By: Cedric McClester

That’s not who we are?
Then who are we exactly?
I don’t know, don’t ask me
Or take the time to task me
With answering that question
Not who we claim I’m guessing
If our actions are any indication
We’re a totally different nation

That’s not who we are?
Our president likes to say
So then here is the question
Who are we anyway?
We’ve become schizophrenic
And we weren’t yesterday
Afraid of our own shadows
Like we are today

That’s not who we are?
But how many of us know
Who we really are
When it doesn’t show
We just pretend to be
What we’re not although
We’d deny that premise
If you asked us so

That’s not who we are?
The statement seems so strange
When you take into consideration
How much we have changed
The way we treat some refugees
Could be called deranged
From our former selves
We’ve become quite estranged
















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By: Cedric McClester,

For the people (by the people)
Y’all know that’s a myth
Cuz Citizens United
Was a power broker’s gift
For those they place in office
Who must repay ‘em swift
So y’all keep on believing
While I’ll be wondering if

If we took the money out of it
Where would we be
I believe a whole lot further than
What we see presently
If our elected officials
Didn’t have to beg
Then maybe we the people
Would have the upper leg

In God we trust is what
We like to say
As long as God
Don’t get in the way
Of the One Percent
Who are running things today
To them hypocrisy and greed
Is perfectly okay - but

If we took the money out of it
Where would we be
I believe a whole lot further than
What we see presently
If our elected officials
Didn’t have to beg
Then maybe we the people
Would have the upper leg

While you get a cold one
Out of the fridge
Would you mind it terribly
If we go to the bridge
I think it’s high time
That we take a break
It’s only the country
That’s ultimately at stake

Y’all don’t wanna have me
Start to cursing
But how the hell can a corporation
Really be a person
They change their names
And identities
Like a ***** changes her drawers
And that alone should give you (reason to take pause)

If we took the money out of it
Where would we be
I believe a whole lot further than
What we see presently
If our elected officials
Didn’t have to beg
Then maybe we the people
Would have the upper leg

For the people (by the people)
Y’all know that’s a myth
Cuz Citizens United
Was a power broker’s gift
For those they place in office
Who must repay ‘em swift
So y’all keep on believing
While I’ll be wondering if


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By: Cedric McClester

Everything I do
I do for you
And I do confess
That I do my best
To keep it brand new
In and out of season
I bring you flowers
For no reason

Everything I do
I do for you
Simple as it sounds
It’s no less true

Everything I do
I do for you
Can’t you see
That you inspire me
In ways you never knew
You’re my rhyme
And reason
The one that I love squeezing

Everything I do
I do for you
Simple as it sounds
It’s no less true

You’d be amazed
How well that I know you
There’s a thousand ways
That I try to show you
I know what you like
And what you desire
My sole ambition is
To elevate you higher

Everything I do
I do for you
A glance from you
I interpret as a que
For me to do
Whatever you want me to
Just suggest it
And I’ll follow through

Everything I do
I do for you
Simple as it sounds
It’s no less true

Everything I do
I do for you
And I do confess
That I do my best
To keep it brand new
In and out of season
I bring you flowers
For no reason

Everything I do
I do for you
Simple as it sounds
It’s no less true









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By: Cedric McClester

Let me tell my story
Nothing but the facts
I’m taking inventory
So sit back and relax
I came up the hard way
Wrong side of the tracks
Where the only people living there
Were Mexicans and Blacks

Who said it was pretty
Least of all not me
But I don’t need your pity
At last I’m finally free

We were at the bottom
A long way from the top
Name a drug we got ‘em
With places you can cop
Crime rate kept on rising
With no signs it would stop
The only jobs that were available
Came with a broom and mop

Who said it was pretty
Least of all not me
But I don’t need your pity
At last I’m finally free

Let me tell my story
Chapter and verse
Under the category
Of someone who is cursed

There was baby momma drama
Everywhere you looked
So here I’ll place a comma
Man I could write a book
About their missing fathers
Tryin’ to get off the hook
But why should I even bother
Ya see their goose is cooked

Who said it was pretty
Least of all not me
But I don’t need your pity
At last I’m finally free

I was in the ghetto
It wasn’t in me
Thank God I had the metal
And I could also see
Despite my circumstances
Way past my poverty
I just took my chances
To explore my destiny


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By: Cedric McClester

Maybe it’s our evolution
That has us calling for a revolution
You can hear it in our elocution
Only change can bring about solution
In the past we’ve asked for restitution
And welfare clearly isn’t retribution
It does nothing for the absolution
Of people who are Lilliputians

We worked your fields
And in your homes for free
Raised your children
Cooked your meals ya see
We’re not asking for too much are we
All we want is reciprocity
And reparations happen to be key
Because I know your sordid history

