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*Keith Rodgers

Black On Black Rhyme:
"Part I"

I gets one
I gets two
Because I am Ghet-to
It's a Poetic Drive-By
and if you don't want to die
you best get low
Because even ketchup gets caught
because it moves a bit slow
I try to get enriched
But you still treat me as if I was a bit po'
That's why I must try to get a lil' bit mo'
So I won't get walked on like a foot
and lose the power to heel the ghetto
No violence
Just silence
in my mind
What's this?
Lyrical bliss
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Childhood in a wild hood
but I maintained
Don't laugh
Took a bath in a foot tub
no shame
Been po' since I was fo'
most of my friends been the same
More than once
with no lunch
water off
please rain
So I can catch a few drops
so I can stop this thirst
No food, no dinner
I'm getting thinner
situations getting worse
Daddy almost died
Mommy cried
The insurance didn't pay one dime
The man tricked them into being a victim of
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My Daddy was strong
He held on
when he was supposed to let go
He overcame his personal pains
to get us up out the ghetto
From my people
I learned when bridges burn
you can still build mo'
You can have a rich income
and then some
and still feel po'
Poverty is like a novelty
that has become my friend
Being rich is great
but the more you make
the more you tend to spend
Then when you're broke
you learn to cope
with your empty pockets
and wealthy mind
But when you get rich
you tend to forget
when you were a victim of -
Black on Black Rhymes

BLACK ON BLACK RHYME FEATURE SERIES

ARTIST : Keith Rodgers
WEBSITE : http://blackonblackrhyme.com/BackTalk/Keboi.htm
EMAIL : keboi@blackonblackrhyme.com

- Black on Black Rhyme founder & CEO

Keith (Keboi) Rodgers is the founder and CEO of Black on Black Rhyme. Born in Lake Hamilton, Florida (Polk County) Keboi has always possessed a fondness for words and the power he had to elicit emotional responses from them when he spoke. Since childhood, Keith has had the uncanny ability to come up with rhymes in an improvisational way that would impress any wordsmith. In high school, he would be excused from class early so that he could go to other schools to perform.

After moving to Tallahassee, and noticing the apparent lack of culture Keboi decided to start poetry readings. From it’s humble roots around 1998, in the heart of the Southside of Tallahassee Florida, in his apartment, the original concept of the "poetry troupe", then known as Poetic Drive-Bys, was birthed. This name was to be given affectionately by their faithful audience and meant to signify how on every Thursday night, poets from all given walks of life would stop by this dim, cozy apartment to share their poetic emotions and aspirations.

In only six years Black on Black Rhyme has grown to become a conglomerate of poets, artists, musicians, and business people whose main goal is to spread the truth and importance of Spoken Word around the world. There are already three Black on Black Rhyme Spoken Word venues in Florida: Tampa, Tallahassee, and Ft. Lauderdale. None of this would have been possible without the vision, guidance, and support that Rodgers has shared with all the everyone he has come across.

Keboi has performed at the House of Blues in New Orleans, LA, Wise Guys in Gainesville, FL, Mt. Zion's Calypso Cafe in Tallahassee, FL, Conscious Party in Tampa FL, Nokturnal Escape in Jacksonville, FL, and at many gas stations, beauty shops, and street corners across the country. Keith has also been featured in Spoken Visionz Magazine.

One of Keith’s favorite lines is:
"..I don’t know what effect she had on other guys,
But like growing caterpillars,
she gave me the butterflies.
And and now my dreams are filled with 100 caramel cocoons,
99 red balloons,
I met her in ’98 at the Moon..."

from his poem from"Good Nights and Better Mornings"

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