This poem was inspired by an old 1980′s hip-hop record in terms of its style (YouTube the title). The content however was inspired by a conversation I had in a hallway after one of my performances where a brother was talking to me about how the youth were involved in gangs, drug selling and even pimping out teenage girls. So I wrote this piece.
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Tags: poem for at risk youth, yo little brother 
No Comments »One of my earlier poems this piece is done in a very ‘rhymey’ kind of style. The line ‘green monkey viruses’ refers to how early in the AIDS crisis scientists were trying to say that a Black Haitian was bitten by the green monkey. That was more racism than anything else but that is a glimpse into how I tend to put these little ‘nuggets’ in my poems for you to dig into and discover more information on yourself. Enjoy.
Posted in Featured, My Poems, Poetically Speaking Tags: afterlife, ahkirah, dunya, just a test, materialism, Poetically Speaking No Comments »I was inspired to write this poem specifically by the mother of my children and generally by Muslim women as a whole. Women as a whole have been endowed with qualities by the Creator that are quite incredible. When you combine that with the spiritual component of being a submitter to God and how many Muslim Women manifest it physically it is even more inspirational. So this poem is my ode to the Muslim woman. Reflect.
Boom Chicka Boom was my first really really popular performance piece. For a long time it was my most requested poem and I still get requests for it today. It’s based on the trials and tribulations we all go through with loved ones where we seem to argue over the same things time and time [...]
One of my most requested poems it deals with the often unspoken reality of racism and culturalism when it comes to who we allow our children to marry as Muslims. Tidbit: 1st time this poem was performed was at The British Library in London.
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