I’m looking forward
It’s too painful to look back
What’s my crime I happen to be black
I’ve been whipped and stretched out on a rack
Even today I’m still under attack
But I don’t want no free stuff that’s a fact
I’m just looking for a big payback
So I can acquire some things that I lack

You may think I’m trying to proselytize
I’m just trying to open up your eyes
In the hope that you will realize
Feelings that have finally crystallized
Inner feeling I’ve tried to disguise
And I’m not in the mood to compromise
Until what I have asked for is recognized
It’s not enough for you to apologize


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By: Cedric McClester

From what I’ve been able to glean
It has somehow become routine
That we constantly repeat this scene
Now it’s Oregon close to Eugene
That a gunman let his bullets fly
In a college but we don’t know why
Or what was the deal with this guy
And did those ten have to die

Don’t it seem as if we’re at war
Doesn’t that call for a change in the law
How can we continue to ignore
The voices of those who implore
Us to come to our senses
Because this is becoming expensive
In lives lost which are extensive
So why do we remain so pensive

And if I may be perfectly blunt
Who needs an assault weapon to hunt
Though Conservative will probably bunt
Ain’t it time that we finally confront
This illness that we seem to have
What will be the curative salve
Hasn’t anyone done the math
If it wasn’t so tragic I’d laugh

So tell me what’s it gonna be
Cos I’m sure that we all agree
If we don’t like the carnage we see
Somehow we have to break free
How long will we tolerate
This issue which should dictate
That we can no longer wait
As we watch the death rate inflate





















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By: Cedric McClester

His conspiracy theories
Are making the rounds
Like the birther issue
As absurd as it sounds
Now it’s election fraud
In many states and towns
And nothing he says
Seems out of bounds

Millions and millions
Though it may sound odd
Have been accused
Of election fraud
But where is the proof
Bring out the truth squad
To blow a hole through it
Just like a petard

Now they say his power
Is all but absolute
Because Congress and the Supreme Court
Have thus far been mute
Never mind the Constitution
Entering the dispute
See it’s just a matter of time
Before he’s given the boot

Just because he says it
Doesn’t make it true
But he feels most people
Don’t have a clue
So he’s spreading fear
We observed as it grew
And much like the Boogie Man
He too is saying boo

















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When I look at you
There ain’t no doubt
Can I give you a clue
I get spaced out
And take off
In the stratosphere
Whenever you’re near
Somehow I find myself walking on thin air

I'm in another galaxy
Light years away
Am I turned up
Guess it’s fair to say
That I’m spaced out too
Although it’s okay
You do that to me
Every night and day

Maybe you’re my launching pad
Or my rocket ship
Lifting me right off the ground
But I go well equipped
And I can’t wait to get there
Where I’m being sent
To some distant planet
Yet I arrive content

And I can’t help but think
You share my sentiment
So don’t ever ask yourself
What it’s all about
Let me put it simply
I just get spaced out
Baby you transport me
Beyond any doubt


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By: Cedric McClester

Even though we know
You’re a zero
Tell us how do you
Spell hero
If not what James Shaw did
In that Waffle place
Why don’t you
Make better case

He wrestled a gun
From the hand
Of an active shooter
Don’t cha understand?
Or did you calculate
That he’s black
Don’t let that
Color how you react

Your Twitter feed
Has been silent
When it comes to Shaw
Who stopped the violence
You can’t find
A thing to say
Because your bias
Gets in the way

So when it comes
To a true American hero
You just fiddle
Like a modern day Nero
And let his heroism
Pass you by
Though it’s a salient fact
You can’t deny














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By: Cedric McClester

Black is white
And up is down
That kind of logic
Can be found
When your leader
Is an *** clown
The ignorance
Is that profound

Black is white
And up is down
An adjective
Becomes a noun
When all the rules
Are turned around
New York City
Is like Small Town

Black is white
And up is down
Like a man dressed
In an evening gown
Trolling for a drink
At a bar uptown
Is clearly headed
For a showdown

Black is white
And up is down
He does his best
To astound
People from Seattle
To Allen Town
Who are hypnotized
By his monotonous sound





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By: Cedric McClester

It wasn’t the gun
It was the bullet
And the trigger finger
It took to pull it
That resulted in
Her being dead
From a bullet
Lodged inside her head

It wasn’t the gun
It was the guy
Who caused
That young girl to die
As tears form and spill
From an eye
Loved ones and friends
Wonder why

It wasn’t the gun
You might say
If you belong to
The NRA
Or you happen to be
A gun nut
You’ll end every sentence
With but…

It wasn’t the gun
That’s to blame
But what else
Would a sane person name
When today
They are everywhere
And people shoot ‘em
Like they don’t care

















