeds mere innuendo
There’s a good chance
That you could go
To the slam, don’t cha know?
Where comedians be ****
When their *** gets rammed

When you throw a stone
At a plate glass window
No one says, ay que lindo
There’s a chance
That you’ll be sent though
To a place
One should avoid
See it can make you paranoid

When you throw a stone
At a plate glass window
Your future could be in limbo
It could mean lights out
Think, Kimbo
No matter how you slice it
Now and then though
There’s real time you can spend so

When you throw a stone
At a plate glass window
And get caught then you can go
Before a judge to be adjudicated
A consequence that should be hated
If you have any sense at all
Why set yourself up for a fall?
Instead you need to heed my call








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By: Cedric McClester

Jus’ see
What’s gonna happen now
When you get
Pow-pow
I know it’s
Not your style
To have to line up
Single file

Jus’ see
When you’re in
Prison stripes
And you're confronted
With all types
When no one cares
About your gripes
After you turn off the lights

Jus’ see
What price you’re made to pay
For what you said
The other day
Why let the truth
Get in your way
See everything
Comes out some day

Jus’ see
What your producers do
After what
You put ‘em through
So let me give you
This-here clue
It’s your contract
They won’t renew









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By: Cedric McClester

When first he practiced to deceive
He thought for surel he’d be believed
Which only shows you how naïve
He had to be just to conceive
Being mugged at 2am
In cold Chicago by two men
Who put a rope around his neck
Which made his tale a tad suspect

After launching homophobic slurs
And for good measure it then occurs
To say they wore a MAGA hat
After throwing bleach on him like that
Turns out they were Nigerian
Both of whom had worked with him
Hired just to play that role
But they would not be his *******

Controversy often pays
Turns out he wanted a salary raise
When disparaging remarks about gays
Didn’t grab their attention, no one was phased
He thought it’s time to launch Plan B
Which he hoped would get their sympathy
But at the time, little did he know
To what length the Chicago Police would go

So now the mystery has unraveled
It was a bumpy road the actor travelled
Which often happens to those who dabble
In deceit and psychobabble
Now look at him see what he got
His eight-by-ten is a mugshot
And now I think he can plainly see
How hard it is to fool TMZ













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By: Cedric McClester

Forget about Isis
No matter how you slice this
Trump is the crisis
Who’s rolling the dices
It’s not the Southern border
That is causing his disorder
The entire world can see
His insanity

He’s taken the word of Putin
Over those that he’s disputing
When it comes to matters of state
They’re treated second-rate
To our collective amazement
Some say he’s a Russian agent
There's reams of evidence
And it's in the present tense

He’s a racist and xenophobe
Now the emperor has been disrobed
He stands naked in front of us all
Even before Mueeller makes his call
And the fact we have to face
Is he’s made us an international disgrace
Make America great again?
Do you really think he can?

Fellow Americans has it come to this,
Is our ignorance truly our bliss?
He’s a master at spinning a yarn
Now the horses are out of the barn
The need for the 25th Amendment
Has become nothing, if not ascendant
But even though at times he’s clever
His reign of terror will not last forever









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By: Cedric McClester

When it came to the Southern Wall
The story he told was tall
Cuz’ he would say at least twice a day
That Mexico was gonna pay
Which he now wants taxpayers to do
Finance his wall, but who knew?
What they can’t climb over
They’ll just tunnel on through

He’s talking about restoring order
Down at the Southern border
Where a crisis doesn’t exists
But regardless he’ll still insist
With a false sense of urgency
That it’s a national emergency
When clearly this is the case
It’s appealing only to his base

How quickly they tend to forget
What was supposed to be a Mexican debt
Has now come full bloom
He thinks we should assume
The fiscal responsibility
For a wall that doesn’t have to be
There to keep people out
Whose safety and lives are in doubt

What never dawned
To his base that was conned
No matter how absurd
They believe his every word
As Fox News connoisseurs
They’re the people that he adores
Because ignorance is bliss
It doesn’t matter that they’re all remiss
















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You and I cannot pretend
That Donald Trump couldn’t happen again
Who believed he’d ever win,
Like he did at the last election’s end?
While |’m feeling new jacks, like AOC
Everything they say doesn’t have to be
They are inclined to occasionally slip
As sometimes happens when you shoot from the hip

We cannot afford to
Fall into his trap
Because of inexperience
Or a knowledge gap
Nor should we be sitting ducks
That a master manipulator
Easily plucks
Or a sitting President constantly *****

We can’t afford to throw
Caution to the wind
Then learn to regret it
Sadly, in the end
We have to stay woke
I tell you my friend
Listen to the people
Throughout this land

We have to bring
Our best A game
If we want to change
The picture frame
It needs to be changed
And don’t we all know it
Now the hard work begins
We have to show it






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You and I cannot pretend
That Donald Trump couldn’t happen again
Who believed he’d ever win,
Like he did at the last election’s end?
While |’m feeling new jacks, like AOC
Everything they say doesn’t have to be
They are inclined to occasionally slip
As sometimes happens when you shoot from the hip

