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BABY DADDIES

BABY DADDIES -BY Neo Blaqness HIM:  “What’s up lil mama. U fine as hell. U thicka den a snicka. Do fries go wit dat shake? Just sayin… dayum.” HER:  “Scuse me?” HIM:  “Naw baby scuse me for not bending at yo feet and kissin...

ROAD TRIP

ROAD TRIP -by Neo Blaqness HIM:  “Turn right at the next road.” HER:  “The map says to keep straight.” HIM:  “That may be true but I know where we are, turn right.” HER:  “I ain’t turning right. Why you always trying to...

The Reality of Real Men

A healthy fear of my life from my father did wonders for six children. But that doesn’t work when you trying to be your kid’s “friend” and you trying to give them everything you didn’t have and spoiling them in the process. By the time you realize what you have done, you have run the “real man” out of your life and your kids have been suspended and in custody more times than you can count.

It’s Never Too Late

That is why my heart is always there for a hood mama struggling to do right. I step in because that is what my father did even though he wasn’t my father and they were divorced. I give because even though we had little to nothing ourselves, my mother never turned a hungry mouth away from our table.

A LETTER: Word to Tha Sistahs

You should stop being so desperate that you are willing to accept getting into situations where you don’t want to know the truth. I just don’t think you women are that stupid. But I do think some of you are delusional enough to believe you can give a man your body and your money and think that is enough to make him change the situation he in and all you end up doing is hurting yourself because even if he do leave one situation for you, he already showed you what kind of man he is.

Daddy Can You See Me

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN DADDY CAN YOU SEE ME by Neo Blaqness Daddy can you see me I know I’m just a girl I may not be the boy you wanted but to me you are my world even though you’ve never seen me I’m told it’s you that’s in my eyes and the silly way I laugh I wonder...

Ready Eyes

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN READY EYES – by Neo Blaqness It’s just something about her eyes though I have never seen a word spoken from her lips I cannot deny the things I’ve heard Coming from her spirit the countenance that time has chiseled on her heart...

In-Digestion

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN IN-DIGESTION by Neo Blaqness Sometimes slow digestion will cause you to question what you been eatin and when Don’t mistake contemplation for constipation and worry about what’s not coming out of the other end or equate that because...

Avoid Dating These Triplets

I make it a point to always eat before I go grocery shopping. A full stomach helps you to think more clearly about the money you are about to spend. In that same mindset, I have learned that, if you truly are looking for a long term relationship, there are three types of people to stay away from: Horny, Lonely, and Needy.

The Doing of Love

Today it seems we strive to be so much in love with ourselves that we drive everywhere with our face in the mirror complaining that someone needs to fix the bumpy road and clueless that those bumps are actually the people we are running over.

HAPPINESS WAS…

IN HONOR OF THIS PAST FATHER’S DAY I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU A FEW THOUGHTS. THERE ARE NO PERFECT PEOPLE THEREFORE THERE ARE NO PERFECT PARENTS. BUT FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAD THE BENEFIT OF A FATHER, I THINK WE NEED TO SHARE THOSE EXPERIENCES. THIS POST IS FROM MY MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD

What’s In a Name?

It seemed to me that unless you were straight off the boat and black, any attempt at a self-identity apart from what was bred into you was ridiculed and seen as a threat with even black families getting upset when their sons and daughters dropped their white “Christian” name when joining the Nation of Islam or radio hosts like Rush Limbaugh clowned Kwanzaa as a “made up holiday” as though the descendants of former slaves have no right to the dignity of restoring their own heritage as best they can.

Post Mortem

Years ago, as a very young man much too old for his time, I was dating a neighborhood girl who literally had sex on the brain. Every single time we were around each other, that is what she wanted. Looking back, perhaps that is how she was taught she needed to be in...

Creative Minds

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN CREATIVE MINDS by Neo Blaqness I spent the night inside of you our hearts were intertwined in rhythmic pulse as our minds clenched and held each other tight penetrating with each thought I thrusted to your soul denied me not you opened up and...

READY, SET, GO-D

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN READY, SET, GO-D by Neo Blaqness I remember One time I told God “Nope I ain’t gonna do it” and I heard him laugh hard saying “child there ain’t nothing to it” and it kinda put me off “Well that’s...

Glass Darkly

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN GLASS DARKLY -by Neo Blaqness Today I pause That I might thank God For the keepers Of my heart You precious few Without whom My life would be Quite dark The light you share Tho you not dare To think it to be so grand Casts the Son Upon each...

One Moment In Christ

All in a single instant, I felt the tension in the air. The group of older black males I was fronting for almost lost their steps. The camera crews filming the show zoomed in. I saw the nervous glint of the show producer. Everyone was waiting. Waiting for what I was going to do.

