'street-colonel'

tyku

well now, meetin' you

was like fresh apple

pie on my mind. U

waltz'd into my life

and gave me joys

that sho keep growin'

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5'10

190lbs

mouth grill'd out

and twinkles

in yo eyes...

GUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDDDDDDD

GOD

u were something else...

neva met a soul like

urs, neva even had the chance

to greet a soul like

urs.

you were like...like...like

raw hip hop

smoothed around the edges with

a long black

wail from Armstrong's

trumpet...like

mos def spitin lyrics interlaced with

E. Fitzgerald's scattin...

DAMN! u had that certain swagga...that kind of b-boy

stance that made a jigga look

twice be4 approachin'

maynnnnnnnnne

you were fresh 2 deaf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

truth is...u sky-rocketed to new heights in

my books when you opened ya mouth

and we found a heart beneath...

who eva heard

of a thug with a heart?

a raw, street-colonel with intelligence, compassion,

and spirituality?

WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!

u incite a lot of people to chorus;

got the blood in our systems

hummmmmmin we bummmin'

and can't get enuff of yo

presence....DAMN maynnnnnnnneeeee!

u are for real....and we dig that shit....

genuine and authentic...

we lovin' the 'tock' to yo 'tick.'

we truly hypin' yo

personality...yo

beautiful presence.

....thank you.

'House of Atreus' Publishing/2006