My Resume (Circa 1999)

OBJECTIVE:
To obtain wealth, maintain my health, and achieve the highest level of knowledge of self while maintaining myself, achieving the potential of self while being myself, so I say to myself – self: who am I and why –and why is it so hard obtaining wealth, maintaining my health allthewhile being myself. And myself says—”self: just be yourself”.

EDUCATION:
1972-1990 School of the Hard Knocks

The streets of Philadelph, Illadelph, make sure you don’t kill yourself
Major: Survival – Degree: Denial

1990-1995 Penn State University – I know you heard of me–40,000 plus –but that was none of us—Culture Shock, Ock

Major: Political Studies, Liberal Studies, Journalistic Studies, Communication Studies—or basically whatever I could study– studies

Degree: Baccalaureate of the “You must be artful to use this degree” arts –with smarts in African America studies.
Don’t expect monies –cuz uh actually you aint from or never been to Africa and you aint guaranteed all your rights as an American
So forget all you can while you attempting to claim African and or American in the meantime being played by the man.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

1972-1985: workin on my momma nerves

1985-1992: hustla, playa, convict too misguided youth partime –half conscious blackman fulltime

Duties including but not limited to the following: Gambler, scrambler, coke dealer, gun dealer, genocidal killer, money peeler
And the girl at the end of the block—yes I am feelin her

1992-1995 bustin my ass to thrive and stay alive
learnin schoolin—showin the nonbelievers I aint foolin— around
I aint that same clown that stayed locked down—robbin all the sweet vics around town
Penitentiary or hellward bound—
but best believe—Tif is still down

1995 to the Present: You wouldn’t believe how far I went—psuedo member of the establishment

Duties including but not limited to the following:
ass kisser, non butt kicker—no more malt liquor—finger off the trigger, pockets are thicker, opportunities are bigger, exemplary figure
But yet and still I know—I’m still considered a nigga

AWARDS AND ACTIVITIES:

Unwilling volunteer: young black man in a society that hates me, bates me, degrades me—blames me
And whose fate we can all see through the disparity—but then again maybe –it’s just me

AWARDED:

Over 25 years of life and that’s no hype—a purple heart for all that got lost in the fight and still continue the plight and neglect factors—white

Member: strong black man club
Member: I was amongst a million club
Member: I aint never gonna give back my black club
Member: Praise God Above and profess my love club

AWARDED: A baby girl. Life, L-I-F-E, eternity, my destiny, bringing out the best in me.
Fate, F-A-T-E, eternally through paternity I will be the best that I can be—and you will see the me that: My momma sees, see that my dramas relieved
See the me that my daughter needs—see the me that God feeds,
See the me beyond me, see the me that is really me.
That’s who I be—it’s all in me.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
PEACE, P-E-A-C-E—maybe temporarily or sporadically nonetheless– Peace – Peace of mind peace of soul peace of what I know
And with every little bit of my baby girls glow
Grimmly reapin my sow , I remember the words my grandma tole
“First come God then come you”
Even though that you meant me—I’ma maintain that philosophy and my you will be we and that we will be—a society in search always of that place called free
To mankind above and beyond
all the nonsense
Living by the true meaning of my name –common sense
For my Lord, myself, and my fam—
I’m going to be who I am
Through all the adversity
Whether learned through street or unviserity
I’m going to be – to the best of my ability
With or without stability– me
And we will see the me that is you and the you that is me –that we all may be
Is we—phenominal, multi faceted , people that’s who we be
I’m every one of you—you’re all in me.
Outsandting black man that’s who I be

References Available upon request

co. 1999

*note in my laziness I decided to add a poetry section and eventually put all my old crap there