Fatherhod Stories: Ya Doggy Yah

At this point I am wheezing and sucking for air. By the next corner I am wondering if I will ever see my son again. The cold was freezing my lungs and everything looked white but I kept running toward the laughter of this child who is having the time of his life. As they turn the final corner ahead of me I am praying that they stopped.

Fishin

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN FISHIN -by Neo Blaqness Have you ever tried to breathe with a heart so broken that you start to wheeze before a single word is even spoken Like someone done literally reached in and did with their bare hands pulled out that rib right through the...

Glimmer

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN GLIMMER by Neo Blaqness There is a joy I try to live by and that I endeavor to share with every soul I have been blessed to encounter; To try to be at least that one human being to understand the reasons for the absence of joy in the life of...

Unworthy

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN UNWORTHY -by Neo Blaqness How do you answer a woman who feels unworthy who says “If you knew the truth about me I know you’d desert me” I raise the question because some of you one day will meet a man not trying to have his way...

The Fallen

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN THE FALLEN -by Neo Blaqness If I can’t be true to me I can’t be true to you The truth is I am just what you see but so are the things you do You say don’t judge a book by its cover but what’s a brutha sposed to think...

Faith Walk

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN FAITH WALK by Neo Blaqness walk by faith not by sight cuz when your spirit tells you something’s not right yet you follow your eyes into the night thinking the path to Heaven is between some thighs and find the devil in disguise a million...

Atlas

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN ATLAS by Neo Blaqness Sometimes a friend will lift you up not because he is stronger, but because his feet can touch the bottom and he can hold his breath longer. For when your lungs are full of air you aren’t quite as heavy then, consider...

Pontius People

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN PONTIUS PEOPLE -by Neo Blaqness Inhale Exhale Pass Fail Go to jail Please us or Jesus or If you must Fade to dust Walk alone or ride Our bus Chompin Stompin Don’t forget your offerin Kneel down to our sound and receive your thorny crown...

What Then

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN WHAT THEN -by Neo Blaqness To you for whom some things are a sin let it be a sin for you but in a free society you cannot legislate YOUR truth you cannot simply have your way because you can’t stand the sight of same sex people in...

Corpses

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN CORPSES by Neo Blaqness There is a crime that has people doing time It’s called accessory after the fact When a person’s decision to make an omission of things that should have been said is as damaging as the crime itself even though...

Prognosis

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN PROGNOSIS – by Neo Blaqness How do you heal a wound Without knowing where it hurts When all you feel Is a something You wish would go away Like that sound in the night You can’t locate And won’t let you sleep Or that itch That always seems...

Unspoken

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN UNSPOKEN – by Neo Blaqness You knew From the moment The air left your lungs Joined by the tone of Your voice box And the form of your lips That your mind was Too late To stop what your spirit Had warned you about All along Gasping As if...

The Other Pillow

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN THE OTHER PILLOW ~By Neo Blaqness Tonight I shared my bed with the other pillow where she once rested her head where our eyes would slowly meet and our lips would gently greet before drifting off to sleep knowing that my eyes would open moments...

Abundantly

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN ABUNDANTLY ~by Neo Blaqness~ A life without true love is like a smile that no one sees warmth without a breeze a sky without a sea of stars to gaze upon and dream a child without laughter no hope of happy ever after just existing missing out...

Irreparable

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN IRREPARABLE by Neo Blaqness How many times can you climb to the top of Heart’s Hill with all your might and all your will holding on for dear life to another until they send you head over heals tumbling down covered over by the load of...

For No Good Reason

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN FOR NO GOOD REASON -Neo Blaqness Someone who makes you smile for no good reason Is like someone who can make you eat when you ain’t even hungry There’s just something in the seasoning Like salt on a sweet apple somehow pulls out the...

Brown Girl

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN BROWN GIRL -by Neo Blaqness Brown girl Brown girl I wanted you to be my world So I worked hard I wanted to be free but instead you wanted no part of me Brown girl Brown girl why it is that back in the day bruthas like me got clowned as gay for...

Original Black Girl

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN ORIGINAL BLACK GIRL -by Neo Blaqness Glistening in the midst of her chocolate silhouette is a smile that brightens the beauty of her soul a brownness that mother earth made to behold Lips that bubble at the joy of a kiss Hips that move to the...

Ignant

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN IGNANT -by Neo Blaqness Hav u eva wasted ur tym tryin ta esplane yoself ta sumbody ignant? and no matta wut u say day ignant ass only no one thang and dat is wut day got on day mines dat dey wont frum u and day ignant ass just be blind to da...

Revenge of Da Munchkins

So I plan this surprise evening to take a friend’s kid skating and to laser tag- yeah I know it was a school night but it’s like dirt cheap to go on Tuesdays. Of course this “kid” is almost taller than me and skeered to skate so I had to have...

