Cedric Pierce

The Void

2009-04-27T09:08:00.000-07:00

Work hard,
Fight through struggles,
Always strive.
Focus on what you want,
And go get it.
Accomplish things
no human has done
In one lifetime.
You are the “Don”
Of the human race
Everybody is counting on you.
Can’t
And won’t
Let them down.
I have it all,
But I don’t have
Nothing!
Damn, where is my happiness?

Love Ones

2009-04-17T16:07:00.000-07:00

Have you ever contemplated on the individuals who say “I Love You?”
Love, a deep passionate emotion that a one time we all have felt.
Humans are untrustworthy, selfish almost impossible to judge their hearts.
Now I am watching everybody that claims to love me.
But is it real?
Cause sometimes I don’t love them back
Life would be so much easier if I only loved myself.
Cedric Pierce, the only human that counts, fuck everybody else.

My Last Day

2009-04-16T15:42:00.000-07:00

As I lay on the ground, head split open, about to die
I pray, “Dear Lord spare me from the lake of fire”
Don’t let my mama cry, and tell her that I tried
I’ve been sinning for so long
My heart won’t let me do what’s right
I can’t believe on this earth, this is my last day
Living in the cruelest ways, now for my sins I must pay
No fear my nigga, cause I knew death was near
My body gets cold, as I flash back over the years
All the suffering and pain, living in the game
Not much attained, but forced into an early grave
And I’ll be damn, it you see tears fall from my eyes
I wasn’t the target, but in my face, I was hit by the drive-by
My vision becomes blurry, but I see my sister, kneel on her knees
She hugs me, begging me to hold on
I hear “I Love You,” as I drift into eternity

Hip Hop

2009-04-13T17:41:00.000-07:00

I was conceived out of hunger, birth to deliver a message
I protect and convey expressions, to assist the most helpless
I transition, however never forsake the streets
I was born in alley's, now I collaborate international peace
I start from a thought, spill off a tongue
You can fill my spirit, internally squeezing your lungs
I make you hot, cold, love, and feel my pain
If you never hugged the block, I allow you to experience the game
One word, one sentence becomes a bar
I take the unimaginable, turn them into super stars
Against all odds, without patience, I defy them
I took a hustler, Shawn Carter, made him a corporate giant
I stabilize economies, put food on tables
For some, I have truly been a savior
Imagine a world without me!

Butterfly

2009-04-07T11:48:00.000-07:00

I was born a living thing, caterpillar, crawled amongst the giants.

I ate the leftovers my predators left behind, not knowing I was prey myself.

Survival wasn’t a choice, it was a way of life, living in soil.

I met species of my kind and watched death captivate their existence.

Through my course of living, I fell unconscious, part of my cycle.

I awake transformed with two wings, I was beautiful, I could fly.

Very cautious, I skillfully mastered my environment.

Before people would step on me, now they desire to touch me.

Would you have killed me before I transformed?

But after my transformation, will me to survive longer?

My breed is on the verge of extinction.

However our population is plentiful.

Don’t destroy us before our time of metamorphosis.

The Confession

2009-04-06T14:00:00.002-07:00

Lord I’m so confused, tired of living my life being used
My elders advised me, when I get tired of running turn to you
So here I am God, arms open, praying in your name
Knowing when I rise from the pavement, I’ll never be the same
So now I confess my sins to the heavens
In my lifetime I’ve experienced greed, and have often been jealous
I’ve suffered with lust and been a victim of the flesh
I’ve foreseen the path towards destruction and welcomed the quest
I’ve broke hearts and manipulated minds, time after time
And through my sinful nature I’ve committed crime after crime
I know mankind is born dying, and the devil lies
With vices such as drugs, sex and money trapping the strongest minds
Help me overcome all my shortcomings
All my evil desires
I wanna focus on heaven, and be reminded of the lake of fire
Allow me to resist temptation, and pass your every test
For I am a sinner, save me Lord, I confess.

