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Not Feeling It Lately

Enlighten My Enthusiasm

By Jasmine TurnerPublished about a year ago 1 min read
Not Feeling It Lately
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A yo,

I haven't been feeling it lately.

Cause these muthafuckas been coming at me shady.

A lesson plan they think is supposed to persuade me.

You gotta pay me if I'm gonna have your baby.

It's not a game It's not a test.

All this lying got me stressed.

I try to rest to be my best.

You make me guess and it's still a mess.

Come clean and just confess.

Be straight forward it's no sweat.

All over the place as you see.

Not feeling it lately, just let me be.

This is what I gathered underneath this tree.

Doodling in this journal making no sense of what's in front of me.

Nothing comes to mind.

As I rhyme this time.

I'm going to leave this right here.

Because it already looks fine.

Stop making it seem like I'm doing something wrong.

When you know good and god damn well my mind is strong.

I'm not fucking stupid and no where near fucking clueless.

So don't try to play in my face like the paper boy with newness.

Yeah, I know you get a kick when I talk my shit.

But I wouldn't need to talk shit if I wasn't already dismissed.

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  • L.I.E12 months ago

    Love this so raw with your writing and words.

  • Gregory Paytonabout a year ago

    A little bit too much profanity in it for my liking, however, it sounds like you are getting something off of your chest. I am hoping you feel better now after you wrote this.

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