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a waterways project publicationco-directors: Barbara Fisher & Richard Spiegel

assistant Thomas Perry

Text compilation: Ms. Liela RileyEdited-printed: 1.A. Brathwaite,Island Academy printing-graphic arts teacher

Produced in Island Academy printing-graphic arts class, 04/97Island Academy principal: Mr. Timothy Lisante

Typeset: Ms. Cathy SpellmanStephen E. Phillips, Superintendent"Alternative High Schools &Programs

With funding support fromThe New York Council on the arts

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You Are My Baby BooYou are my baby booAnd nobody can take me away from you.Not even somebody from your crew;I keep it that true.You're always on my mind.Because your loving is hard to findThis is why Iwish we could rewind.Our relationship when it first startedBecause right nowWe wouldn't be departed.Although it is your faultIwish they let me go from courtThen I'llbe happy to come homeAnd make long lovingAnd hear your moanEven if we have to do it through the phoneDarn it!I wish I can come homel

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Night After NightI keep having the same dream night after night.I just can't stop until I make it rightI dreamed I was a man like my brother,Strong at heart with spirit like no other.I am proud of myselfSoon to be free and uncagedAnd I thought to myself to be better one day,I am a man dreaming of lifeFor one, I shall take to my fight.

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DaysStressful days came in many ways.What to do to make your time go awayMany like to rap or sometimes snap.To get some laughs for it won't hold you back.As I have seen the days go byHeartaches and pain can make you survive.There's no reason to lie why other people try.To focus on life as your days go by.

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MeI put words together like pieces of puzzlesMany are confusedBecause their minds are troubled.Ieek to complete my work that's unique.Advise yourself not to ever compete ..For I do not sleep on lonesome nights.Asking forgiveness from God for days that I fight.My life is gifted in a hard time era.Selling my drugs so I can make it better.Now look me as I see my timeWasted in a penitentiary.Hoping and waiting.Until my date that I'll be released,Going back home to enjoy my Feast.

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LoveLove to me is a splendid thing.It makes you feel likeIt's the middle of Spring.Sometimes it comes back and forthLike a swing.That's why you must be readyFor what it brings.

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Loving Y ouIn a world that revolves strictly on hate.There are things that certain peopleT end to relate.It softens the hardest of men.It brings forth smilesWhen you think of offer your loveTo a beauty that is true.That I can say: "I Love You."

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Past LoveOnce in my lifeIell in love.Ielt like a sign sent from aboveShe had styles that Iiked,She even held me closeThrough rainy nights.Her soft voice to her lovely smileMad from passion drove me wild.Isked myself if our love was realLike sun flowers growing in a field.We had our differencesThat made our love up and down,Now Iegret thatShe is not around.

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This Place I'm InInside this place time moves slow.Day in, day out, nowhere to go.The phone is your contactTo the outside world.Unless you get a visit fromYour mom's or your girl.And if you have kids,It's really hard on them.So many months without holding them.I only have one more thing to say:When you get released,Make sure you stay.

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My Love For a FriendThere's a girl in the worldWho's worth more than any pearl.There are times when I see herInmy deepest sleep.Her beauty excites me.When I'm next to her.I watch the stars at night'Till the sunrise at morn.She makes me smileWhenever she's around.I enjoy her every thoughtI've loved her since the startShe'll surpass all the rest.Because she's the best.Forgetthe stressThat I have inmy chest.My girl, my friend, my loverCan't wait to see her;So much love to exploreI need not say anymoreI'llshow you when I get home.

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LifeLife is like a math testSome parts are hardWhile others are easy;There are parts you're not ready for.But with patience and perseverance.You'll get through with an "A".

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KingMartin Luther King wasa man of Words.He didn't like violence,Didn't want anybody hurt,Gave his life so we could be free.Now blacks and whites grow--Together like trees.

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a waterways project publication