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By: Cedric McClester

What is that **** on his head?
It’s his hair, or so he said
A gust of wind, put's that lie to bed
It’s a rabbit that’s long since been dead
He’s thinking it makes him look cool
I’m thinking he’s just an old fool
Who the Russians use like an old tool
I’m talking as a general rule

What is that **** on his head?
How much hairspray does it get fed
A can full somewhere I read
But it’s the fifth his barber has pled
If he were to get a haircut
He’d lose the dated look that he’s got
Which would put him in a real rut
Cos his image would go kaput

What is that **** on his head?
It’s dangerous ground on which I tread
But I’d rather do that instead
Of having the reader misled
Who came up with that style
They had to know all the while
That it would cause folks to smile
Just looking at the galvanic pile

What is that **** on his head?
To the birds, it might look like bread
Causing their closed wings to spread
When thinking let’s go and get fed
Then again it looks like a soufflé
That is boldly on full display
And I don’t care what you say
It needs to be taken away











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By: Cedric McClester

Has it become the new norm?
This kick the puppies platform
As we observe him barnstorm
Which he’s raised to an art form
While certain folk relate
To his message of hate
Perhaps I need to state
It’s crushed by its own weight

While also kicking puppies
He’s fishing for the guppies
And not attracting yuppies
Let alone any buppies
But he content to be
Their majordomo
Don’t cha see
That his base will agree

What puppies signify
Are the people who will die
Unless we rise-up, no lie
And not reelect that guy
Because we entertain that fool
We’re open to worldwide ridicule
‘Cuz he’s broken every rule
And he's a Russian tool

























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By: Cedric McClester

Nobody really knows
But I guess we can suppose
That terror’s at the root
Or maybe that point’s moot
Fact of the matter is
What speculation gives
Is us a working theory
Though all of it is scary

We’re left to wonder why
A plane falls from the sky
And no one can deny
The terror alibi
But people don’t cha see
It doesn’t have to be
What’s the reality
I don’t know, search me?

And the accuracy
Of the early reports we see
As we try to figure out
Is questionable no doubt
Because without the evidence to show
We don’t really know
What the true answer is
To the present quiz

We’re left to wonder why
A plane falls from the sky
And no one can deny
The terror alibi
But people don’t cha see
It doesn’t have to be
What’s the reality
I don’t know, search me?

Whatever theory that they choose
Becomes the breaking new
And images will replay
Until the cameras go away

Nobody really knows
But I guess we can suppose
That terror’s at the root
Or maybe that point’s moot
Fact of the matter is
What speculation gives
Is us a working theory
Though all of it is scary

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By: Cedric McClester

He held her down
Against her will
And covered her mouth
So her voice was stilled
A classic case
As it’s been billed
Of ****** assault
Now the truth’s been spilled

What’s done under cover
Of the night
In the depth of darkness
Comes out in the light
Of the day
To set things right
When the victim
Chooses to stand and fight

She’s putting everything
At risk
Because it was important
That she do this
Rather than remain
In the abyss
Which would make her complicit
And remiss

In this era of
ME TOO
You’ve gotta be careful
What you do
You may find that your past sins
Might accrue
To expose some things
Few others knew





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By: Cedric McClester,

As long as we remain
Unbending
It’s as if we’re simply
Pretending
That the world as we know it
Isn’t ending
From a desperate need
Of friending

The world as we know it
Is changing
Slowly the elements are
Rearranging
When we consider
The inherent danger
Of our repeated denials
It gets stranger

As long as we continue
To deny
What is clear
To the naked eye
Our planet
Will continue to die
And we are the main reason
Why

The world as we know it
Is changing
Slowly the elements are
Rearranging
When we consider
The inherent danger
Of our repeated denials
It gets stranger

The world as we know it
Won’t last
Cos we’re destroying it
Too fast
The ozone is thinning
From emissions of gas
And the pundit
Are showing us their ***

Nature has reached
A decision
In spite of the critics
Derision
Though we all wanna
Keep on living
The fire next time
Is a given

The world as we know it
Is changing
Slowly the elements are
Rearranging
When we consider
The inherent danger
Of our repeated denials
It gets stranger




















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By: Cedric McClester

Paris is burning
And the world is learning
As the hands of time
Keep turning and turning
The potential for terror
Is very concerning
In the face of the peace
For which most are yearning

Paris is not
The only place on earth
Where terror exists
For whatever it’s worth
Paris is convenient
For those who’d do harm
To Western interests
To cause us alarm

Paris is called
The city of light
Yet right now it doesn’t
Shine so bright
They’ve been raiding all over
Which heightens the fright
Trying to send the terrorists
Off into flight

