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We as a people are in a very bad place, when our culture is founded on lies. We will readily accept lies, seek out lies, and even live within lies. We feed lies to our spouses, our children, and friends. We share lies with our music and art. We internalize “His-Story”, as history and live…

If I could have anything in this world it would definitely be the ability to properly use knowledge, wisdom and understanding. With the proper use or one characteristic the application of the other two qualities should come easier, if that’s what I truly tend to pursue. These gifts from God, not only will I become…

Have you ever realized that there was more to every woman in life? Whether it is your grandmother, mother, aunt, sister, daughter, niece or significant other; there seems to be more to her than we truly understand. Fundamentally we believe that we know or understand this woman, but how can we, when there is another…

If you rent dope fiend rentals, you‘re ghetto If you hit licks in dope fiend rentals, you‘re ghetto If you‘ve ever had illegal cable, you‘re ghetto If you get electricity from your neighbors by extension cord, you‘re ghetto If your name is the name of a car, day of the week, or liquor, you‘re ghetto…

Come one, come all, you and you, walk with me. Come, it’s time to remove your shackles, blinders and bondages. It’s time to walk into a better America and do better by each other and for each other. It’s time to grow beyond our ignorance, biases, hatred and superstitions. Walk with me beyond preconceived notions…

The most important step in a person’s life is the next step, so come walk with me. I’m talking to you with that pistol in your hand and that hurt in your heart, put it down and walk with me. We’ll do this together, we’ll deal with the pain. You with that dope in your…

For the past sixteen (16) years, prison has been one of brick and steel. I was incarcerated in 2001 for aggravated robbery. At thirty-six (36) years old I have been imprisoned for most of my life. Yet, these past two years I’ve learned to live life while confined. I have learned that my incarceration began…

To me her position in life has always been uncertain, even though she was always in the perfect position to learn from others mistakes.  She made her own mistakes. Her environment helped to mature her in ways that only women from the ghettos of America can relate to. Seeing her sisters’ pregnancies, abusive relationships, misrepresentations…

A “good man” never beat his wife. He didn’t bring his dirt from the streets to his own front door. A good man didn’t talk about God or salvation with his children. He worked his salvation as an example.  A good man didn‘t get high around his children nor allow them to see him too…

To all of my daughters, nieces, little sisters and young home girls, this is your collective love letter. My niece, JaLynn, asked me to explain the importance of girls loving themselves. So, here I am attempting to give you the truth of who you are and who you one day will become. First, I need…

Jason: Enoch, I’ve watched you grow and change from that rascal into a good man. I read many of your writings.  Hell, I even know your mother. You know I am not a bad guy, but answer me this.  Why all the losses in my life? I mean I’m sitting on my second two-year parole denial,…

It is strange that as a culture we no longer find it disdainful for this ghetto mentality to be representative of us. While surviving oppression we adapted to the circumstances forced onto us. In this adaptation we became too familiar with the streets, too familiar with drugs and crime. Our perspectives grew distorted and perverse,…

Are you Christian? Does it matter, these children are hungry help me feed them. Are you Muslim? I said, it doesn’t matter, these children are malnourished, they are starving, help me feed them correctly. Are you a democrat? Does it really matter? These children are lost help me lead them. Are you a republican? It…

He was a block bleeder, til he started smoking rocks Nine yrs. old thinking she wants me, she wants me not One was his moms and the other his pops How could this child love these people he couldn’t be near To them he was invisible livin his childhood lost in fear But God gave…

With an empty stare she gracefully glides to center stage. With the rhythm of the music fueling her motions, she attaches herself to the pole. Drenched in self-loathing, she removes her bikini top, exposing more than just flesh. Her values and dignity have been placed on display. This is how she earns the income to…

Are You Listening I loved nothing more than to tumble, stretch and do flips Are you listening, the doctor said that he needed to examine my hips Where he touched me made me scared and uncomfortable with undeserved shame Are you listening, I didn’t know, so I trusted him, remaining quiet in my pain Me…

Have you ever loved someone, yet didn’t Understand what “love” really meant In all honesty it was the depth of her gaze And that shy smile that had my heart rent In the 8th grade I thought we were opposite in every way As a mature man, I now realize that was the first of…

One heart beat, two hearts; did you know that this could exist? I’m sitting here wondering why I breathe when you breathe. Why we are constantly on each others’ mind? It gives me hope and inspiration to know that we stay in each other’s heart. One heart beat, two hearts; it’s a known fact that…

Bonnie had five children, now two of them are dead. They passed away while Bonnie serves four concurrent life sentences. She has been incarcerated Since 1996. There is evidence in her case that would prove she is innocent of the crimes she’s being punished for, yet, besides her loved ones, who knows Bonnie’s story or…

This is who we are fighting for: the divine rights of happiness and hope for the next generation. A friend, Brett, asked me basically, “What is the ‘end’ Enoch? What is the purpose of your message?” Well this is it: I write for our children’s happiness, to preserve their innocence, and to give them a better quality of life. We…

“Yo! D’Money!” “What’s up Uncle James?” “I need your help, I’m trying to write something for you and your peers.” “Uncle James, don’t waste your time. They don’t listen to nobody unless you have something they want.” “What so you mean, D?” “Uncle James, look, they don’t care. They don’t value anything at all. We…

Strength is more than a word confined to abstract ideologies. Strength is the manifestation of ones’ will to traverse adversity with responsibility and concise decorum. Strength is lending stability to those who lack the fortitude to act when action is demanded. Strength is having discipline over emotions and not allowing self to become blinded by…

“A friend loves at all times….”-Prov. 17-17 We mostly come from a place where fathers are usually quiet, if not completely absent. Our first true friendships are cultivated with that one woman in our lives who constantly demonstrates love. For some, they are mamma, granny, or aunty. For others, it’s Moochie, Brenda or Magic. These…

For as long as I can remember, I’ve pestered God with questions of why? “Why this Lord? Why that God?” It’s as if the more answers I received I was left with even more questions to ask. I went so far as to coin the term “infinite why.” It just seemed to me that the…

Can you appreciate the arguments, the great conversations that we’ve shared? This is where I learned to respect your respectability, to better understand the misunderstandings and conceive the misconceptions that matured you into you. The peace like the chaos rose and set as the sun, lasting the appropriate hours for each day. Now do you…

Isolation, solitude, the difference is one is forced and the other self-induced. Blinded by cultural norms, performing abnormal acts, substituting desires for needs, wants for necessity. Here violence is the answer to all problems. Lash out first or you become the victim of another person’s perpetual pains. Enveloped by chaos, finding order in the madness.…

1.You have nothing to prove: You have nothing to prove to anyone, you’ve accepted the person that you are meant to be. Whoever you are, be that to the best of your ability. IF you are honest with yourself, secure in yourself, and have an understanding of self, then what do you have to prove?…

“As long as the mind is enslaved, the body can never be free. Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful weapon against the long night of physical slavery.” – Dr. Martin L. King J.R I want to thank GOD for all of the blessings, the lessons, the Mercy and Grace that…

Running from foreign lands attempting to cross the scorching sands that has been blazed before us,the terror and defeat that has solidified the footprints that we retrace (generational curses) to open the doors that feel as if they have been closed to us. Patiently moving at pace that keeps. us from weary. Never did I…