When Brothers Meet

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN WHEN BROTHERS MEET ~By Neo Blaqness~ Today I met my brother, as I was walking across the street Tis true we share no mother but that’s not how it is when brothers meet In family skin is how we begin and truly recognize Be that of wealth or...

Life Lessons from a Blues Legend

  JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI (TBP) – When you mention the name Bobby Rush to people, many immediately think of the Congressman from Illinois who co-founded the Illinois chapter of the Black Panthers in 1968. They don’t think about the blues man born in Louisiana...

The Prodigal Purpose of Anger

Neo Blaqness is known for his controversial views on organized religion because he is not a big fan of the church and does not shy away from criticizing many religious traditions. However, on rare special occasions, we are afforded a glimpse of his deep theological roots as is the case with a recent sermon upon the passing of a brother to someone near and dear to him.

Today

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN TODAY by Neo Blaqness Today when you looked at me your eyes smiled with the innocence of a girl who had never known sadness Your face glowed like a child given a long awaited gift You tilted your head and blushed like a teenager whose first love...

This Walk

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN THIS WALK by Neo Blaqness I already know mine is not an easy heart to hold but I make no apology for being me I used to try to see eye to eye to walk by sight that wasn’t mine but I might as well been blind running into things that you...

Just Because

Just because someone don’t love you the way you want them to don’t make you unloved Just because everybody keeps asking you for your number don’t make you really wanted Just because somebody takes care of your bills don’t make you their only...

The Ride

I thought you were my friend you made me think again I wanted to believe you really cared but you didn’t have to go there I know that I was wrong I thought that I was strong enough and I know I wasn’t fair but you didn’t have to go there You...

Wifey Types

WIFEY TYPES by Neo Blaqness I look you you look at me we each see possibilities potential that we could be more than friends on a list through richer or poorer pronounce thee then kiss the only thing I can’t get past is seeing your heart through all that ass you...

Nothing

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN NOTHING by Neo Blaqness Have you ever noticed how quickly people get caught up when you have nothing to say like somehow your silence represents judgement of not only the situation but of who they are as a person all because you have chosen to...

THANKS NEO: Response not Needed or Necessary – Just Listen

God led you to me at the appropriate time and God led you away from me at the right time so I wouldn’t become totally dependent on you which I could feel was beginning to happen. I appreciate you, and will always love your mind. You have an awesome (one of a kind) brilliant mind. Thank you for having briefly shared it with me. I am a much better and stronger person for God having worked through you to reach me because you forced me to listen.

Between

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN BETWEEN by Neo Blaqness In the silence between each breath I speak your name between each blink I see your face when my lips part I feel your kiss between each second It’s you I miss between each beat my heart does pause to hear its echo in...

While You Were Sleeping

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING by Neo Blaqness Before the dawn of each day when your face is at rest I gaze upon my love looking her best no makeup no glamour no rush to impress at peace in the skin God made you in perfection at last til you open your...

The Woman for Me

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN THE WOMAN FOR ME by Neo Blaqness I have never been into the wifey types A woman who just gives up her life to a man and bonds herself to his every wish as though she exists for his every command I always thought there’s got to be something better...

The Man Behind Lincoln’s Challenge

Standing at the granite memorial and amongst the bronze plates that adorn the trees at the small memorial garden, Peter Thomas can tell you about every name listed. It is a quality that seems to permeate veterans of the Vietnam Era who had been denied honor for so long by the politics of war.

We’re Gonna Need a Bigger SeaBoat

And so for an African American, whether Christian or Muslim- opening a business is not as cut and dry as writing a business plan and dreaming of the riches to come. For those from families with ties back to slavery and the old south, a business is about a community, about a legacy, and about a promise.

From Freddie to Freedom

Khair never forgot the lessons of his early childhood and wanted to share those lessons with a people he believes have forgotten where they came from. His biography “From Freddie to Freedom” is not just about his life, but a look into the journey that many African Americans still struggle through today.

Impressions

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN IMPRESSIONS by Neo Blaqness Stop. Take a moment. Look at yourself. Now let me tell you what I see. It’s not your cleavage or your puckered lips or your ass raised in the air. It’s not your tongue stuck between your fingers or your...

Thyckness

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN THYCKNESS by Neo Blaqness How can I put this delicately without you thinking I’m bein mean I know I said I like your thyckness but baby I’m concerned about the sickness this complacency we now have with obesity so much so we...

Epiphany

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN EPIPHANY by Neo Blaqness There are many gods but one Creator. The fear of gods is the sustenance of ignorance. The worship of gods is the suppression of truth. The wisdom of gods is the perfecting of our faith. To walk with gods is the promise of...