Paris has lost
Some of its romance
Because people feel
They’re taking a chance
If they stop at a café
Or go to a dance
And fear seems to have
‘Em locked in a trance










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BY: Cedric McClester

Yes I admit
That life’s been rough
But I’m not looking
For free stuff
Cos I’m resilient
And I’m tough
So tell me
Have I said enough

Must I further
This discourse
When it’s clear to me
You have no remorse
Despite free labor
Done by force
Perhaps you need
A history course

I’m not looking
For sympathy
To reinforce
Your hegemony
I just want
For you to see
I don’t value
What comes free

If I have to name
One gripe
I hate it
When you stereo type
Because I think
I’ve earned my stripe
So I’m not trying
To be liked

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By: Cedric McClester

Where the hell
Should I begin
She’s ugly
As homemade sin
Though she used to be
A man among men
But that was
Way back when

What in tarnation
Can I say
She threw her wife
And kids away
Cos she felt like
A woman okay
But that was
Yesterday

Now I’m not tryin’
To be cruel
But to confuse her for  a woman
I’d have to be a fool
Though what I’m saying
Might not be cool
It’s high time that she
Be taken to school

She’s six feet
Two inches then some
Even with makeup
She looks dumb
Though she might be attractive
To some
She’s confused for a woman
By none












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By: Cedric McClester

Across the front pages
It drizzled
He launched a big missile
That fizzled
From the repressed country
He’s chiseled
Down to the bone
Or the gristle

And it became a headline
Feeder
The man who they called
The Great leader
Who’s a half pack short
Of a *******
Finally has tottled
And teetered

Perhaps because of
His haircut
Some think of him as
A nut
Be that as it may
He’s the ****
Of international jokes told
You say what?

And were he ever to
Shed a tear
Many more would follow
I fear
From his frightened people
Am I clear
Even if they were being
Insincere








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By: Cedric McClester

After I’ve picked up the pieces
Of my broken heart
Long after the sadness ceases
Tell me where do I start
I have no idea because it’s not clear
Where do I go from here

I guess if I had my druthers
I’d forget you
And entertain others
But after having got laid
Their memories would quickly fade
‘Cos it would only be a charade

Where do I go from here
To make the past that we shared disappear
And what can I do to erase
The memory of your lovely face
See I wish I knew what I could do
To accept the fact that we’re through

I wish I was more like you
And I could put it all behind
But that’s something I can’t do
Play those kind of tricks with my mind
Though I’m doin’ my best I must confess
If I didn’t say so I’d be lying

Where do I go from here
To make the past that we shared disappear
And what can I do to erase
The memory of your lovely face
See I wish I knew what I could do
To accept the fact that we’re through

After I’ve picked up the pieces
Of my broken heart
Long after the sadness ceases
Tell me where do I start
I have no idea because it’s not clear
Where do I go from here

Where do I go from here
To make the past that we shared disappear
And what can I do to erase
The memory of your lovely face
See I wish I knew what I could do
To accept the fact that we’re through



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By: Cedric McClester

Across the front pages
It drizzled
He launched a big missile
That fizzled
From the repressed country
He’s chiseled
Down to the bone
Or the gristle

And it became a headline
Feeder
The man who they called
The Great leader
Who’s a half pack short
Of a *******
Finally has tottled
And teetered

Perhaps because of
His haircut
Some think of him as
A nut
Be that as it may
He’s the ****
Of international jokes told
You say what?

And were he ever to
Shed a tear
Many more would follow
I fear
From his frightened people
Am I clear
Even if they were being
Insincere








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By: Cedric McClester

Go back to where you came from
The President indelicately said
To those members of Congress
That have gotten in his head
The fact that they’re all female
Which he might like to bed
Is the additional information
That is better left unsaid

Go back to where you came from
Is an old familiar screed?
Which is the object of the subject
That the protagonist happens to need
To make someone feel less than
What they are indeed
By otherizing them
The protagonist hopes to succeed

Go back to where you came from
Some racist like to taunt
Others who are different
When they want to vaunt
Their status over them
Like the philosopher Kant
Or like a mother who has precedent
Over a favorite aunt

Go back to where you came from
As if they really knew
When nine times out to ten
They don’t even have a clue
When they issue that directive
As racist frequently do
But here's some cancer causing tobacco
That I wish that they would chew








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By: Cedric McClester

No collusion
Or obstruction?
So what’s the logical
Deduction
When it sounds
Like his construction
Is it the truth,
Or liposuction?

