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Rap: Rhythm And Poetry

A poetic Hip Hop birthday week tribute to the art of Rapping

By Joe PattersonPublished about a year ago 1 min read
Rap: Rhythm And Poetry
Photo by Karsten Winegeart on Unsplash

🎶Hip Hop hooray. It’s that time of year, or better yet that rhyme of year🎶

🎶Yes the rhyme is here. I’ve come to sell you a rap🎶

🎶That’s rhythm and poetry you can tell it’s a rap🎶

🎶And it’s forever a rap🎶

🎶A flow to get you to the tip top🎶

🎶And it don’t stop it’s the birth week of Hip Hop🎶

🎶Born in the ghetto, descended from the motherland. Then it spreaded to every other land🎶

🎶Hip Hop is every brother’s land🎶

🎶Created by voices of Black boys and girls. Who would’ve thought that it would grow and bring joy to worlds🎶

🎶Rapping kept us alive when we saw death in mere inches. It stretched wide and built bridges with lyrical ridges🎶

🎶Give an emcee a beat and our words will start movin’ your feet. You gotta love this blues of the street🎶

🎶Turn on the radio. Say it fast say it slow. Microphone murderers who make it last and make it grow🎶

🎶Feel my words in your heart from the minute it starts. I’ll break it down slow so you can live it in parts🎶

🎶Rap was born on the street corner. Rhythm and poetry is the weapon we used to defeat corners🎶

🎶Rapping is how we escape the evil cycle where the slugs spray and the drugs lay🎶

🎶Escaping mental battlefields where the thugs play🎶

🎶We hit every region, north, south, east and west🎶

🎶With every lyric said and done you receive the best🎶

🎶Reverberating in a way that’s beyond singing🎶

🎶Rapping voices hit ears and trust me they’ll keep on ringing🎶

🎶There is absolutely no way to get rid of the flow in me🎶

🎶Rap is life. Enjoy this rhythm and poetry🎶

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About the Creator

Joe Patterson

Hi I'm Joe Patterson. I am a writer at heart who is a big geek for film, music, and literature, which have all inspired me to be a writer. I rap, write stories both short and long, and I'm also aspiring to be an author and a filmmaker.

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  • Latasha karenabout a year ago

    Excellent,so much love it

  • Dawuda Hardi about a year ago

    Nice one

  • Denise E Lindquistabout a year ago

    Cool rap poetry!

  • Vicki Lawana Trusselli about a year ago

    I LOVE YOUR RAP POEM!

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