2009-04-02T15:20:00.000-07:00

I done ripped open my chest, cut my heart and let the blood run free.
Emotionally draining every piece of love I once had in me.
Everything I see is transparent, from the human soul, to the intellectual mind.
I'm in search of something I can't find, I see what I need but remain blind.
Have you ever chased something that was too good to be touched?
Have you ever accomplished the ultimate goal, only to find out success doesn't mean that much?Have you ever lost everything you were living for?
Have you ever gave your all but the world demanded more?
It can make a mutha fucka go insane, with the dangerous mind games.
I wonder why we search for fame, hoping that a world of nobodies remembers our name.
Hard to keep my focus, laughing and joking while the pain runs through my veins.
Leaving my mutha fuckin heart broken.
There's no telling what can bring on my sparadic rage.
I want to be free, but for the worlds safety, I'm trapped in my mental cage.
Smiling in my face, trying to destroy me when I'm not looking.
Then have the nerve to ask a nigga why he was born so crooked.

Comparison

2009-04-01T09:32:00.000-07:00

My joy, your peace, our lives beautiful
Freer than the wind
My smile, your eyes, our dreams
More passionate than a vortex
My experiences, your destiny, our creation
Simple, complex in nature, legendary
My flesh, your blood, our DNA
The best of both genders and race
My Spirit, your essence, our love
Magical!! What compare?

The Last Prophet

2009-03-31T09:52:00.000-07:00

In the eyes of a storm, I was born in darkness.
My soul mate, twin brother, still born, made me heartless.
Out of the heavens, his spirit lives in the wind, touching my soul, making me the prophet.
I listen for his voice in the breeze, feel his touch through the rain.
Live his life in my dreams, ease my sorrows, give him my pains.
For I see visions, that can't be explained.
My quest is a journey with reason, I exist in this way.
A stubborn attitude directs my stride.
With over whelming passion that refuses to hide.
Adam evolved from dust to become man.
As I shall transform from slave to King, God's perpetual plan.
The windows of my soul display truth.With a transparent essence, that becomes a part of you.
In the hour of lost souls, lost hope, when the dying are helpless.
I appear as a mortal, the vessel, to answer all of life's questions.
Through my existence, many will see fate is unstoppable.
But the chosen will witness, through God, all things are possible.

What Do You Know?

2009-03-30T12:59:00.000-07:00

What do you know about life?Born, live, die.
So what about the ones who want to live, but never get the chance to try?
What do you know about pain?
Not the kind that causes tears to fall from your eyes.
But the kind that depraves your soul and makes you wish to die.
What do you know about love?
I guess it's true, it's painful, Christ suffered on the cross to shed his blood.
What do you know about a black male, birthed in hell?
Vision as a prophet, educated in jail, against all odds, prayers not to tail.
What do you know about success?But achieving less than death.
What do you know about a heart bleeding?
Lost soul in need.
Only thing a part of me, my only son, snatched away for his own sake.
In hopes he wouldn't become a corrupted seed.
What do you know about dreams and ambitions?
In a world where nobody listens.
What do you know about fate?
Struggle supposed to bring happiness but it breeds hate.
What do you know about your mom dying?
Oldest son in prison for life.
Father with another wife.
Younger brother ain't doing right.
While the middle child, the sister is the only chance at success in this life.
What do you know about me?

A Mothers Love

2009-03-27T10:53:00.000-07:00

How can I begin to thank such a special friend.
Someone that somehow always seems to be there in the end.
The person i call, when my back is against the wall.
No matter how many times I slip, you seem to never let me fall.
I know you hate it the times that we are separated.
But your never taken for granted, your truly appreciated.
I love you more than words can ever mean.
I love you more than, though my actions can ever be seen.
Deep in my heart I never meant to cause you pain.
It's strange how we hurt those who love us the most and cause them shame.
I can't explain all the pain and rage I feel inside.
I can't explain how with out you in my life I'd die.
I love you mama, and thank you for all the love you're giving.
During these times, I keep you crying, mad at myself.
For hurting the person that keeps me living.