You don’t think
He’d lie to us?
Be careful who you
Choose to trust
How can you be
So nonplussed?
As not to know
Lies do combust

He lays it out
Each time he tweets
Like the phrases
He repeats
Or the McDonalds’
That he eats
And the Russians
That he meets

How is he
To be believed
When the truth
Can't be retrieved
As quick as the lies
That he’s conceived
To mislead
The uninformed or naive


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By: Cedric McClester

He’s locked inside a body
That doesn’t feel like home
With feminine tendencies
That he’s always known
How to sublimate
Until he was grown
Now it’s public knowledge
And he’s in his own zone

He’s locked inside a body
That doesn’t feel like home
Which was his little secret
But now his secret’s blown
He can no longer keep it
With him and him alone
Cos it’s already out there
Advertised and shown

He’s locked inside a body
That doesn’t feel like home
But who are we to judge him
Or to throw a stone
He has enough to deal with
Which he’s done all alone
And hopefully in time
Acceptance will have grown




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By: Cedric McClester, Copyright © 2015.  All rights reserved.

Join the discourse
Hear the constant chatter
Though often discounted
Black lives really matter
As long as our blood
Continues to splatter
While we’re unarmed
Credence to the latter

Black lives matter
We’ve all heard it said
Too many young black men
Are winding up dead
Not just from cops
But from ourselves instead
I think enough blood
Has already been bled

All lives matter
It goes without saying
But that’s not the topic
That I’m here conveying
Pointing out the latter
Is only delaying
The issue at hand
So let’s stop the playing

Black lives matter
We’ve all heard it said
Too many young black men
Are winding up dead
Not just from cops
But from ourselves instead
I think enough blood
Has already been bled

Black lives matter
Is just a spotlight
A hash tag designed
On behalf of the fight
A glaring statement
That it isn’t right
We will not go gently
Into that good night

It’s high time that we
Begin to change course
As a way of showing
Our sincere remorse
Even if it takes
A movement to force
The changes we need
Will come in due course

Black lives matter
We’ve all heard it said
Too many young black men
Are winding up dead
Not just from cops
But from ourselves instead
I think enough blood
Has already been bled

By: Cedric McClester

Well, I’ll be ******!
Trump and Putin are a sham
Perpetrating a flim-flam
They just shot Uncle Sam!
In Helsinki with a battering ram
Is it necessary to draw a diagram?
In order for you to understand
That all of it must have been preplanned

They met in private
With no notetakers
Under the guise of  peacemakers
Just like your average lawbreakers
Doing their best to throw haymakers
See neither one of them are Quakers
But they’re con men outright fakers
Playing ball like the new Lakers

I blame the one,
But not the both
Cuz Putin didn’t swear an oath
He wants to stymie our growth
And Trump’s playing with half a loaf
For his base which he betroth
But which of them hates us the most
It’s hard to say, yet he’ll still boast

He doesn’t care about us
So he’s betrayed his sacred trust
In order to do what he must
To protect himself and to adjust
Even if we all go bust
Making America how he discussed
Despite the economy being robust
He’s unworthy of our trust







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By: Cedric McClester

So it didn’t,
Go your way
You got sacked
But that’s okay
Better luck
Another day
It’s part of
The game you play

Unfortunately
You didn’t get
A victory
Because it wasn’t
Meant to be
Fate interdicted
Don’t you see

Although you were
The odds on favorite
It’s too bad
You never made it
We lost the bet
And then we paid it
You did your best
But you got faded

Even though
They done you bad
Ain’t no sense
In getting mad
A better defense
Those guys had
It’s no wonder
Why they’re glad



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By; Cedric McClester

So the AHCA
Went down in flames
And to protect the guilty
We won’t mention names
Ya see they were up to
Their usual games
Protecting the rich
Like their opposition claims

They say They did
All that they could
To pass a bill
That people understood
Would cost their lives
So let’s knock on wood
Cos’ it didn’t get passed
Though they thought it should

They had seven years
To craft a bill
But it appears they couldn’t
Even still
And if the truth be told
I doubt they ever will
On the backs of the poor
Who their bill would ****

To the AHCA
I say rest in peace
We like Obamacare
To say the least
Now on our dead carcasses
You won’t get to feast
Or **** you know where
Without using grease













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By: Cedric McClester

You’re who
I lie with at night
People may talk
But that’s all right
They don’t know us
Or have any insight
As to who we are
Not the least bit contrite

Let them call us
Out of our name
You’re who I lie with
And I’m not ashamed
They can point fingers
And call us those names
But we’re gonna love
Each other the same

You’re who
I lie with at night
I lived in darkness
You were the light
Say what you want
To make us uptight
Or try to provoke us
We’re not gonna bite

Let them call us
Out of our name
You’re who I lie with
And I’m not ashamed
They can point fingers
And call us those names
But we’re gonna love
Each other the same

They’re entitled
To have an opinion
But that doesn’t give ‘em
Some kind of dominion

So let them call us
Out of our name
You’re who I lie with
And I’m not ashamed
They can point fingers
And call us those names
But we’re gonna love
Each other the same

