Dear Thomas,
I’m not going to lie man,
your talent often shines like diamonds,
I think you’re one of a kind, man
I love how unflinching,
how unapologetic you are
dropping your bars
you’re often spitting raw truth
to the masses in your rhymes,
I’d never get tired of listening
even if I heard it a thousand times
Keep pushing forward, I love the passion & zeal, keep it real
By: J.N.R Dutton
We see kids murdering kids & we cry that it’s tragic,
but yet there are parents who refuse to parent,
it’s like they think their kids will just turn out right by some kind of “magic“
Train up your children in the way they should go,
if you don’t teach them, how are they supposed to know?
For years you have them, you influence their minds & hearts,
they learn & they grow, and in the home is where their education starts
By:J.N.R Dutton
Jimmy was a one of a kind talent, anyone could see,
Genius w/lyrics & poetry,
but his life was a cautionary tale for the masses
He had what many think of as “success”
but in the end he was burned by his own excesses
By:J.N.R Dutton
I don’t have a problem with those who are aware
of the actual troubles in my country, just for clarity,
It’s great that they are, that’s fine & good to me
It means they’re paying attention as they should be
What I take issue w/are those that invent
reasons for animosity
Where there doesn’t need to be
Those offended by everything
to the point of absurd stupidity
By:J.N.R Dutton
I don’t vote for political parties,
I vote for competency
& for those I believe will do
what’s best for my country
In my 34 years,
what I’ve come to really see is
There are far too many vipers
and clowns in D.C.
They may be what you voted for,
but definitely not me
By:J.N.R Dutton
There’s a poet that I heard today
He had some really hard hitting things to say
Listening to him I knew I couldn’t & wouldn’t
walk away unchanged
I thought a lot of what he said was incredibly brave
I especially love that he refused to cave
To those who wanted him to shut it down
& threatened to ruin his good name
Speaking truth to power was more important to him
than any glory, fortune, or fame
By:J.N.R Dutton
It’s true that pain makes good art,
It gives us a release some days
but not all art has to be about pain
It’s time that more of us realize that again
Otherwise, we’ll only create
when our lives are circling the drain,
and constantly creating from that dark place
may be enough to drive a person insane
By:J.N.R Dutton
Poet writing at rapid fire speed
with a new kind of zeal
Letting himself feel more deeply
He’s more inspired & freed
It’s like it’s just what he needs
The more engulfed in it he gets
The more his soul seems to feed
By:J.N.R Dutton
Tommy spent nine months
in the deepest darkest pit
of his existence
& when he finally came out of it,
he’d had an epiphany
began to see things differently
became the man that he was meant to be
By:J.N.R Dutton
Inspired by a true story of a guy who was on the brink of death & destruction, but who survived to tell the tale & his life was turned around. His testimony really grabbed me.
Rip up the old pages
of your yesterdays
start a chapter fresh & new
Write something deep
that means something to you
Figure out what’s in your heart
find your calling, and see it through
By:J.N.R Dutton