This Love of Mine

2009-03-26T13:08:00.000-07:00

It was you who captivated my heart
It was you who made me take a chance
Because of you I escaped the dark
Because of you, daily I'm becoming a better man
I never knew what love was, but some how you came into my life
I thank God every night, for the precious gift of my wife
I love you girl, all my soul, I give you
I choose you over the world, show me how to live for you
I can't imagine life were we are not together
Whatever it takes, at all costs, promise this love of ours will last forever
When I look into your eyes, eternity is all I see
When I lay in your arms, theres no place I'd rather be
When times are bad and life seems hopeless
You have that special gift to keep me focused
You are my biggest dream to ever come true
Thank you for loving me, cause life would cease to exist is I couldn't love you

Tell me Where to Run

2009-03-25T09:45:00.000-07:00

I guess I'm just a Lost Soul, blinded from the world I live in. Never learned how to be a real friend, painfully addicted to sin. i searched for my happiness in material gain. Fame acquired in the hearts i touch, one encounter no one forgets my name. Playing life's most deadliest games. hurting the individuals who love me the most, confusion got me thinking they can't feel my pain. Who can understand this passion? Forgive me Christ. Logically, can't stop my mind from flashing, visualize this thugs life. Beneath my flesh inside my organ that pumps my blood. I've been searching for love, allowing it to cross my path, but not recognizing what it was. I've hurt so many people in my life time, broke my mama's heart with my crimes. Cedric Pierce the loving intellectual, Showtime the ruffian of all man kind. Philosophy of a mad man, living in a bad world and sad land. But who can be so bold to say they understand God's plan? Fears of dropping my seed on this earth. Can't figure out which is worst, to never live cause from birth we are all slowly dying, living life's curse. I wanna be saved, but I was taught freedom is an early grave. I don''t wanna die, but I hate living this lie. So I just stay high, and pretend life is not passing me by. Tell me where to run to.

Judgmental

2009-03-24T13:44:00.000-07:00

I understand this world we live in can make the strong cry
I have seen the strangest things leaving me in confusion
Race, color, creed, I thought we all bleed blood
You, me and all other humans, I thought we needed love
I know we live in sin, so why would I expect anything less
Who can say ,"I'm Pure," we have all fallen short
Some stray further than others, it is a individual situation
I try to feel the soul of my brother and see life as he sees it
Tell me a secret, in the world do we help existence or hurt it?
I have to have mercy, give love, cus i'm far from perfect
So before I criticize, or predict, or try to tell you how to live
I'll just stare in the mirror and tell it to myself.

Blindman

2009-03-23T08:46:00.000-07:00

You wouldn't believe, the shit I see out of my eyes
Images of demons, trapped inside every bodies minds
Staring at my sisters two precious little girls
Mad as hell, cause I can't save them from this messed up world
Tears of hate, running warmly down my face
Pain that won't erase, knowing my fate ain't the heavenly gates
I can see this shit, when it seems no one else can
My prognostication has me wishing to be just another blind man

Life

2009-03-20T15:15:00.000-07:00

I've been drifting for a long time.
Trying to distinguish, and fulfill my quest.
I often get lost, but the journey continues
When I crossed your path It was unique
Something special
Something that trapped my heart and froze the hands of time
Life before you was non existence
.....When we meet.....
I was born.

