tru nomad---yours is Kanye West...i like dat little poetry reading.. check this one out: I'm standing here looking in the mirror Saying "damn" to myself I should have known the day would come That she would find somebody else And all the things I took her through Shit, I shouldn't have lasted this long Now I'm at this telephone booth calling Tyrone" start workin' ya'll

thanks nuune...those are helpful

thanks nuune...those are helpful

salam everyone. i was wondering if any of u guys could recommend a site or even a book dat has a collection of Somali children stories/folklore...remember those we used to hear when we was kids about dheg-dheer and da othas..fox 'n turtle..i dont remember them much but i really wanna read some for a paper am doin on cultural children stories... i would appericiate anyone's help..even if u could post da story on dis site..thanx a bunch

salam everyone. i was wondering if any of u guys could recommend a site or even a book dat has a collection of Somali children stories/folklore...remember those we used to hear when we was kids about dheg-dheer and da othas..fox 'n turtle..i dont remember them much but i really wanna read some for a paper am doin on cultural children stories... i would appericiate anyone's help..even if u could post da story on dis site..thanx a bunch

"isn't it in the Quraan to tell people the religion in a way that is better?" Roc on Aminah..tell'em..every room i go into, them boyz are startin sumthin wit sum chica...tell 'em to hold their horses. as for the religion part..wonderful, homeboy needs to understand that he ain't gotta attack every topic wit religion..sheesh, seems like he don't gotta anotha opinon..n-wayz..for da sis who wants to start wearing hijab,wonderful, may Allah make your destination ten times easier and don't get involved wit dem gay/homo's...Allah damned them and they have committed a big sin. unless u fenna give 'em advice, stray far from 'em.. ciao.. goodluck

hey ya'll..read dis..ain't it da 'ish..its by nikki giovanni All Eyez On U (for 2Pac Shakur 1971-1996) as I tossed and turned unable to achieve sleep unable to control anxiety unable to comprehend why 2Pac is not with us if those who live be the sword died be the sword there would be no white men on the earth if those who lived on hatred died on hatred there would be no KKK if those who lived by lies died by lies there would be nobody on wall street in executive suits in academic offices instructing the young don't tell me he got what he deserved he deserved a chariot and the accolades of a grateful people he deserved his life it is as clear as a mountain stream as defining as a lightning strike as terrifying as sun to vampires there were those who called it dirty gansta rap inciting there were those who never wanted to be angry at conditions but angry at the messenger who reported: your kitchen has roaches your toilet is over flowing you basement has so much water the rats are in the living room your house is in disorder and 2Pac told you about it what a beautiful boy graceful carriage melodic voice sharp wit intellectual breadth what a beautiful boy to loose not me never me I don't believe east coast west coast I saw them murder Emmett Till I saw them murder Malcolm X I saw them murder Martin Luther King I witnessed them shooting Rap Brown I saw them beat LeRoi Jones I saw them fill there jails I see them burning churches not me never me I do not believe this is some sort of mouth action This is some sort of political action and they picked well they picked the brightest freshest fruit from the tallest tree what a beautiful boy but he will not go away as Malcolm did not go away as Emmett Till did not go away your shooting him will not take him from us his spirit will fill our hearts his courage will strengthen us for the challenge his truth will straighten our backbones you know, Socrates had a mother she too watched here son drink hemlock she too asked why but Socrates stood firm and would not lie to save himself 2Pac has a mother the lovely Afeni had to bury her son it is not right it is not right that this young warrior is cut down it is not right for the old to bury the young it is not right this generation mourns 2Pac as my generation mourned Till as we all mourn Malcolm this wonderful you warrior Sonia Sanchez said when she learned of his passing she walked all day walking the beautiful warrior home to our ancestors I just cried as all mothers cry for the beautiful boy who said he and Mike Tyson would never be allowed to be free at the same time who told the truth about them and who told the truth about us who is our beautiful warrior there are those who wanted to make him the problem who wanted to believe if they silenced 2Pac all would be quiet on the ghetto front there are those who testified that the problem wasnÕt the conditions but the people talking about them they took away band so the boys started scratching they took away gym so the boys started break dancing the boys started dancing the boys started rapping cause they gave them the guns and the drugs but not the schools and libraries what a beautiful boy to loose and we mourn 2Pac Shakur and we reach out to his mother and we hung ourselves in sadness and shame and we are compelled to ask: R U Happy, Mz Tucker? 2Pac is gone R U Happy?

hey ya'll.. oky..da couple i am talkin bout is not me and someone else...its sumthin i read off of a essay and the couple ended up gettin togetha but at the end, it posses da question of whethear they should have gotten togetha..i wanted to see how the rest of ya'll felt bout such a situation... smile,u don't know if u can tomorrow

Hey every1 i gotta relationship q for ya'll.... aight, u like dis dude 'n u know he his diggin u to..ya'll been known each otha for like 3 years as friends...cool right..only problem is he is a friend...should u cross the line or even except an invitation from homeboy to kick it sometime? i wanna see how ya'll feel 'bout relationships & friendship

and the beat goes on drrram...drrram she looks around notices him,intellect he bears his soul jumps the boat and swims half way skips to the right and blows her a kiss the dance of fire they shall dance till this nite i awaite his answer a beat unanswered brothel at the italian whorehoue seek refuge in anything escape the feeling the dirty stain he has left a tubula rasa her heart was skidded to the apex shaped to perfection he sought her eys, engaged her mind breathed her oxygen untill he drank her all erased her true identity and left a red spot what started out as a hindi shugaansi intiated by a smile and wink brought her to the empty rhymes of sleepless nites searched for her spot in SOL completion she sought hunger she felt longer she wrote shorter the lines got skip ahead and finish her thought dare you she did add your two cents

