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Just When

from Remember Why by Myrlin

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[Verse One]

Just when I think that I forgot you
I hear that Mos Def we used to rock to.
Just when I think I’m getting on without you,
somebody pass and ask me about you.

Was in the back of a cab the other day
Swear to god I saw you walking past
The other way. Wait a minute. My heart rushed.
My face flushed. Tell the driver hit the breaks
Slow the pace up.

Turns out it wasn’t you. Realized it was a mirage
I was running too. Dam, can the effects of love
And time cause the mind to trick the eye?
I wonder how you’re getting by.

And are all those stars still up in your eyes?

Everybody lookin’ for the loose end.
Tryin’ to pick you for the weakness.
My dear friend ain’t no secret
This heart is bleedin’.

Mucho gusto, me llamo Myrlindo
I rock esta rima for my fuckin’ people.

Double tongue, shaman skilled, I spill syllables.
Like prayer songs I prepare this preamble.
From the mandible gravel sand pit of the voice box
Unraveled. This brown boy is well traveled.
You’d be baffled by the lands I travel.

Slick poetic ammo flip from the lip spark light
To your dome like a bic to candle. I channel
Antepasados singin’ in my veins. I dismantle
White supremacist aggression with my grace.

The cage bird been singin’ “motherfucker I ain’t been afraid,
I just been encaged.” This sanctity you cannot fake. This stylo
Is bonafide, original, it’s great. No, no, no, you can’t duplicate
Best you can do is imitate. Trust me fam it’s been this way,

Trust me fam it’s been this way. Trust me fam it’s been this way…

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from Remember Why, released April 15, 2018
Written and produced by Myrlin, mixed and mastered by Mic Maven.

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Myrlin Phoenix, Arizona

Poet, emcee and teaching artist Myrlin Hepworth has written and performed across the United States. In addition to visiting nearly 30 high schools each year, he makes a living with his art by performing at universities, youth centers, group homes, museums, and theaters. Hepworth has competed in 3 National Poetry Slams and coaches the Phoenix team at Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam ... more

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