Crucifixion

2009-03-19T10:44:00.000-07:00

Crucified; to be very cruel to
So when God granted me life wasn't I crucified?
Cause in this crazy world
I'm surprised I'm still alive
Lord make me pure, I'll die for the world
It don't make sense for all of us to be hell bound
"Forgive me Lord," that's what we say
Knowing damn well, we gone be back sliding the next day
Crazy, insane, but since I'm human it's expected
"I'm not perfect," that ole ass excuse is still respected
So when I die, put my ass on the cross
Representing another black male trapped and lost

My Existence

2009-03-18T09:06:00.000-07:00

I was born on the edge, few inches from the ledge.
My unheard prayers, have me feeling I'm better off dead.
Teenage parents, I fell in love with my mother.
In love with my sister, at odds with my dad, comrade of my brother.
By 12, lost my virginity in an abandoned, burnt down building.
By 14, teenage years ruined, witnessed my first killing.
My closest friend, so painful, I cried a small pond.
Became an insomniac, at night the devil squeezed my lungs.
Who can protect me? Crucifix on my link necklace.
Will heaven accept me? Learn to use my pistols to perfection.
Became a monster, born to conquer, ambitions to make millions.
Knowing the hearts of men, so I only love women and children.
Prison, politics, learned to hustle, shrewd and rigid.
Ambitions and confidence, no fear, pushing pass all limits.
I am man, desiring the power to reign.
No envy, as long as I'm God amongst Kings.
My bleeding heart dripping blood into the soil, giving birth.
Created from dirt, my tears merge with lost spirits, bonding my worth.
Family, all that I am, my relief when I hurt most.
This passion, this love, so intense, its my gift and curse.
Family, for them, give all that I have, I'm not talking financial gain.
I'm talking my soul, my spirit, my life, wishing to take their every pain.

Crash & Burn

2009-03-17T11:17:00.000-07:00

I was so fearful
Heart Pounding
Barely able to breathe
The wind pressed against my face
I jumped, knowing I would never find the ledge
Never regain my balance
The free fall
I've never felt more intense
Never felt more alive
So passionate!
Witnessed the world through open eyes
The wind kissed my lips
Sky hugged my soul
My spirit was insatiable
Nothing endures, not even life
Heart first, crashed to the pavement
no regrets, I live and not simply exist
I dare to always love....

Always

2009-03-16T11:21:00.000-07:00

For whatever its worth, I will always release my tears.
Whether gift or curse, I will always take pride in being a Pierce.
I will always be relentless in my quest for advancing.
Always, living for the now and forever, put my soul up for ransom.
I will always love those people, who I love.
Always sacrifice myself, give them the last drop of my blood.
I will always be a leader, even through my rights and wrongs.
Always! even when weak, end every endeavor strong.
I will always be fearless, even if it kills me.
I will always be willing to die for my family.
I will always be brave, soldier for the lost.
I will always stay in your heart, no matter the cost.
I will always get up, no matter how hard I fall.
I will always, always be there when my D.N.A calls.
I will always strive to be legendary.
I never forget, its my torch to carry...

Pure Love

2009-03-14T15:16:00.000-07:00

I struggle within myself, the contradictions of MAN. My very own controversial emotions for the opposite gender, WOMAN! I am only a MAN, even when my misogynistic tongue spits fire. I am forever in debt and never separated from woman. This constant desire, lust, and need is my purest admiration of love. In the Garden of Eden, the wise serpent didn’t dare deceive or seduce Adam. It was Eve who was deceived and capable of inducing Adam. (Genesis 3:1-6)
My mother, Gloria, (4/28/58 – 9/29/05) was the first woman I fell in love with. A strong, caring, compassionate, teenage mother who loved me unconditionally. Who taught me to love unconditionally. That love, pure love, transcended to my sister, Quiana. To vision their smile or laugh warms my heart. Their pain and tears boils my blood. I’ve never felt so deeply for MAN as I do for WOMAN - a connection which I can’t explain.
I love women and naturally empathize with their struggles, pains, fears, desires and dreams. Some, I want to catch every tear, before it escapes their saddened eyes. Others, I want to witness those tears seek freedom. While kissing each one with such passion that I penetrate their spirit. To need and be needed, love and be loved. This is when I’m at my best.
I am only free and vulnerable amongst women. Man is prone to dominate, surrounded by them, I am a conqueror. My essence leaks through my pores; women sense and understand who and what I am. Their submission allows me to serve them completely.
With women, I am alive, never more myself. The eye contact, non-verbal communication, voice, scent, perfume, soft touch, the pressing of my lips against hers. To hug so intense, my breath on her neck, feeling her heart flutter. To be unguarded and in tune. In those moments, nothing is greater. To make love, enter her, become one. The ability to create existence. I am in love with the miracle of WOMAN.
Their strength to hold the family together, some serving dual roles as mother and father. They work, take care of the household, strategize, submit to us unpredictable men, love hard, inspire and motivate. Most times giving men credit as partners. Their courage to forgive, to protect themselves when men refuse to. Or when it is the man who is the threat. To perform all their duties, while still seducing us, making us desire, encouraging and merging with us. Birthing our sons and daughters into this world; taking care of our children that they didn’t conceive. Doing for us, what they know, we would never do for them.
I love WOMEN! All of you. My mother, step-mother, god-mother, sisters, cousins, son’s mother, aunts, friends, and girlfriends. Just playing, joking – only one girlfriend. I swear, I love you. Pure Love.