We cannot afford to
Fall into his trap
Because of inexperience
Or a knowledge gap
Nor should we be sitting ducks
That a master manipulator
Easily plucks
Or a sitting President constantly *****

We can’t afford to throw
Caution to the wind
Then learn to regret it
Sadly, in the end
We have to stay woke
I tell you my friend
Listen to the people
Throughout this land

We have to bring
Our best A game
If we want to change
The picture frame
It needs to be changed
And don’t we all know it
Now the hard work begins
We have to show it






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By: Cedric McClester

It’s not the caravans
At our Southern border,
It’s the access to guns
That’s causing social disorder
If there’s a national emergency
Then it’s that, in fact
But he’s scared of the NRA
So he refuses to act

It’s not the immigrants
Who are seeking asylum
That are contributing factors
To this homegrown violence
It’s the guns that are used
With wonton abandon
That have raised our death rate
Throughout this land and

It’s not desperate people
Who happen to be brown
That are putting our citizens
Six feet underground
It’s not the hungry, or the poor
Who are responsible
For what we choose to ignore
Those are the things we need to explore

It’s not the ones
He pretends to suspect
That are the main problem
Causing this wreck
It’s the giant elephant
That’s been in the room
Who has been causing
All the gloom and doom





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By: Cedric McClester

It was clear from the beginning
That the only one who’s winning
From the violence underpinning
Why our population’s thinning
Are the morgues and undertakers
As we leave to meet our Maker’s
Heaven high or hell below
Becuz’ ya see, we never know

When our ashes turn to dust
It’s enough to cause disgust
As the perpetrators cuss
Then let their gun shots bust
Two rounds in the head
And the floors are running red
If you heard a word I said
No need to ask if they’re dead

But we’ll swallow up our grief
And no matter our belief
Try to seek Godly relief
For yet another unwarranted beef
And regardless of the venue
Violence is still on the menu
So no doubt it will continue
Like dancers of China’s Shen Yue

Let’s go in the laboratory
To review this time worn story
With its familiar repertory
And ironic allegory
It doesn’t make no sense
Like our Vice President Pence
Guess we’ll be kept in suspense
Until things get less intense












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By: Cedric McClester

Did the brother lie
To make you and i
Buy his alibi
The question then, is why?
Was he seeking sympathy
From fans like you and me?
We’ll have to wait and see
What the truth will be

If it was a staged fight
The truth will come to light
Cuz’ wrong is clear from right
Just like day from night
I hope not for his sake
See the woken are awake
But don’t know what to make
If the claim turns out half baked

Perhaps he’ll be believed
By the people he deceived
Who may well be aggrieved
If they find they were naïve
Listening to his telling
His account was so compelling
Which had some of us yelling
Whoever did it was a felon

We know TMZ talks
And sometimes even shocks
By picking apart the locks
Even though the brother balks
He can deny to his death
When nothing else is left
And he’s taking his last breath
That a lie is like a theft


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By: Cedric McClester

When did she become
The sacred cow,
That she apparently is
This instant right now?
Can anybody tell me
Why or how,
The rest of the world
Is expected to kowtow?

She’s done more
With the desert sand
Than the people who rightfully
Call it their land
But her hegemony
Is out of hand
And she’s gotten away with it
Just because she can

Call this what you want,
How ‘bout, a word to the wise?
Tell the truth about her
And you’re ostracized
Is it any wonder why
She’s despised
By many of her neighbors
Who have family ties

Everybody knows,
She once was victimized
As the world stood by
And watched with their-own eyes
While ignoring calls for help
Or her lonely cries
But she’s now the sole owner
Of the guilt franchise


















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By: Cedric McClester

Smoke a blunt?
Somebody's gonna!
Though it ain’t
The same marijuana
That they smoked
Back in the day
So what’s inside it anyway?
Truthfully, it’s hard to say

It might be laced with
Fentanyl
Until you smoked it
How could you tell?
Ya see, it’s properties
Don’t ring a bell
So their affects
Could be hell

And now they rush
To legalize
For the dollars
I’d surmise
Whether, or not
That move is wise
See those who object
Are ostracized

Yet all the evidence
Isn’t in
And that alone
Speaks to the sin
The wise go slow
But fools rush in
So John Q Public
Takes it on the chin








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By: Cedric McClester

We can smell the stench
But don’t cha give an inch
Not even in a pinch
Cuz’ It’s a lead- pipe cinch
If you ever do
Here’s a salient clue
He’ll take advantage of you
And you will be through

For him it’s do or dare
Ya see he doesn’t care
About other’s despair
He remains cavalier
Winning is everything
And life’s a boxing ring
So to stay in the West Wing
He’s bound to take a swing

And so it’s come to this
By all means resist
Although he will get ******
Become his proctologist
Stay right up on his ***
Develop ***** of brass
And this too will pass
Like a bad case of gas

