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The sirens wail
turning tail to run
shots expire from a
long barrelled gun,
but it's not me
I flee.

it's youths or yutes as they call them today

scallywags robbing tally bags
the neighbourhood goes from bad to worse but
it used to be good

I think
it used to be a paradise

the end of the 60's
beatniks and hippies
free love
flowers and
rainbows,

we didn't know
or we did
and hid these
thoughts away,
baby boom
baby boom
look at today

our fault the system's down
the wiring's kaput and
not just in this
Northern town

"the lamps are going out all over Europe"

is there no hope?
Big Virge Oct 2020
You See... MANY Have Tried … !!!
And MANY Have LIED … !!!
And MANY By My Pen …
Are … Lyrically FRIED... !!!!

Burned To... ASHES … !!!
Grabbed And SMASHED KID … !!!

Cos’ My Lyrical Hand Scripts …
Flows Like … RAPIDS …
Fluid And RAMPANT …
SMASHING Kids MAD QUICK … !!!!!

Causing Pure HAVOC... !!!
... TITANICALLY Tragic... !!!!!

Cos' These Kids Be Pulling Tricks …
That Keep Proving They’re FOOLISH... !!!

But Yet They Seem To THINK …
That They’re Claiming BIG WINS …
Deserving Reigns Like KINGS... ?!?

Well Big Virge Reins Them IN … !!!
Cos’ What They Try Is SINking … !!!
Because of Thought Waves Linking …
Themselves To YES POOR Thinking … !!!!!

They Try To CLAIM The Lyrics …
They Spit To Be The Business … !!!!!

Well IN TRUTH That’s What THEY ARE … !!!
UP … Business Peoples’ CLAAT … !!!

Because Wordplay They CHART …
IT’S CLEAR Is … OFF THE MARK … !!!

of Bringing What Is REAL …. !!!
That Comes Straight From The Heart …

NOT Something That They STEAL …
Like Lyrics of … PURE FARCE … !!!!!
That They Then Try To Pass …
As Some … AUTHENTIC ART... !!!!!!!!!!!

….. “ AUTHENTIC “ ….. !?!
Yeah ….. MY **** ….. !!!!!!

They TRY Playing They’re SMART …. !!!
When Truthfully THEY KNOW ….
That They Just AREN’T As SHARP …
As Lyrical Darts My Mental IMPARTS …
That Are Detrimental To Punks Acting DAFT … !!!

This Here Is MY CRAFT … !!!!!
RUGGED Like A Raft …
That Cruises Past SHARKS … !!!
And These Human... " DAWGS' “ … !!!

Who TRY Through Their BARK … !!!
To Prove They Are HARD … !!!!

When REALLY They’re CLEARLY … !!!
WEAK Like … Pussyclaat' … !!!!!!!!!!!!!

... “ Ja’ Faican’ “ … !!!!!!

Well... Dem’ Rass …
Do Try But Make FALSE Starts … !!!
  
They TRY But QUICKLY STALL …
Because They’re Cars...
Just Like Their TRICKS …
HIT THE PITS And FALL …

Due To Them Making Calls …
That Lead To Their DOWNFALL … !!!

But I’m Used To Them Now … !!!!!
These Cats Who Act... FOUL … ?!?

In FACT TRUTH Be Told … !!!
I’ve … Written It Down … !!!!!

Because Time Has SHOWN …

“ They TRY “... NO...
... ARE CLOWNS... !!!!!!!!!

Who … Constantly Send …
My Mind Through Poems …
Ways To YES … VENT …
And TURN Down The Stress … !!!
They Try To Bring Heads …

Because of THE PAIN … !!!
That Runs Through THEIR VEINS … !!!

They TRY But LACK Brains …
That Most Call... INSANE … !?!

Because What They TRY …
Just CAN’T BE DEFINED … ?!?

They’re WAY BEYOND Blind … !?!
And A BLIGHT On Mankind … !!!!!!!!

They TRY But CAN’T FIND … ?!?
These Here Types of Rhymes … !!!

Because of THE FRIGHT … !!!
of Searching Their Mind … !!!

They TRY But DON’T SHINE … !!!!!
Because Their Minds Vibe …
Is … DARKER Than Night … !!!

DARKER Than Mine … ?
Well Maybe That’s FINE … !?!

My Mind’s DARK Enough... !!!
To Write This GOOD Stuff … !!!

They TRY But Just … “ Bluff ” …
With NUFF' … HUFF And PUFF … !!!

They TRY Yes THEY TRY … !!!!!

But Like MARTY MCFLY...
Find Their Family Ties …

NEED TO BE RE-DESIGNED … !!!!!

They TRY ALL THE TIME … !!!
To PROVE They’re Inclined …
To Write For THE PEOPLE …
And Yet EMBRACE EVIL … ?!!!?

Now THAT THEY DON’T TRY …
THEY... FULFIL That Line … !!!

What I Try … Is FINE …
While What They Try LIES … !!!

I’ll REPEAT THAT YES LIES … !!!
So CLEARLY … DEFIES...
The Concept of RIGHT … !!!
And Therefore … THE TRUTH … !!!!!

So Those EARLIER Lines …
Have … Water-Tight PROOF … !!!

The Things That They TRY  …
That They MANAGE TO DO … !!!

Gives PROOF That Their Lives …
Smell WORSE THAN … Poo Poo... !!!!!

They TRY To Be … “ COOL “ …
With Lyrics They Use … !!!
While Mine Just Confuse … ?!?
Because They EXUDE …..
The DEEPEST of Dudes …
With The DARKEST of Moods …
That Somehow Stays TRUE ….

To... PEACE As The Tool …
To... EDUCATE Yutes …
That IT’S COOL NOT TO Shoot... !!!

... IGNORAMUSES Too … !!!!!!!

Who TRY To Pull Moves …
That DON’T HAVE Cool Grooves... !!!

I Guess This Is  WHY … ?
We Have CALMER Sides …
And …. POWER OF MIND …. !!!!!

So That We Can FLY HIGH … !!!!!
ABOVE... NONSENSE …

... “ They TRY “...
LISTEN HERE :  https://soundcloud.com/user-16569179/they-try/s-AXS6H
Leo Barclay Aug 23
I’ve got this new look based on a time I can romanticise from an ethereally far place
Forget how we got here, just look back and know,
WE did it!

my ancestors would love this one,
so if I’m successful,
make sure to tell mum

Can we call myself Axel if I say it’s true enough?
I saw plenty of betterments supply the world with disappointing veils to a commuter’s life;
it’s an anti-climactic fountain of yutes displaying sincerity for a world provided by bloodshed,
propped up by the back-in-my-day’s I slowly find myself metamorphosing towards in inexorable pursuit for keeping up with the baristas lists for conscious arabica.

My ancestors would love this one,
so if I’m successful,
make sure to tell mum

The world has oven-ready deals to roar at anyone infatuated with anything of the old world that isn’t satin or coming out of a smashed around second-hand Orange amp;
it’s relatable innit?
The way I suppress my moves?
The twirl in her compliments to the echelon of your priceless affection
that’s the right spill.
I'd still adjust to a Fowler’s position to stare at the Eiffel Tower at 9,
those corny lights sure inspire me to listen to pink martini one more time.

My ancestors would love this one,
so if I’m successful,
don't tell my mum.
Big crease on ur shoes u wear everyday.

— The End —