DMX

Written By Rashad Hawkins

There was always something there

But I just couldn’t touch it

Maybe it was when I would shake his hand and I couldn’t feel brotherhood anymore

Or maybe when I would get a chill

Whenever he came around

I tried to shake off whatever it was I sensed

I tried to ignore what I had been hearing

“That’s not your dawg”

“That’s not your friend ”

“That’s not your nigga”

I should have never let you come back around me

You ain’t no brother

You’re a parasite

You need me to make you feel good about yourself

Like someone is beneath you

You ain’t no brother

My eyes ain’t deceive me

What I feel ain’t fake

You ain’t no brother

You the type of nigga that got to have his own way

From my heart and my soul

Stay the fuck from around me.

Rashad Hawkins

Rashad Hawkins was born Joshua Rashad Hawkins, on April 10th 1992, and hails from Jacksonville, Florida. He is a freelance writer and aspiring blogger. Rashad had always been known as a writer to his family, always creating short stories and comic book characters. He had always wanted to become a professional basketball player, however at the age of 10 his interests immediately changed when he wrote his first poem during a horrible summer staying at one of his aunt’s house. After attending Douglas Anderson School of The Arts for Creative Writing, he attended Bethune Cookman University where he received a Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communication with an emphasis in Journalism. It was here that he was a staff writer on the school newspaper The Voice of the Wildcats, and was published in Daytona Beach News Journal. His poems have also been published in two anthologies: Kindling Literary Anthology Vol.1 (2013) and Kindling Literary Anthology Vol.2 (2014). Many of his works are inspired by his life experiences, music, various soliloquies, and personal relationships.

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