Born At the Bottom of the Jukebox

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45215
United States
39° 14' 29.2776" N, 84° 28' 11.1576" W

Were I come from?
Melodies and rhyme scemes are what makes me me
its like Dr.Dre put studio pefromance head phones on each side of my head
music flows through my body like Mos art infected me with his own blood
like maya angelous voice box was stuck in my throat like I choked on her poetry
or like Luis Armstrong lungs were punctured inside my chest and his trumpet vowels were my wind pipe
so when I breath.......I speak music
you see the Run DMC and Common people took musiq soulchilds and moon walked on my heart
music is much more then just a genre its more like my lifes description
you see

you can change the beat, but the way I sway my feet will never be different
chicken noodle soups with a soda on the side is not for the souls full a greed

but a stronger appetite
its getting kind of weird

now I see me, in every aspect of this music
growing up
all I knew was 1,2,3 now its A,B,C flates are what im ammune to
now I will be completely honest with you
I think my mom lied to me,
she had to
because I couldn't have been born average

I had to be born at the bottom of the juke box
were the radio stero was my crib
and every 808 was the signal of me crying
I mean every BOOM BOOM BOOM
had to be my very first word
now you ask me ...were do I come from?

were do I come from?
I come from a generation of word rebels who deserve better
then spitting couple bars accapella to live better
for a chance of what ifs, and how comes
if you knew were I came from you would understand why this music is how real comes
you can never take away my life, my voice, the reason why im here
music.

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Comments

Isabella293

I love the metaphor you used with the crib and the jukebox. The Louis Armstrong lungs and the Dr. Dre headphones references/imagery were cool, too. In my opinion, this poem was clever. It was creative with how you described everything. I feel like I'm reading something different instead of the same thing you will read time and time again in poems.

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