THANKS NEO: Note from an Angel Flying Too Close to The Ground

When you fight a friend over a principle, they don’t see the point, they only see you. When they run out of words to fight over, they are left only with echoes of what was said. And eventually, because words spoken and received emotionally imprint the deepest, they have no choice but to see them for what was truly said. And that is why it is better to be silent than to speak recklessly in anger.

Erbert Johnson and The Duality of Black Urkels

The events of his childhood would shape the man who would later come home to lead a bank that was established to help the very communities he saw on fire. You see, five year old Erbert Johnson made a promise to himself to somehow make things better when he grew up. And from a child’s heart to God’s ears, it was a promise he planned to keep.

The Path

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN THE PATH by Neo Blaqness Always choose to be who you are. until wisdom calls you to change Some are meant to walk with you far whilst others may think you strange But the biggest mistake that you can make is to change just so you can fit in...

Eulogy

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN EULOGY by Neo Blaqness when this body dies I will return to to the place where my wisdom lies and add to it the lessons of past mistakes then embark again to make even more that someday I might know enough to be god with...

A Home for Love

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN A HOME FOR LOVE by Neo Blaqness looking sexy might catch an eye but being humble will catch a heart a compliment might stroke an ego but does your presence stir a soul when you say something you speak to a mind when you are quiet a spirit listens...

With Love

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN WITH LOVE by Neo Blaqness We had a love for all the wrong reasons you were looking for someone to believe in you for a change and not just complain about all of the things you never could be instead of the things you are And so everyday you awoke...

A Rose for Sharon

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN A ROSE FOR SHARON by Neo Blaqness Before the winters of our discontent after the summer that we met I made the trek while you slept twenty miles just to uncover the snow that piled upon the windows of your car opened the door to leave a card and...

After Glow

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN AFTERGLOW by Neo Blaqness Its been a while now perhaps even longer on my part Time never moved fast since you been on my heart maybe its because I never wanted it to I wanted each second to last a moment moments to last hours hours to be a...

Only for Now

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN ONLY FOR NOW by Neo Blaqness I don’t know every answer Each day brings more questions Each experience new wisdom that redefines wut I thought I already knew So I am only as sure as I can be today tomorrow may show me another way like a...

We All Have Our Reasons

There is a divine spirit within the brotherhood of man regardless of what name you want to give it. What this time of year should remind us of foremost is of the greatness of who we can truly become when we choose to love and to give selflessly.

A LETTER: Love Denied or Love In Denial

It sounds like you both need to have a heart to heart putting all your issues and fears on the table and then come up with a plan to face them together so that they are no longer obstacles to the future the two of you could so happily have. But you both have to be willing to do it.

To Stand

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN TO STAND by Neo Blaqness To stand for anything you believe is right is not about hatred it’s not about might it’s not about proving who’s wrong or who’s right it’s not about everything being black or white but about...

Epilogue

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN  EPILOGUE by Neo Blaqness If you died today and the only thing that mattered for your soul to be saved is that you truly loved someone what could you say that you once gave your heart but did you give your all did you play it safe did you leap or...

In My Mind

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN IN MY MIND by Neo Blaqness I spend a lot of time thinking about you maybe more than I should nah not in that way you think I do aiight I’m lyin but gurl those dreams are off da hook but still that’s not all I dream about things I never thought...

Convenient Care

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN CONVENIENT CARE by Neo Blaqness There’s not a day that I forgot to say I love you not a single day forget to say I care not a day went by I didnt work to know your struggles not a day that you didn’t know that I was here not a day that I put...

Close Enough

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN CLOSE ENOUGH by Neo Blaqness My daddy used to say close only counts in horse shoes and grenades that if you want success in any other way you don’t just pray to be blessed you get off your ass and pay your dues you step up and step out...

I Can’t

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN  I CAN’T by Neo Blaqness I cant fight the ghosts of every man who eva dun you wrong I can’t fill the space of every place where you never felt like you belonged I cant bear the pain of every heart that turned against your own I cant...

Not This Time

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN  NOT THIS TIME by Neo Blaqness There comes a time when someone must have the courage to say goodbye and admit to ones self as much as you tried tho no one is wrong something’s not right we can prolong it find all the reasons to fight on...

Note to Self

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN NOTE TO SELF by Neo Blaqness Woman looks up from being struck down by the hands of her man through her cries he asks her why are you even here and she replies because there is only one person who hates me more than you then proceeds to wipe her...

Voice Unheard

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN VOICE UNHEARD by Neo Blaqness I never used to understand why it was so important when the day would end and you’d complain that you didn’t hear my voice until I had no choice and could no longer call now I listen for your presence to hear no...

A Gud Man

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN A GUD MAN by Neo Blaqness Wut a good man does that anutha can’t do is kno how to love u after the luvin if thru he don’t just roll ova he still wants next to u makin luv to ur mind workin up to round two thoughts and hearts intertwined in ways a...