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Ramaining Presence (Spoken Word)
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In Dedication to James "Jimbo" Lumbardo.
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Hip-Hop Spoken Word
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Peak #10,054
Peak in subgenre #176
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July 02, 2004
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MP3 4.0 MB 128 kbps 0:00
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You know, I was driving in my car the other day, And I don't know how, nor why, but something made this scent enter my car. Something bigger than I; A spiritual force, perhaps. I don't really know. You and I both know that I've never been very religious nor knowledgeable about signs and miracles and things like that. But anyways, the scent. It was the scent of that shit you would spray in your Honda or your room after we had smoked pot or even cigarettes. I'm not one to jump up and down about shit when it can be defined logically, though, and you know that. But then, it grew; Suddenly it became more than a stupid scent that someone nearby could've been spraying anyways. I could feel something, you know? Not so much your presence, because like I said, I'm a logical kind of girl so I don't assume the near impossible unless it's utterly obvious and distinct that something abnormal is happening. Haha, I could hear those jazzy tunes you used to play when we went for rides in your shitty Civic. You knew all the words. Even the dialog between Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee. You knew it all, and you'd say everything with them as the record played. Haha, damn. I used to get so irritated when you would sing and I'd be trying to get closer and quieter with you. But you didn't stop, you weren't looking for the opening to intimacy. The question is, though, what were you looking for? A hippie girl to be your Spanish City Princess, as you would call me. For awhile, I didn't even know. You were always depressed, so I thought you might've just needed a vent. You know? To get your stress out and shit. Nah, though. Like me, I think you were in search of someone to share the good times of youth with. God, I hope I helped you find what ever it was you were looking for. You know, I remember when we first met. Remember? We were at that party in Fitchburg, outside of Boston, and I was there with Lindsey, while you were there playing third wheel with her and her boyfriend. It was bound to happen, four people on the ride home, two of them fooling around and then us.. Fighting temptation. When we got back to John's house, it was you and I, once again, playing the role of "close friends." But we both knew what was going on. John and Lindsey would lock the door to the room they were in, fuck for hours on end, and you and I would try to ease the tension that stopped us from leaping on eachother and having relations. We layed outside until the sun came up and talked about your drug problem, our passed on friends and just vented, really. Remember the stars? It was the perfect night. You know, I would've picked out 1,000 of the most beautiful stars from that night and given them to you, just so you could use those tanned, tarnished and rugged hands of yours to put together a constilation of you and I. It would be the kind of art that would be so gorgeous, you'd insist I keep it. You insisted I keep everything that represented beauty. Of course, I'd say no and you, Always replied that I gave you all the beauty you needed in your life, so you had no need for man-made excellence. Well, now it you who is providing all the beauty. All of which that I need to say this that follows. I love you, and I miss you. I could fabricate that statement into something flawless; Something timeless, or something poetic. But you know what, at the end of the day, when all is said and done, it all comes down to those few words. I love you and I miss you. If only you hadn't taken so much. If only Sal hadn't given it to you. No, fuck that. I can't go on with this bullshit. There is no such thing as "If only". Those words link us to the past. They prevent us from growing and moving on. They create a barrier that stops positivity from entering our perspective. You were the biggest bump I've come across on this road that I travel to success. And for awhile, that bump had me stuck in one spot. I'm growing now, and I'm going to continue mo
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