lolamarya - The Voice

Staying on my -I’m focused man- type grind/ They say they never met another like chick, I’m one of a kind/ see the stars in the sky, like them I shine/ and working hard for what I want/ I’m about to take over the world and make it mine.

The winner in me transformed the sinner in me. So when the world sees, they would never know where I've been without my testimony.

Spazing on pad with pen has become my only healthy outlet My attempts to drink the pain away give room for negative decisions My liquor vice gives me bad advise and I usually take heed Walking directly into generational curses because I am my parents’ seed Maybe I should pray more, but I feel guilty And although there is no condemnation I feel as though I have fallen too short I need time to redeem myself And that is contradictory to the fact that His blood has already redeemed me I continually place myself in these situations Of crucifying Christ again Because I have been forgiven, yet return to the same sin I am fully and irrationally double-minded I see clearly, yet I am blinded

I dose 'em wit bits 'n pieces of my soul at a time administered w/rhyme I speak in parables like Jesus did so follow these wonders & signs

Sweet savors of life's essence poetically flow to me I changed the game, changed my name, Switched the style up so much you notice me, But familiar cats didn't even know it was me

women respecting themselves and falling in love with who God created them to be? What happened to respecting yourself too much to allow a man (or woman nowadays) to mistreat you? Why is the focus on needing a relationship rather than needing wholeness within oneself? I see too many of my sisters, friends, women in general, settling to simply have someone to cling to When these very women do not know who they are They have not taken the time to get to know this awesome creature whom God handcrafted They do not know that God has made them valuable and unique That if they valued themselves as God values them, they would not settle for anything less than what HE has planned for them. I am tired of seeing my sisters - women of any race, creed, color or religion - devaluing themselves Wake up Open your mind, heart, ears and know Know that you were created for greatness Know that no other person can place value on you because God already has No other person can name you because God has You we...

My pen & pad said they're sad 'cuz I been neglecting them lately. So I'm hopin these words still got love. I mean, I'm hoping they don't hate me

is something I cannot explain or I simply do not want to dig deep enough to really understand this feeling is something I cannot grasp in my possession yet cannot wrap my hands around this undefined emotion words do it no justice so my tears speak for me yet they too are silent because they are something the world will never see