Give Freedom

Give me freedom
De-moc-racy__
Give me freedom
Set my people free
Give me freedom
No more nec-ro-sies
How about freedom
And equal-i-ty

Cut the genocide
When one faces Jah
There's no where to hi__de
No matter where you are

Iron Mountain
Underground City
Suffer pe-ople_
It no fair to we
Jah no like it
Ugly so-ci-ety.
So give me freedom
Set my people free


Give me freedom
De-moc-racy__
Give me freedom
Set my people free
Give me freedom
No more nec-ro-sies
How about freedom
And equal-i-ty

Jah hears us cry
Children ev-ery-day.
Everything dies off
When destruction mounts
Make decisions
Make it where it counts
Give me freedom

Give me freedom
De-moc-racy__
Give me freedom
Set my people free
Give me freedom
No more nec-ro-sies
How about freedom
And equal-i-ty

No manifest destiny 
Could ever arrest me,
Detest me, oppress me,
For the soldiers will march 
Until they are free.

Give me freedom
Give me freedom
Let me be free 



Kahala Lei
Blood Money Poets
copyright 2013

The Small Things in Life

Sometimes its the smallest things that matter to us in life and those little things can make a huge difference.  I often find that when I'm dealing with someone who was troubled for any reason,  I can usually pull them aside, listen to their heart cry and validate them as a person, and they will immediately improve.  Many times, with many different behaviors and situations, that's all a person needs.  To know that somebody in the world completely understands them and is willing to work with them on their own level.

Did you know that...

Because first of all, you don't know what you're going to encounter today and getting a freak phone call about someone in your family could happen anytime.  Be careful to imagine what you could be going through and thankful that its only this or that..

Which brings me to the point of stating that you don't know what someone else is going through.  I personally, after having spent 31 years in customer service,  automatically put this customer service face on at my front door.  I don't want everybody to know what I'm going through and I'm pretty sure alot of people are that way.  Everybody has a mask and we wear it every day, whether we love our lives or hate them.  I also have personally seen that people who "love their lives" so much are running from their emotions that are falling apart inside them and if you give them about a year or two, they fall apart and change.  
Every rose has its thorn.  We all have a past.  But that is what made us who we are today and helps mold us into who we will be tomorrow.  

With that all being said, please feel free to share a smile with a random person or hold the door.  That could be the difference in someone else's day.   You never know what someone else has gone through.

Kahala Lei
Blood Money Spokenword
copyright 2013

Wisdom of the World

Each day is a brand new dawn and you ask me every day about our new dawns.  I have yet to come to an answer on this topic for I have yet to see just where we stand.  Who are you against who am I?  Over the course of 1000 miles and some tea, we can find alot of things out but none of them will be the answer to your question, but the question of time.  

Time answers everything.  In time and through time only, our true colors and wanton desires will find their own way out. What remains of this has yet to be seen.  Just keep your eyes on what you really want and it will come to you.  I do not question what destiny has in store for me.  I simply prepare myself for what I anticipate, what I strive for.  

My walk in life begins with the knowledge that nothing is owed to me and things don't have to go my way.  I do not expect anything from this universe, as all of my blessings come from another.  My blessings come from a universe of everlasting unconditional love.  The same love that emanates from my heart.

I make my choices knowing that one day, all things come to an end. With this in mind, I do not gather or harbor any unnecessary  feelings or emotions.  May my emotions remain intact throughout this journey in life. 

Now that I have such low expectations on the world, the negativity that may come from any particular direction in this world, whether it be demographically or personally, bears less effect on me as a human being of sound mind and soul.

What comes to me as a blessing is revered as such and is always a compliment to my day, as it was rather unexpected from the start.

What comes of you and I, whether it be a family, friend or relationship, is completely dependant upon time to come into fruition.  Wise man has once said,  "People can enter your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime."


Kahala Lei
Blood Money Spokenword
copyright 2013