By Daniel Paiz

Poetry and Hip-Hop are very close family members in the world of lyrics. Sometimes there are rhymes that are so fluid they can get an artist nominated for literary awards. There are some bars out there that paint pictures better than some with brushes and canvasses. The two worlds don’t often cross, but that can be changed with stuff like NaPoWriMo. Gatekeeping is no longer accepted. Plus, both forms are great for airing out grievances.

We Don’t Trust Your Drama

Awkward artist name when every song sounds the same,

not sure if that’s a future anyone wants,

as one skips the song the listener isn’t to blame,

formulaic studio artist with no flow, is you like that,

scared to try something new,

why you like that,

Atlanta gotta be tired of hearing you on novacaine,

yeah it’s like that,

despite financial success must be an offscreen mess,

take away the funds and the whips,

strip down to guts and bones that soul’s dismissed,

derelict to music duty, those lines are amiss,

switchin’ gears to the real artist the one behind the beats,

makin’ tracks as this cash cow helps you feast,

but the production better than these subpar rhymes,

has to be exhaustin’ to hear that sleepy mumble all night.

That Spider-Verse album showed you could build a jewel,

is Future a bad influence,

or is there just more bad in you than good,

competition should breed growth,

not reduce one’s creativity to ash,

there’d be more projects boomin’

if sonically different metros were attached.

This is attack by association, don’t get it misconstrued,

fact is people rolling their eyes at the drama produced,

it’s all for record sales, and has no merit hence,

listeners don’t trust recycled beef ideas,

knowing it’s not authentic.