You’re who
I lie with at night
People may talk
But that’s all right
They don’t know us
Or have any insight
As to who we are
Not the least bit contrite













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By: Cedric McClester

Brother we know
That you have a hotie
But we’re not interested
In her body
As her husband
Don’t you think it’s naughty
To have her show her
Breasteses and squatty

Brother let me
Try to keep it real
We don’t need to see
The body parts you feel
*** has always been
Her real appeal
But don’t you think
It’s too much to reveal

Brother if you even
Gave a ****
Then keep your girl off
Of Instagram
We send all her pictures
Straight to spam
Cuz she belongs
To another man

Brother let me
Try to keep it real
We don’t need to see
The body parts you feel
*** has always been
Her real appeal
But don’t you think
It’s too much to reveal

You should know
That there is no escape
From that legendary
****** tape
It’s not as if
She was cryin ****
So her mother
Exploited the video tape

Brother let me
Try to keep it real
We don’t need to see
The body parts you feel
*** has always been
Her real appeal
But don’t you think
It’s too much to reveal

You’ll notice
That I didn’t use her name
But tell me brother
Do y’all have any shame
I realize it’s
The reality TV game
So I’m questioning
Not placing any blame







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By:  Cedric McClester

I’m a *******
That’s what people say
A love child
You fathered anyway
Though you never gave me
The time of day
I guess you were hoping
That I’d simply go away

I’ve gone through changes
That much of it’s true
There’s not a drug that I didn’t do
Tryna find an answer (a small clue)
Of why there has been
No contact from you

You could say
I was angry and confused
Or simply that
I must have had the blues
Which might explain
The choices that I choose
Because of the contact
That you’ve refused

I’ve gone through changes
That much of it’s true
There’s not a drug that I didn’t do
Tryna find an answer (a small clue)
Of why there has been
No contact from you

I realize the places I’ve gone wrong
There’s so much pain contained
That I've carried all along
Ya see your silence proved to be too strong
For me to accept or to just go along

If you thought about me
Once or twice
A simple phone call
Would have been  nice
But you were much too busy
To make that sacrifice
Though you weren’t concerned
When you rolled the dice

I’ve gone through changes
That much of it’s true
There’s not a drug that I didn’t do
Tryna find an answer (a small clue)
Of why there has been
No contact from you

I’m a *******
That’s what people say
A love child
You fathered anyway
Though you never gave me
The time of day
I guess you were hoping
That I’d simply go away

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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

Call him President
Two -Scoops
Who’s addicted to
Watching the loops
That endlessly play
On his TV they say
All through the night
And the day

He’s addicted to
Fox And Friends
Where the propaganda
Always begins
Then he’ll switch to CNN
Or MSNBC
Every now and then
With him it all depends

And did I mention
The diet Cokes?
That he swallows
But never chokes
Thank God
That he never smokes
In the way of
Some other folks

He’s insulting
Wtihout a good reason
To call him racist
Is like shouting treason
Or shooting a deer
Out of season
Despite his ill will
And malfeasance






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By: Cedric McClester

Let’s not call ‘em protesters
If they’re burning and
They’re looting
Let’s not call them protester
If they’re breaking glass windows
And shooting
Let’s call them what they are
Just blatant opportunists

Let’s not call them protesters
Which is not to suggest
That it wouldn’t be proper to
Call them insurrectionists
Let’s not get confused
As to what it is we’re seeing
When we observe them
Throwing objects while they’re fleeing

Let’s not call them protesters
Even when the cause is just
Because those hooligans
Don’t represent any of us
Let’s not call ‘em protester
When they’re stoking public fears
Let’s call them what they are
Simply put provocateurs

Let’s not call ‘em protesters
When they disregard the law
Let’s not call them protesters
Who are openly declaring war
Against the established order
Just to even a score
Let’s not call ‘em protesters
We never did before








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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

Those who hate
Will no doubt relate
For massive harm
Make a bomb
In the kitchen of your mom
Before you explode it
Be sure to lock and load it
So you won't implode it

At your leader’s insistence
It’s leaderless resistance
Don’t ask for their assistance
Before your nonexistence
Just go out and do it
Put total strangers through it
The consequences, ***** it
Besides, you already knew it

Clearly be aware
Of the dog-whistles you hear
There’s no need for you to fear
So get your *** in gear
Without the least abatement
Go out and make your statement
Show the world what your hate meant
And be sure not to relent

So, if you find this instructive
Then the natural deductive
Is by nature you’re destructive
And you’re also nonproductive
When you show your cowardice
By engaging in this
You’re not only remiss
Your ignorance is bliss












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By: Cedric McClester

Every woman who comes forward
Needs to be heard
Although their silence
Might be what’s preferred
By the men who take advantage
Though it rarely occurs
That they might clap back
Despite denials and slurs

Every woman who comes forward
Whatever the time
Has every right to report
A long-ago crime
She’s still entitled to
Drop a dime
In an effort to unmask
The unrepentant slime

Every woman who comes forward
Should be listened to
Although that’s what some men
Are reluctant to do
Let’s face it some men
Are missing a *****
And their behavior
Is the only clue

Every woman who comes forward
Emboldens another
Who wouldn’t be talking
If not for the other
It can be scary
For a certain kind of brother
When faced with the bad news
That he’d like to smother
















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By: Cedric McClester, Copyright © 2022.

