No self-imposed
Barriers
No self-imposed
Restrictions
…the world told
Me I was disabled
Ur feet don’t move
Ur eyes don’t see
Ur breath don’t breathe
without assistance…
But I am not what u say
…I am not what U say
U got so many
Wanna legalize indulgences
But me,
I just wanna legalize my mind
I wanna stand up to the rhetoric
That missing something visible
Means that I am a half
Or even less…
I am not half
Or even less
All my life I’ve been left behind
Listening to others say
“Follow me”
But I don’t wanna continue to
Follow thee
Off the cliff of insanity
I am not insane
I am not retarded
Just because my mouth moves slow
I am not incapable
Just because my mind moves slow
I am not inferior
Just because I am missing something u have
U also miss something I have…
…Do you have my tenacity
Do you have my elasticity?
For whether the rain falls or the sun shines
The wind blows or takes off
I am not so easily moved like thee
I feel like u can’t feel
I taste like u can’t taste
I enjoy the finer things
The things u miss
Are enrichment to the
Depths of me
…I am not disabled
I am strong
I am able!
…there are a lot of people
Fighting to legalize their indulgences
But I just wanna legalize my mind
No more restrictions
No more limitations
…I am not the blind
…I am not the deaf
…I am not the crippled
…I am not the lame
I am real
I exist…
Interlude
Serene sounds abundant
Music playin’ in my ears
And I love it
A million people around me think I’m fragile
They don’t know how agile
My senses are
U see the car
I hear the wheels spinning
Ur moved by her visual fancies
But I’m moved by her intrinsic nature
I make love to her inner
Until her outer
Makes her shout louder
…I make her rise to the game
Claps hands together, talcom powder
I am the 23
Of the sensory realm
I know biology
I’ve mastered physics
Could have been a doctor
…but I lost years of my life
Waiting for u to reasonably accommodate me
Accomodations please!
When I enter the room
Claps hands together, talcom powder
I am the 23 of the sensory realm
I know computer programming
I’ve mastered biology
Could have been an Olympic swimmer
But I lost years of my life
Letting u relegate me to the
Special table
Not that the special table isn’t appreciated
But I let U designate me to the corner
When I am not made for the corner
I was made to shine
Were U scared that I would beat U?
I know no one wants to be beat by someone
Inferior…
Inferior
But, I am not inferior
I got game
Taclom powder,
Claps hands together
They see me walking down the street
Clapping my hands together
White powder in my hand
Shades on my eyes
Special shoes on my feet
They think I’m funny looking
Perhaps crazy
Perhaps blind and crazy
No I’m pumping myself up
Getting ready for the game
‘Bout to go up in this place
And tell ‘em
Who I t-i-s
Is!
Spoken Word
(c) LP Volume II
