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DEKoration (The Black Jool)

from Mike Check (album) by MikeAll

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Dedication tribute to our fallen brother

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DEKORATION (THE BLACK JOOL) –MIKERAPHONE

CHORUS 4x:
For the bro I miss DeOliver Twist/
“I reminisce I reminisce”

VERSE 1:
D ecember thirtieth/
The birth of black jool worth more than worldly gifts/
my neighbourhood sibling fellow West Indian/
single parent mothers and only children/

lonely living killed by his company/
honed my poems while he beatbox bumped the beat/
we used to run the street playing manhunt and tag/
after elementary century sam blunts we drag/

in fact he’s who I had my first spliff with/
a main reason why my verse is heard on discs/
the earth’s dimmer now lacking brilliant star shine/
it's a darn crime some are blind to his art and rhymes/

my heart archives memories like museums/
human being exhibit look at me then you see him/
not tatted but carry mark like school worksheets /
DEKorated I shine DEK’s my black jewelry

CHORUS 4x:

VERSE 2:
E ternal life’s destined yours/
suicide cant keep you outside heaven’s door/
a bredren for sure (word) I begged and implored/
to rewind time prevent the death u headed for/

hard head first you faced a train to slay the pain/
but it didn’t work the hurt don’t lay in the grave/
it remains with your fam like a knife cut scar/
not excused but understood that your life was hard/

courageous yet selfish core aching for wellness/
forsaken in cells grip your status was hellish/
Ignored yells for help from guilt trip and crime/
I wonder what was closed your lips or our eyes/

Never saw the signs didn’t follow my mind/
left message a few days after wish I’d called in time/
got to be a better way to release ache /
cause suicide’s a guide to DEKay

CHORUS 4x:

VERSE 3:
K O’d never souls forever/
know you treasured like ropes and tethers we close together/
Hanzo wont sever more than legal codes binding/
my muse that’s inspiring in my flow you’ll find him/

alive and thriving your living through me (indeed)/
my birthdays yours so you reached 2 3/
its you I should see in my passenger seat/
remember when a joy ride left you scarred under cheek/

please pardon me I was there that night/
but as time went on I was barely in sight/
busy faring with life working plans to advance it/
got ahead and lost DEK damn it took you for granted/

abandoned no more made you a home in my core/
we're both getting points when my goals are scored/
I recognize sacrifice not an in vain martyr/
my fates offered to main partner Dwayne Foster-

CHORUS 4x:

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from Mike Check (album), released January 1, 2008
Lyrics: Mikeraphone
Beat: Royce Birth

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MikeAll Toronto, Ontario

MikeAll (formerly known as Mikeraphone) is a Scarborough, Ontario native and Hip Hop educator. He has released three solo albums; "Mike Check" (2008), "Mike Support" (2015) and "Mike All" (2018). MikeAll's goal is to put the poet back into Rhythm And Poetry.
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