Happy New Year and Man Up

What's up? It's B.T. Trying to start the year off right.

Check out my new poem, Man Up:

Man Up

Brothers walk around in the hood so upset

Trying to be the man, they aren’t grown up yet

They’re trying to explode, they aren’t blown up yet

And want to speak the truth, but the words are suspect

‘Cause there’s no trust yet for guys when they lie

Instead of being speechless, they fail to comply

Can’t look them in the eye because they feel so small

And try to touch the sky, but they’re not so tall

See, brothers look at the hood like it’s all they know

But all they know is that they want to get that dough

Selling bricks all around instead of reading a book

And wonder why people looking at them like they’re crooks

Don’t portray yourself to be something you’re not

Walking up in the clubs, talking about what you got

And end up getting shot, trying to wonder why

Acting bad, telling people that they’re ready to die

You must really be high to have that thought in your brain

And looking for all the girls to get blinded by the chain

Instead, they walking past you with such disdain

Seeing through all the deception and the fact that you’re vain

Brothers need to see and understand their role

No need to act young when you’re game is old

Stop acting like a kid with the games you play

Because no one is falling for the act you display

Man up in 2009!