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"BE ME"
  by candy-b
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WISH EVERYBODY WOULD STOP WORRYIN ME
AND LET ME DO ME
SO IF I HAPPEN TO OVERSLEEP
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK
DON’T RING MY PHONE
LEAVE ME ALONE
JUST LEAVE ME IN PEACE
AND PLEASE… LEAVE… ME… BE
CUZ I’LL GET UP IN A SECOND
WASH UP AND GET DRESSED N
I MAY BE LATE FOR WORK
BUT MY WORK WILL GET WORKED
THAT’S NOBODY’S PROBLEM BUT MINE
AND I’LL BE JUST FINE
STOP WORRYIN ME

AN DON’T WORRY YOURSELF ABOUT ME
IF I REQUEST NO CHEESE
ON MY QUARTER POUNDER WITH CHEESE
I ASK YOU NOT TO QUESTION ME
JUST LEAVE ME…BE

AND DON’T WORRY ABOUT ME
IF MY SOCKS DON’T MATCH
AND MY HAIR IS OUTTA WHACK
I’LL HANDLE IT LATER
SO DO ME A FAVOR
AND DO WHAT I ASK
AND TAKE A STEP BACK
THIS IS HOW I CHOOSE TO BE
SO LET ME BE ME

AND I DON’T WANT NO CALLS
SO MY PHONE IS SHUT OFF
AND I DON’T WANT SUGGESTIONS
OR LIFE-LEARNING LESSONS
CUZ YOU WILL GET IGNORED
SO BE PREPARED FOR IT

I DON’T WANT TO BE RUDE
OR GET AN ATTITUDE
AND I WONT TRIP OUT
I’LL JUST SIMPLY ROLL OUT
AN GO BOUT MY BUSINESS
WHILE I KEEP ALL MY SENSES
AND GOD IS MY WITNESS
I DON’T WANT TO STRESS THIS
BUT WE WILL KEEP …THE PEACE
IF YOU RESPECT…MY…PEACE
AND JUST LET ME BE ME

AND DON’T QUESTION… ME
ABOUT THE REASONING
OF WHY I DON’T VOTE
CUZ I REFUSE TO CHOOSE
ANOTHER ILLITERATE PRESIDENT
AND THAT’S MY DECISION
SO MIND YA OWN BUSINESS
AND STOP WORRYIN ME

CUZ IM TIRED OF REPUBLICAN DUMMYS
AND THE DEMOCRATIC FAGGOTS
CUZ THE GOVERNMENT IS FRAUDULANT
AND WITH THEM BEIN THIS
THEY KEEP INFLUENCIN
THEY MUSLIM NEMESIS
TO BUILD MORE BOMBS
TO STRAP ON THE INNOCENT...
AND FOR THIS
I WILL NOT ASSIST IN THIS
AND SO POLITICALLY
I STAND NEUTRALLY
THATS HOW I FEEL ABOUT THEE
SO DON’T QUESTION ME

AND IF I CHOOSE TO OVERUSE
A WORD THAT WAS BURIED
SAY FUCK IT
AN GIVE IT UP
CUZ YEP
I DUG IT UP
FOR ALL THE IGNANT NIGGAS
THAT KEEP KILLIN
THESE CHILDREN

SO WHILE YOUR WORRYIN ABOUT ME
IM WORRYIN ABOUT THEE
ECONOMY
AND WHY GASOLINE
IS ANOTHER UTILITY
BUT NOT THE GAS THAT LIGHTS THE STOVE
I MEAN THE GAS THAT
POWERED THE CAR I DROVE
THAT USED TO BE
AN SUV
UNTIL THE GAS SEEMED TO BE
TOO MUCH FOR ME
SO I TOSSED THE KEYS
BACK TO GMC
NOW THE COUPE THAT I SCOOPED
GETS 30 MPG’S
BUT JUST TO FILL IT UP
I GOTTA DROP 40 BUCKS
WHAT THA FUCK?
THAT ANGERS ME
SO IF YOU SEE ME
AT THE BP
DON’T TALK TO ME
OR WORRY ME
JUST LET ME… BE …ME

IF YOU SEE ME ON MY CELLY
DON’T TRY TO CONVINCE ME
TO BUY AN EARPIECE
THAT WILL COST ME $59.50

SHIIID…CUZ I CAN HEAR
JUST AS CLEAR
WITH THE PHONE TO MY EAR

AN IF MY FAVORITE SHOES
ARE NAMED AFTER A DUDE
WHO MIGHT HAVE KILLED A PITBULL OR TWO
OH WELL
HATERS CAN GO TO HELL
THEY NOT COMIN OFF MY FEET
CUZ I JUST THREW AWAY THE RECEIPT

IM EXPRESSIN
THIS INJUSTICE
CUZ I’VE HAD ENOUGH OF IT

LIKE HOW MY RACE
MEANING THE COLOR OF MY FACE
IS THE MAIN FACTOR OF ME CATCHIN A CASE

OR HOW THE BLACK PANTHERS
RETURNED MY APPLICATION…STATING
THAT WITH THEM I COULD NOT SERVE
BECAUSE MY BEST FRIEND IS A WHITE GIRL

OR WHEN I TELL A MAN IM NOT HAVIN SEX
BECAUSE ITS MY OWN RESPONSIBILITY
TO MAKE SURE IM NOT AFFECTED
BY THE EPIDEMIC
OF THE HIV INFECTED

AND THEN HE NEXTS ME
LIKE THAT WHACK ASS SHOW
ON MTV

NOW THIS IS GOOD REASONING
FOR ME…TO…DO…ME

CUZ WHEN MY POCKETS WAS EMPTY
THE ONLY ONE THAT CAME THROUGH FOR ME
WAS THE COINSTAR MACHINE
THAT I ROBBED FOR QUARTERS
AT THE KROGERS

AND IF THERES NO ONE LEFT IN THE WORLD BUT ME
THAT WOULDN’T BOTHER ME
CUZ I KNOW THAT I ONLY NEED ME

ALL THESE THINGS ARE SOLEY
FROM THE MIND OF CANDY-B
SO IF YOU FEEL DIFFERENTLY
AND DON’T LIKE THIS SIDE OF ME

THIS SIDE YOU WOULDN’T HAVE SEEN
IF YOU WOULDA LISTENED TO ME
WHEN I SAID…LET ME…BE…ME

::Candy-B::

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Date Submitted: Aug 20, 2007 (04:25 PM)
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  darkchild
01/28/08 (06:06 PM) 
I wish everyone would stop worrying me. you truly capture what many people say or want to say but dint know how to. you have some really down to earth poetry. i definitly gives this one high remarks

  Dee Rene'
01/28/08 (04:37 AM) 
wow, brilliant poem. I felt it all the way and couldn't stop readin. Perfectly proportioned and put together!

  MsBee
01/22/08 (03:15 PM) 
My new fave! If only people would read this and learn to mind their business! lol. This a really good piece.. towards the end the lengthiness gets the best of it and it doesn't flow as well.. but the very last part wraps it up nicely. i enjoyed it and i'll definitely be adding this to the fave list! take care =)

  C.L.
09/11/07 (08:56 PM) 
much love to this piece I likes this a lot that is the shit "be me" this is a fav trust and believe keep up with the writing ill be on the look out for more that was hott

  Kel
09/11/07 (07:12 PM) 
I thought this was great. I loved the flow and some of your verses were ridiculously good. I really like how you brought up minor issues like sleeping in and major political issues- some of my friends want to control everything in my life! Nice write ;)

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