~Knockamechee Pharoh~

Thanks

This could be my last day

So I will say

Thanks for the blessings

You have bestowed on me

Thank you for taking mercy on me

While I ran amuck

Too much time spent on the wrong things

To my King

I say thanks

Thanks for showing me hard times

Thanks for making me a victor

And not a victim

Thanks for placing me in this predicament

Thanks.

~Knockamechee Pharoh~

The Best

I love the hair that covers you back

Even though you covered it with a tat

Do you remember when I shaved you crack

Or held your hair back when you caught that bug

From you sister

Do you recall long rides smoking pinners

To survive the drought that plagued the land

Or the first time I held your hand

Sleeping in the sands

Knowing you had to be to work early the next day

Oh, how I wish I could press replay

Pause so I could savor that day

When we slept in the sand

Holding hands that was the best for me.

~Knockamechee Pharoh~

The Best Things

The best things in these last days

Are taking steps to get there

Daring to do the unthinkable

Thinking about days long past

Or how bout just taking time to breathe

The best things about these last days are being here to see them.

~Knockamechee Pharoh~

The Lion (part one)

The lion is free with a new perspective

The lion is free with a new direction

All look around and tell me whose forsaken

Making it impossible to make it

I can't fake it

Nor can I sit back and take this cruel and inhuman punishment

Garnishing the thing that means the most

Watch them toast and they slay the innocent

Giggling and making jokes as if it's just a sport

Or maybe a rally

Look at them gladly string the colored boy up

One of them yells, "Take the knife to his nuts!

That will make a good keep sake

I can't wait to put it on a string and wear it around my neck"

While his mother looks from a distance, filled with regret

Wondering why did she give birth

But never the less

Don't despair or have regret

Cuz the lion is free with a new perspective

The lion is free with a new direction.

~Knockamechee Pharoh~

THE OTHER DAY

THE OTHER DAY I DREAMED ABOUT A QUEEN I'VE NEVER MET

WE WERE IN THE ACT OF THE SACRED DANCE OF LOVE

IT FELT LIKE I HAVE KNOWN HER ALL MY LIFE

BUT NEVER MET HER BEFORE

THE STRANGEST THING HAPPENED

SHE LOOKED AT ME AND I LOOKED AT HER

THEN I AWOKE WITH HER SPIRIT ALL OVER ME

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN

SHE IS CLOSE AND COMING?

OR SHE IS HERE AND WAITING?

THE OTHER DAY I DREAMED OF A QUEEN I'VE NEVER MET.

~Knockamechee Pharoh~

The Rose

All I have left is a pedal of a rose

But not just any rose

The rose of a thousand roads

Traveled by many men

Covered in sins of our own

And sins of our fore fathers

Who no longer roam this land in the flesh

All I have left is a pedal of a rose

But not just any rose

But a rose that has touched the lips

Of every woman on this land

Understand that this rose

Is unique with it's task

To seek the forbidden garden

Only then shall this rose wither and die

Some ask why only to become more confused

About the topic at hand

De ja vu for me

Is a constant occurrence

A reminder of hard times and lots of courage.

~Knockamechee Pharoh~

The Truth

There is no taking back the heart

Even when it is torn apart

Although it's good at the start

There is always rocks in the road

You can kick them aside

Or kindly place them

But there is no way to escape them

After the rain comes the sun

But the pain still remains

That's to remind you of what you've gained

Love is not hard, just the things we attach

And sometimes not being real about the facts

So no matter what you say or who you do I will always have the best part of you

Getting over it is not an option

Watch the signs they will reveal the true prophet

~Knockamechee Pharoh~

TO GOD

THANKS FOR GIVING ME THIS GIFT

THANKS FOR NOT LETTING ME QUIT

THANKS FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE

THANKS FOR MY KIDS AND THE GIFT OF AIR

THANKS FOR MAKING ME A PROPHET

THANKS FOR MAKING ME STOP IT

WHEN I WAS LOST AND LED ASTRAY

THANKS FOR SHOWING ME HOW TO PRAY

THANKS FOR YOUR ONLY BEGOTTEN SON

BECAUSE WITHOUT HIM I AM NO ONE.

~Knockamechee Pharoh~

To My Kids

No matter what happens in life, know this

Your father loves you no matter what

Your father wants you to never give up

Always listen to your spirit

It's that voice deep down inside, hear it?

Never be afraid to speak the truth

As long as you're right God will back you

Nothing in life means more than you

I want you to know

I will always love you.