Drunken Rant

2009-03-13T07:47:00.000-07:00

I've been drinking more and more, as much as possible
Desensitizing my soul, attempting to escape my obstacles
Ever since Gloria passed, a part of me died the same day
No faith, my words don't reach heaven, so why pray
When I die, I'll come face to face with the father
Until then why bother, soul aching, so I take another swallow
Cherish my family while roaming with the most brutal hearts of men
Hoping to black out, avoiding the contradiction within
This is my poison, destroying me, the forbidden fruit
Maybe I'm chasing destruction, my sermon of truth
Transfixing my life, eyes glisten with fire
Environment filled with Lost Souls, but its my empire
I can posses anything, everything, my peers want some of it
This is my facade, truth is, I don't want non of it
I desire so much more, wife, kids, freedom
Hold up...... take another sip while I fight these demons
I'm back! Meeting today with my associates, plans to rule over everybody
If this is my Kingdom, and its filled with losers, doesn't that make me the greatest nobody?
Don't tell, it's our secret, but that's what I really think
Somebody is coming, let me grab my crown, damn I need another drink.

Just Another Day 1998

2009-03-12T13:15:00.000-07:00

It was like a breath of fresh air
Or a pleasent expierence in a new place
When I witnessed your face, captivated, in my heart found a place
Gave me a shelter to run to, compassion to turn to
And never cease teaching me how to love you
Now I know what love can do
Forever and Always true
Unconditional, made soul deep vows to never leave
Welcomed my fantasies, held me tight, but allowed me to be free
When the world questioned me, visioned my sights, always helping me
Apart of my uncertain destiny
It's amazing how one day can change your existence
And its crazy we have to lose something
And spend the rest of our lives missing and wishing
Deep inside to regain that day in 1998 we have hopes
So why on this day expressing our love makes it hard to cope
Always apart of each others lives
But not the way we dreamed
So we hold onto the memories, of the way it used to be
But when you can't let go, what does that mean
Just another day in 1998, was no mistake, it was fate
In my broken states, I travel back to that date
It could never be replaced
I love you deeply, my dearest friend
In our next life, we'll meet there again.

Motral

2009-03-11T18:24:00.000-07:00

When my lungs exhale its last breath
Or old age declines my physical health
For all the heart breaks, caused through my mistakes
Even through confusion my existence was fate
For every life I touched, for every soul I've scared
Wondering, is life simplistic?
Or did my passion make it hard?
Seeking, searching, blinded by the vortex lost my path
My journey cut short with destruction
Depraved my spirit in the aftermath
Hoping for forgiveness
Wishing the Lords voice I would have listened
But I couldn't decipher the message
Helpless, struggling with my ambitions
Heart missing, lost soul trapped with obligations and protocol
In my time of need when I fall, tell me who to call on
Vision the mentality of a soul that's witnessed so many casualties
If you never understand me
Picture the mortal man in me