Life  sometimes isn’t fair
But no one seem to give a care
So I want you to be aware,
“I didn’t do it, I wasn’t there.”
Despite what certain people have to say
I have an alibi, okay?
And the truth I hope will set me free
From the charges that you’re trying to pin on me’

It’s like I told you once before
I didn’t ****, either or
And so I’m innocent for sure
So must I tell you anymore?
I’m demonstrating I have patience
Against those spurious allegations
But even patience can wear thin
You’re still trying to put me in!

I’m dealing with the stress and strife
Of facing twenty years to life
Away from my children and my wife
And that can cut you like a knife
Especially when they seem hell-bent
In ensuring that they don’t relent

So I will probably go to jail
Without the benefit of bail
And even on appeal I’ll fail
To hit the hammer on the nail
So as they lock me away
Counting the seconds everyday
I have this to say
Life isn’t fair anyway!





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By:: Cedric McClester

Ye now you’ve doubled down
In spades
By telling everyone that he
Has AIDS
Talk about throwing
The shades
You’re cutting him
With razor blades

Ye I know it’s hard having
Been tossed
You loved the one that
You lost
You were made to pay
The ultimate cost
And now you’re out
In the frost

Ye I know you’d like
To get her back
But she’s not coming
As a matter of fact
It might be better if
You used some tact
If you wanna have
A  better impact

Ye I don’t know what else
To say
You’d be bi-polar
Anyway
But if you took your meds
You might be okay
If you wanna keep your
Madness at bay











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By: Cedric McClester

Can you surmise,
Why I despise
A man who tells 10,000 lies,
And counting,
Because they keep on mounting?
Like the ones Kellyanne
Is always discounting
That gush from his mouth like a fountain

He promotes hate
While he prevaricates
Most of what he states
Are outright lies
But supporters are none-the-wise
Because his lies are disguised
As truthful anecdotes
You see they’re quotes

For him deceiving is as natural
As breathing
Which leaves me seething
At the mere notion
That he hasn’t reached his quotient
Though
The lies he tell seem to flow
As his nose tend to grow

A man who tells 10,000 lies
Never stops to realize
Why the righteous criticize
The stories that he weaves
Perhaps he believes
If you state a lie over again
People will start to believe you when
Your Twitter button’s pressed on send







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By: Cedric McClester

I’m other-ized
And despised
By those I surmise
Who are none the wise
That what they are seeing
Is a fellow human being
And just that recognition
Could improve my condition

I’m vilified
And denied
When the system’s applied
Convicted before tried
So it’s easy to hate me
Or under rate me
What’s harder to do
Is to inflate me

I’m over hyped
And stereotyped
When certain folks griped
I’ve been prison striped
And not for nothing
Removed or forgotten
As a direct outgrowth
Sometimes I’m both

As you might have deduced
I’ve been reduced
Forced to ask what’s the use?
Told to vamoose
And it’s become clear
They’d like me to disappear
But despite what they’re praying
I declare that I’m staying











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By: Cedric McClester

Trump the diplomat
All that was missing
Was his top hat
Trump the negotiator
Negotiated what we
Had before, nothing more
North Korea waited
And he capitulated

They promised to
Denuclearize
But where or when
We’ll have to surmise
Will continue to be
A big surprise
Meanwhile we conceded
What they needed

They needed to be
Legitimized
And we gave them that
You realize
With little from them
In return
Because Donald Trump
Refuses to learn

He considers the summit
A huge success
But in reality
It was so much less
Trump placed North Korea
On an equal plane
But they’re a nuclear threat
Just the same




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By: Cedric McClester

Call me a hater
But Trump is a traitor
Who’d like to be a dictator
Or a George Washington
Our nation’s pater
Though we should call him
A thin ice skater, or better yet
A democracy deflator

Call me a hater
Or an avid debater
But Trump is an alienator
Who right from the start
Wanted to keep us apart
And he seems to have succeeded
He’s what his base needed
I have conceded

Call me a hater
More or less, an instigator
Or something much greater
One who tells the truth
Because he has the proof
And without a doubt
Plainly lays it out
In a whisper or shout

