You are not alone —
It’s many of us who do not have a home
A place of our own to store our things
And prepare great meals
Being a “homeless entertainer” is a major deal!
See, the odds are against you and the money has not dropped—
To be creative and witty and never be stopped
See what goes up, must come down
To lose all your belongings and
Still get off the ground
To create a character, nobody can resist —
What God did for Tyler Perry is every homeless man’s wish
Now, didn’t you watch that movie “Hitch?”
If I had Will Smith’s money ($350 million net)
My whole city would be rich
Poverty provokes habits
That the unfortunate partake
Not everybody gets a voucher
17 years, I had to wait
Well, a few of my friends ponder my fate
Tomorrow’s not promised —
Nobody knows their date
To nod off on the train
Just to handle the pain
It’s too hot
It’s too cold
Can’t nobody explain
No pot to piss in
And no money to exchange
To wash your body and lock your door
People take it for granted
So what we need is more powerful, political Tylers
Undisputed by the Smiths
To manifest life — God’s greatest gift
To set a dream with a stone
To fly over the storm
To show us who you are
It’s not where you’ve been
And it’s not where you’re from
“A homeless entertainer” is more than a bum
Now karma is a wheel and love is just a meal
The ups and downs of life’s rolling hills
Now, don’t give up
It’s not too late
God put us here, we just have to wait
MLK had a vision that Malcolm forsaked
Left eye was too late and Aaliyah
Never dreamed “Rock the Boat”
Was her last scene
Homelessness is a label people
Judge by its cover —
Don’t write a book “Mango” can’t nobody discover
Life is a journey,
And entertainers come a dime a dozen
I wish I should, of could of
Not
I wish I really wasn’t
True story — My girlfriend got evicted
April 11, 2018
The next day she overdosed
This poem is dedicated to Crystal who died on April 13, 2018. And to my closest friends who I loved and lost.
