“I heard, saw and conquered in the womb” –Janus
In The Womb (Choices)…
In the womb I conquered the world
I heard the cry of voices and chose to pay the price
(It wasn’t big enough)
I felt no love in the air just the patter of the feet and the beat across the street
The thumping sound of bad choices was the loudest so I said to myself ”Not Me”
I must be born free
To be held down was not apart of the deal
I had to make a choice:
Should I? or
Should I not?
Do I? or
Do I drop?
Amongst the chaos there was only one thing left to say

“choose me, I choose life"
And here I am today. -Janus

Kiss Life

have you ever gave life a kiss? better yet has it ever crossed your mind? what does that mean you might ask...well it just means that you wake up and say: hello life, how are you today mmmmwa(kissing sound)! i know, weird right but try it sometime (it can't hurt). but the trick is you have to do it as soon as you wake up and you'll have a bangin' good day! (or you can just be thankful for another one). -Janus

come on kanye i know you can do better

come on jay i know you can do better

yeah i'm callin' ya'll out to take back the mic

yep i said it!

jay & kanye

while the people are listening

take back the mic

take back what we started & stop sharing this art

yep i said it!

'cause while the people are listening their souls and minds are dying

although common is talking about it the people are not listening

erykah is talking about it

i wonder if the people are listening

what happend to being black on both sides?

what happend to being black in the front?

has the $dollar bill$ trapped my brothas and sistas from being the shining light of america's grace?

shit ain't all right

that's why i write rhymes

and i won't stop until i change minds

so get used to my voice

i may not be able to make a living complaining

but i will make a living as a poet

i used to want you to read me

now i want you to feel me

'cause hearing me will awaken the ugly in you

understand that i'm not playing the victim card

i'm exploring my creativity

and this is where it lies

you that are here are made to think your willingness of truth is not the majority thought

that the best way to be is silent and dead not alive and true

but who are you and why are you here??? -Janus

Giving Up The Goods

it seems at some point we must give up something that means so much to us, then we realize that in the end it was worth it (most of the time). what is it that keeps us hanging on? maybe life gets so unfamiliar at times we just want to keep all of the goods and never give them up. having the faith to give up the goods can lend even better ones. no one makes these rules, we just play the game and hope for the best every time. it's a great thing to have people, things, traditions and a lifestyle around that you don't want to give up. but as the saying goes "all good things come to an end", remember that most of all. change is not the end of the world. most times it isn't the tangible "person, place or thing" that we hold on to anyways, it's the notion that we don't believe we can have what we really want so we hold on to what we have in the present. i say it's time to understand that we can enterprise and have what we really want. but first we must let go.
-Janus

who do you love?
most importantly what do you love?
is it anyone (anything) more than yourself?
'cause i feel for you
you are the buried treasure
the soft rock complicated yet strong
keep holding on
movin' thru this maze that will throw you every which a way it can
but remember....
...remember...
stay stromg
hold on
do what you gotta do.

(make the rules your own) -Janus

In Essence

in essence you want to read about the revolution
you won't but you're reading it
in essence the real question is are you capable of change
in essence are you capable?
what are you going to do when the revolution has taken over and as you look forward you can't see yourself as you are?
that the person in the mirror is not you
you are looking at a person that knows not of themselves and the world and your job has told you what you are
that is the revloution
when you can't think of your next move
when your next move has been made for you that is the moment you are checked
checked into a situation of your doing
because you knew not of self
no go ahead and sell yourself on the auction block
there is surely something for you and that is me
as i move thru the earth i see people that like to hide from the truth
the truth is clothed as a secret mask that must be kept behind
but my mission is to forget the rules and wear truth in my eyes
so when i look at you you see the truth that is in me
and in this life that is what i search for. -Janus

In The Spirit

the spiritual world is always active. as active as the natural realm. and if we consider ourselves to be spirits first then we will hopefully do things more according to what is right for our inner selves. the world teaches us that our carnal minds are before us and we believe it. we must believe in our lives only. we must believe in our own families and the lives we live with them. if we don't matter who matters? barack and hillary? the local news anchor? the radio dj? your boss? no, it is you. you have the power over your own life. exercise it. exercise your spirit. it is the spirit that takes care of us before we take care of ourselves. -Janus

Standard Time

pacific, eastern, mountain and central. time waits for no man! yes, this is what we hear all the time yet time seems to go so fast these days a day is never enough to get thru with anything. maybe the new standard is working around the clock 'till the sun is up and the rooster's crowing 'cause there is just so much to get done. is that what things have really come to? no time to live just time to work hard so one can play harder? life is not supposed to be like this. civilization has made us a madhouse. the new president should begin a barter system and eliminate the need for money and allow the nation to thrive on our team effort to keep it afloat. civilization has gotten us to the point where we have to uphold an american image in order to feel apart of the american community. if you are not being our kind of better than your better doesn't count. when did life become so unlivable that we had to start living thru celebrities? when is our time? i say the time is now that we develop our own time frame and frame of minds. the time is now to get out of mind and get productive, get organic thought into the mainstream. our bodies and minds are too processed. it's time for a new way to love life. it's time for a new standard. -Janus

gypsies.

they say we be gypsies and wood faces on the wall and drum big hips and lips that make you sick with kisses 'cause we pull from gutter fits

gypsies.

they say we be gypsies 'cause they don't understand our rhythm our moves in dance and song as we contemplate all night long on how to silence the lamb

gypsies.

they say we be gypsies long gone from home this is home now among lost angels and the deadliest demons of the world

gypsies.

they say we be gypsies forgotten of our nature now creatures in this oz land full of all things but GOD

(but GOD says he's here)

gypsies.

they say we be gypsies from the ghetto of do wrong and right at the same time with souls that have patience long hard and ready for daddy to come and save us from this american nightmare

but is it really a nightmare though?

i mean we do rome free to be unless the description matches your profile college brotha or motha sista

you can turn on the box and find yourself bent over every way saying every word that shouldn't be said

for there are surely other words to say

gypsies.

we bleed as we walk the path to see the sun

gypsies.

we try to find ourselves in the hip hop beat machine

gypsies.

no matter what we do there are those that watch us plenty ready to come in

gypsies.

to be alive and....well ain't it a sin. -Janus