Call me a hater
Not a fabricator
Or an exaggerator
Unlike a hell-bent
Kind of President
Who betray his oath
And shows no growth
As a product of both








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By: Cedric McClester

The war in Ukraine
Has turned sour
And it’s gettin’ dire
By the hour
Putin must not
Remain in power
Because his demeanor
Is very dour

The war in Ukraine
Has reached a stalemate
Buttressed by Putin’s
Unique brand of hate
See his endgame
Is hard to calculate
And the bombs that he drops
Changes everyone’s fate

The war in Ukraine
I sincerely fear
Will not be limited
Nor will it stop there
And threats of nukes
Gives us quite a scare
For those wolf tickets
We need to prepare

The war in Ukraine
Has demonstrated
That “Vad The Destroyer”
Has miscalculated
The resistance he’s met
Was not anticipated
And that salient fact
Can’t be overstated











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By: Cedric McClester

Shock waves through a nation
Rapidly losing patience
With a president
Who’s not the man they sent
To Washington DC
Nor will he ever be
The kind of person who delivers
What he promised campaign givers

All he does is lies
And give convenient alibis
For the fact he failed
And needs to be assailed
For being on an ego trip
He’s all bluster and all lip
And everybody knows
He’s not the man they chose

Surrounded by sycophants
Same old music same old dance
And none of ‘em are qualified
For the jobs that they applied
They’re clearly a ship of fools
That he uses as his tools
To slowly destabilize
Right before the people’s eyes

And the Russians would appear
To be everywhere
Though that fact might be absurd
He hasn’t said one nasty word
About Russians to this date
Or Vladimir who we all hate
His blind supporter are now seeing
That he’s a worthless human being
















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By: Cedric McClester

Vlad “The Destroyer
Is wreaking havoc
On Ukraine’s foyer
As a bomb and missle
Deployer
And an international
Annoyer
And a grave digger’s employer

Vlad “The Destroyer”
Couldn’t be coyer
Than an unemployed lawyer
Who’s labeled a ******
And a force majeurer
In an unnecessary war
Of his own undertaking
And his own making

Vlad “The Destroyer’s”
Inhumanity and insanity
is there for all to see
And what’s also key
Is no mystery
Cos it doesn’t have to be
Shaping modern history
That’s gotten blistery

Vlad “The Destroyer”
I’ll always insists
Has to be
Some kind of narcissist
So as he evaporates
Into the mist
Guess whos ***
He can kiss?









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By: Cedric McClester

Can't is a word
That you should never say
Though it's often heard
It can get in the way
Of all of the things
That a person can do
If they only tried
And had a mind to

You can do anything
If you insist
That what can't be done
Does not exist
People have achieved
All kinds of things
By believing they could
Do what CAN brings

But can't is a word
That stops you from trying
A crutch, an excuse
On which you're relying
Now is the time to understand
The most powerful two words
Are YES and I CAN!


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By: Cedric McClester

If you’re trying to figure out
What it’s all about?
Money! there’s no doubt
Flexing muscle and their clout
With the insults that they shout
Without a platform they can tout
They just go the cheap seat route
Then pontificate and pout

See they love to pillory
Anyone named Hillary
With accusations, as we see
That may or may not be
Yelling she’s not trustworthy
As they bring up Bengazi
Or emails we didn’t see
Making them the poison tree

And then once they get elected
Ain’t it just as we suspected
It’s so easily detected
The people’s needs just get neglected
Because our votes are not protected
By the ones who we selected
Makes us wonder why we checked it
See their actions don’t reflect it

Although it’s a bitter pill
It’s like Ceeil B. deMille
Cast them in a movie - still
They won’t do the people’s will
And by now we’ve had our fill
They can never fit the bill
Because they’re run of the mill
And that is why they make us ill






























Cedric McClester, Copyright © 2015.  All rights reserved.

By: Cedric McClester

Should we become distracted?
By the way the president acted
Or the press attention he attracted
When he should have been redacted
Must we just ignore
Alll that went on before?
Like him threatening a war
On North Korean for sure

Should we just forget
The things he won’t admit?
Like Putin and other ****
Or the answers we usually get
He must think we’re ignorant
To the fact that he’s hell-bent
On disguising, what he meant
Or discovering his true intent

Does he really think we’re fools
Or maybe convenient tools
So he can break the rules
That they teach in ethic schools
Does he really think we’re blind
And don’t see him cross the line
Time and time after time
Or his kind of paradigm

Does he even care
That the public is aware
He is acting laissez= faire
Though he’ s getting quite a scare
From the Robert Mueller probe
He’s afraid he’ll be disrobed
As he’s placed under a strobe

























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