See those who persevere
And keep their *** in gear
Needn’t ever fear
The path to victory’s clear
Those on the side of right
Who are prepared to fight
And see it through the night
Will overcome their plight








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By: Cedric McClester



You can call ‘em
Indians, indigenous
Or whatever you prefer
I call ‘em the landlords
Cuz that’s what they were
It’s a rare thought
That doesn’t occur
To those who refer to them as a slur

You can call’em
Indians, indigenous
Or whatever you prefer
By why call ‘em savages
That time-honored slur
When you are the savages
As it were
And the history books
Certainly concur

You can call’em
Indians, indigenous
Or whatever you prefer
But them saving your lives
Didn’t deter
You from slaughtering ‘em
For their pelts of fur
Which you seemed to accomplish
In a historical blur

You can call ’em
Indians, indigenous
Or whatever you prefer
And treat them like
They were demur
Then claim their land
By creating a stir
Which again and again reoccurred











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By: Cedric McClester

He’s just a clown
In the bullfight
Who rarely gets
Things right
His statements are shared
To give us insight
But are subject to change
Almost overnight

He’s often billed
As the President’s lawyer
Or as the buffoon
Who’s an alibi destroyer
He’s often corrected
By his employer
Who lies as much
As a Tom Sawyer

Clearly the man is
A spotlight *****
Or better put
The President’s flunky
Who frequently gets
Like an ***** grinder’s monkey
A tad too cute
And a little bit spunky

He’s just a clown
In the bullfight
Or a convenient
Distraction
Who likes the arena
As well as the action
But as painful
As a tooth abstraction










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…
By: Cedric McClester

The bigger they are
The harder they fall
**** Donald Trump
And his border wall
Cuz he hasn’t heard
The clarion call
Of those who are suffering
Because of it tall

Government is
At a total standstill
Cuz he shut it down
Like a jagged pill
We have to swallow
Although it may ****
And he’s treating it
Like it's run of the mill

He is devoid of
Human empathy
So don’t look for him
To have sympathy
For those who live
From one check to the next
Who might not adjust
As he says he suspects

The bigger they are
The harder they fall
And the Mueller probe
Will reveal it all
Congress no doubt
Will seek to impeach
To hold him accountable
For his overreach
















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By: Cedric McClester

I hope these words
Aren’t shared in vain
Like I hope you understand
Everything I’m sayin’
A woman’s body
Ain’t a man’s domain
And those who think it is
Should be ashamed

A woman’s body
Ain’t a man’s domain
It belongs to her
So let me explain
She makes the choice
You know what I’m sayin’?
I'm doing my best
To make it plain

A woman’s body
Ain’t for the man’s taking
Just because his mind
Is soley on love making
Long before he finds out
What the hell is shaking
He should fall back
In case he’s mistaken

Now’s the time to bring
This lecture to an end
Hopefully the men
Will comprehend
They’ve got to invest
To get a dividend
But they have to wait
Until the woman says when






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By: Cedric McClester

I love you
And it’s clear to the naked eye
You know that I do
But the question is why
If my lady knew
She’d probably die
Your guy would go crazy
Girl that’s no lie

Although we’re not out
To hurt anyone
And it’s not just a matter
Of us having fun
I get the feeling
We’re under the gun
And we need to get out
Before damage is done

Don’t get me wrong
I don’t mean to imply
That it’s gonna be easy
For you or I
I’m just suggesting
That we need to try
To create some distance
As an alibi

So let me be
The very first one
To openly admit
It’s easier said than done
I’m prepared to bite the bullet
If ever it comes
And I’m not just here
Flapping my gums

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By: Cedric McClester

Let’s not go to bed
Angry anymore
How ‘bout we call a truce
To this internecine war
It’s just like I said
A time or two before
Get it out your head
And learn how to ignore

We get so emotional
In the heat of an argument
Attempting to prove our point
But wasted time is spent
Going back and forth
When neither will relent
Often we say things
We know we never meant

Let’s not let our anger
Get the best of us
We need to learn how
To let go and to trust
It will all work out
In the course of time
It don’t make no sense
For us to lose our minds

Let’s not go to bed
Angry anymore
How ‘bout we call a truce
To this internecine war
It’s just like I said
A time or two before
Get it out your head
And learn how to ignore

By: Cedric McClester

To achieve your ambition
Stop hoping and wishing
Voting is a mission
It’s like going fishing
No fish will you find
If you don’t cast your line
So drop your remote
And go out and vote

Your candidate
Might not win the debate
But let me clearly state
If you don’t participate
Then you abdicate
By not voting your choice
You lose your voice
And can never rejoice

Democracy demands
Having all hands
Both critics and fans
Despite their brands
Being involved
To get their problems solved
Things tend to revolve
So we’ll be absolved

Voting is a right
We could lose over night
Unless we unite
Stop being uptight
And stay engage in the fight
For which people died
Payed in blood or their hide
To not be denied


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