sweet nothings, taste my poetic yet chapped lips and lines ODE TO MOTHER she awakes every morning 'n looks at her seeds growing yet lost she cooks them sumthin' to feed their maturing brain cells 'n fills them with knowledge of the world she purps them releasing hate 'n unjustice she's lived a long ife raised many, most gone others have deserted her yet, every morning she rises with the sun with tired eyes she strives to show her deteriorating love once, she used to be glorious she had the world going for her children she birthed adored her flesh travelled from the soles of her feet to the length of her back and once they reached her powerfull shoulders they laid a rest allowed her to span grow her dreads raise her voice untill she stood tall and mighty this, her children didn't allow her to enjoy instead they repaid her with pain 'n hunger tore her from tip to toe burned her derma grayed her hair those who cared lost their lives others fled, left her in distress and every morning she rises getting more tiresome yet she rises her seeds knowing their future those who wll bring color to her eyes laughter to her face song to her ears she prays for those she lost 'n lavishes intelligence upon those gone to faraway lands so her children listen clear work hard 'n spread your wings remember mother is waiting wary 'n famished thirsty to the bone we are her future, we must put blood back in her heart glaring she is diamond we are lets hold our hearts out and with the bright light of Allah we shall make her green and young again

hey ya'll..tell me what ya'll think..open to criticism.thanx Formation of a fatherless boy needles cause pain dig deep in the skin tear flesh releasing blood tears start rolling down losing the strength screaming in ecstasy alast! its over look over, 'n notice a bump that all thats let no hugs, no ciao not even a chocolate kiss just pai that'll last for next hour or two fellings of emptiness a canvas needing to be filled waitin' for the thrill the protection a prickle of the needle will bring strong reassurance are said to surpress the pain last its seen the truth is fortolled wait two monthes and the signs are clear a prickle lead to the release of blood stimulated by yearning recognized by lust compined to equalate the hardship of 9 monthes a needle to late a son to early there exposed, two bodies meet and clash to lead to an offspring to the wrong path one round trip late and a shot to early she sees the truth the "hidden agenda" of a nice man posingto be a thuggster hardcore...educated...played nigga lover of both worlds books and coke to liberate a womens body open an free dirty yet clean what is this? the tale of a women a girl meeting her prince pling the game of courtship loving the bed play and lasting with a fatherless son kinda long, what ya'll thinkin'?

Agkh..chick above..u are wrong. ..R.kelly is da singer that i can listen to..homeboy can sing and with all da legal troubles he is in, he still is selling music by da dozen.. c'mon now..how u fenna hate on the R...nah..am disgusted...think bout "I wish"-the whole TP.2 cd...12 play, R .....da love R. kelly generates is too great for anyone to hate...peace

Agkh..chick above..u are wrong. ..R.kelly is da singer that i can listen to..homeboy can sing and with all da legal troubles he is in, he still is selling music by da dozen.. c'mon now..how u fenna hate on the R...nah..am disgusted...think bout "I wish"-the whole TP.2 cd...12 play, R .....da love R. kelly generates is too great for anyone to hate...peace

Agkh..chick above..u are wrong. ..R.kelly is da singer that i can listen to..homeboy can sing and with all da legal troubles he is in, he still is selling music by da dozen.. c'mon now..how u fenna hate on the R...nah..am disgusted...think bout "I wish"-the whole TP.2 cd...12 play, R .....da love R. kelly generates is too great for anyone to hate...peace

Agkh..chick above..u are wrong. ..R.kelly is da singer that i can listen to..homeboy can sing and with all da legal troubles he is in, he still is selling music by da dozen.. c'mon now..how u fenna hate on the R...nah..am disgusted...think bout "I wish"-the whole TP.2 cd...12 play, R .....da love R. kelly generates is too great for anyone to hate...peace

Snap..ya'll done forgot the best R&B singer.. R.Kelly is da shyt..my good.i got every album Genuwine India Arie Erikah Badu Tyrese Tupac Shakur Nas Michael Jackson Marvin Gaye and Luther Vandross Mase (ya'll remember da old mase) Jubba -am feelin da Lil' jon and the whole southern crew of course 112 Boyz II Men so on and so forth

Snap..ya'll done forgot the best R&B singer.. R.Kelly is da shyt..my good.i got every album Genuwine India Arie Erikah Badu Tyrese Tupac Shakur Nas Michael Jackson Marvin Gaye and Luther Vandross Mase (ya'll remember da old mase) Jubba -am feelin da Lil' jon and the whole southern crew of course 112 Boyz II Men so on and so forth

Lookie, Lookie. Diana is played out my sistahs and brothas..i see poor, ignorant somali chicas everywhere with big ugly batches on their face.shyt, they look like a tigar or a zebra..spots all over. n-ways..i believe the only reason some chicas and dudes diana-ize their skin is because they believe they will be excepted by society and receive affection from guys or vise-versa. Diana has become an international epidemic..even some asian girls i know use a cream similar to diana to lighten themselves because they are ugly(ie. dark) to their people. yah, am serious. so lets not just point fingers to somali girls or the WEst...com'on now..its apparent thatt most of the people in america are tryna be black. asa dark sistah, i just wanna give chicas who have used diana a litttle advice. sucks to be you cause u are not gonna be your real self forever..think michael jackson. and to those who wanna use diana...think again..its tragic enough that you are AFRIKAN and MUSLIM, now u wanna **** wit your skin..com'on..ya gotta be smarter than that..n-wayz, as my grandmama used to say.."Dark girls are clean and have a nice persona..while light chicas are (no offense)lazy and arogent".meaning no matter white or black u fenna be u...don't be a sell-out.be you..peace.."beauty is in the eye of the beholder"