I.B. FOKUZ
6 o clock in the morning reaching to press snooze/ a heavy weight is carried when you lay through/ 
A broken cocoon of yesterdays/ matter fact, I’ve been hoping lagoons since last Saturday/
What’s time? A measuring stick/ 
My whole week is Merriville back to Pullman, then it’s East all again/ South Chicago where the commercial has the ugliest grin/ you know it’s work when you toil but you’re never content/
I clocked in, and whispered Bismiallah/ find peace of mind/ never know what day is an obstacle that you need to climb/ I see the signs/ but I’m sluggish, when I can’t see the time/ my future plans only exist if I can seize the time/
So what’s the excuse/ I bet it’s on my table/ right next to the plate where you say I’m not available/ 
Hmmm...
I’ve been working these mental faculties/  hoping I/ keep it all together when every thought pattern is polarized/
I’m a Father, I’m a Husband, I’m a Sheik/ 
Im a student, I’m a teacher/ I’m the mentor to ya seed/
I’m a artist/ I’m the spirit man you finally got to meet/ 
Willing you give everything when it’s nothing left me/ Work/

Collasoul
8pm made it home
10,000 steps
Fridge is empty 
Probably got another 1,000 left 
Work it out
Holdin’ on so long 
 you’re runnin’ out of breath
Wonder if those countless 
Sleepless nights I had will amount to death 
Of course I drink
Damn near every day
Keeps the stress away
That’s what I tell myself
It ain’t the truth 
That’s what I’m pressed to say 
Admit it why?
Fear I’d be victimized 
got less sense than pride
Our men, women, children die
Ignore Facebook posts
 Desensitized 
Problems in my home
No problems with my home
Every single night
I gotta get to home
My goddesses at home 
We need a system 
One that works for us 
Not the opposite 
It’s up to me to give them
The world without opulence 
many a man give up not a word spoken 
Only actions 
Afraid to ask  Dad what happened to him
and get no reaction 
Would love to believe my strengths 
Are showing some Hope and passion 
But too much of those and 
no showings
Will be an open casket 
Try to get up after falling out and know You can’t 
One of my biggest problems 
 Is being my own restraints 
Carry it all alone, ask no questions, make no complaints 
Being the “strong one”
Means you’ll never know when you’re gonna tank