I USED TO ENJOY COOKING, I'D CREATE MY OWN DISHES OR JUST ADD MY LITTLE TWIST TO OTHER TRADITIONAL DISHES

NOW I CAN'T STAND THE HEAT

I USED TO BE AN ATHLETE,I TRAINED HARD AND COMPETE HARD, I WAS THE MOST CONFIDENT ATHLETE A COACHES DREAM, THEN I GOT INJURED ON THE BIGGEST STAGE I EVER COMPETED

I LOST IT,LOST THE CONFIDENCE.NOW I DON'T RUN.....I COACH

I USED TO WRITE POETRY,PROSE.....NOW I'M NOT SO INSPIRED

I USED TO TEND TO MY MOTHER'S HYBRID ROSE, SHE LEFT IT IN MY CARE WHEN SHE MOVED TO THE U.S. TO MAKE FOR US A BETTER LIFE, I'D SNIP A BUD AND TAKE IT TO SCHOOL FOR MY GIRL ALONG WITH THE POEM I'D WRITTEN HER FOR THAT DAY. SHE LATER LEFT ME,  SOON AFTER THE HYBRID DIED.

I USED TO GO ACROSS THE HIGHWAY FROM MY NEIGHBOURHOOD TO SIT ON THE ROCKS,LOOKING  OUT ON THE CARIBBEAN  SEA. THATS WHERE I WAS INSPIRED TO WRITE MOST OF MY POEMS. THATS WHERE I WENT TO BE ALONE, WHERE I  MEDITATE, WHERE I LAUGHED AT MYSELF, AND CRIED WHEN I NEEDED TO.

I DON'T LIVE THERE NO MORE, I CRY NO MORE

I USED TO GO BY FOLLY BEACH IN THE SUMMER TIME ALONG WITH MY CLIQUE OF FRIENDS AND OUR YOUNGER BROTHERS  IN TOW, WE'D COOK ON THE BEACH THEN SWIM, PLAY SOCCER, SWIM, FLIRT WITH THE GIRLS ON THE BEACH, SWIM TO MONKEY'S ISLAND THEN BE HOME BY DUSK. .......... WE GREW UP AND MOST OF US MOVED AWAY. I WENT TO COLLEGE AND BOUGHT A HOUSE IN THE SUBURBS.

I USED TO LAY IN MY BACKYARD STARING UP AT THE STARS; PLANNING, SCHEMING HOPING, DREAMING. THATS WHERE I BECAME A MAN WHERE DRE WAS BORN AND ANDRE DIED,WHERE DRE EVOLVED TO DRE-SIMPLYCOOL, AND WHERE YEARS LATER HE RETURNED AFTER THE BIRTH OF HIS DAUGHTER TO DIG UP ANDRE AND GOT TO KNOW HIMSELF.

I LIVE THERE NO MORE.