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    Parental Advisory Is Necessary "A Memoir Of My Mind"
    Parental Advisory Is Necessary "A Memoir Of My Mind"
    Parental Advisory Is Necessary "A Memoir Of My Mind"
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    Parental Advisory Is Necessary "A Memoir Of My Mind"

    By A. Derice Corbin

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    Parental Advisory Is Necessary is my play on words. It’s the #1 issue in my mind that society needs to fix especially with young black youth. I used it in the title also as a warning of the explicit content that I have included, some in poem form and some in lyrical form. My two favorite music artist influenced that style more than anyone else, Prince and R. Kelly. The memoir portion of the title was chosen, because these are my mind’s thoughts, scribbled, jotted down, and wrote on everything from napkins to an IPAD. It’s transcribed from the imagination of creative black male growing up in the 80's who has traveled the world.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherA. Derice Corbin
    Release dateJan 1, 2014
    ISBN9781310719363
    Parental Advisory Is Necessary "A Memoir Of My Mind"

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      Parental Advisory Is Necessary "A Memoir Of My Mind" - A. Derice Corbin

      Introduction

      This was 38 years in the making. I've had all sorts of people telling me I should have been published, but I felt I wasn't ready. Parental Advisory Is Necessary is my play on words. It's what I think society needs especially with our young black youth. I used it in the title also as a warning of the explicit content that I have included some in poem form and some in lyrical form. My two favorite artists influenced that style more than anyone else, Prince and R. Kelly. The memoir portion of the title was chosen, because these are my mind's thoughts, scribbled, jotted down and wrote on everything from napkins to the IPAD. It's drafted from the imagination of creative black male growing up in the 80's to present day. Blame Dane (Ebook Launch) for the book cover, he delivered on time. This is not an autobiography so don't think these words are all about me, even though most of you will realize by the details and mention of family that some parts are my life. I've traveled the world in the last 20 years, and I was the first one to say I didn't think I would last that long, but I did. I've spent over a decade coaching and mentoring Hampton Roads youth through football from Parks and Recreation to high school. I invested money and time being a Dee-Jay, manager, producer and songwriter. I made sure the product made it to 106&PARK, so yes I have been backstage CBS studios in New York. (Thanks Brinx) Success at each step is what I determine success is, and this is one more step in my journey of success. Even after this is published, there is still more to the journey. Owning my own business and also making sure that the TDP Entertainment brand is associated with a major music artist, is still on the project list. I used to fear that people would take my writings and try to figure out who I was referring to in each and every line. Don't waste your time I have been influenced to write at moments, by reading books by JAY-Z (DECODED), listening to songs by Drake, Meek Mill, and watching movies like Freedom Writers. Lyrically I saw songwriters like Ne-Yo and The Dream write some of the best songs for superstar female artists like Beyonce, Mariah Carey, and Rihanna. I found a way to turn some of my observations into female songs. I decided to divide the book into three parts: Poetry, Random Thoughts, and Lyrics. A lot of my random thoughts still follow a rhyme scheme, but some are just so incomplete or impulsive that I felt they fit in the chapter. Everyone isn't going to understand or like everything in every Chapter, but this is life.

      I thank the man upstairs, for my family and true friends, and for all the talent he has given me. It is now time to share this one with the world.

      This is for all the people who influenced me to write, and just because I didn't mention your name in the book doesn't mean I forgot you. To my mother and father, thank you for life lessons.

      I meant it the first time I wrote or said it SKYVISION CREATION and TDP is forever!

      Chapter 1

      Poems

      From the mind to the paper even in high school........

      Open Letter

      A 70's baby

      Product of BC and Denise being his lady

      Raised catching that TRT with Minnie

      Summertime Granby Mall

      Whatever I wanted that money was spending

      Easter suits, records, tapes, and hard bottom shoes

      Stay out the street, stay on that Campostella block

      They were Great Grandma Alma rules

      I learned how to play b-ball behind that old Diggs Park Center

      Saturday's at Foreman Field watching the Spartan Legion become winners

      Lake Taylor and Booker T was all I knew

      Until I was absorbed by 6905 Bonnot Dr, Tanners Creek and Norview

      Played football in the alley, games more like street wars

      Where do they still do that at?

      Going so hard we started keeping stats,

      Nintendo going in on that Super Tecmo Bowl

      Me & Zo playing electric football with no field goals

      Granddad believed I could stand on my own

      Learned that lesson when we couldn't talk no more

      Been years, I miss that dude

      Still got a key to his front door

      Cry those tears, because I can't get those days back

      I'm praying, Lord forgives me at night when I lay back

      5am

      What she says, she really means

      Rather retire

      If she ain't on my team

      She saying she playing point guard, franchise tag

      She talking the only position

      Quit the old ways cause of all those years of resistance

      Damn how time flies, hesitant, even though

      We travel the same skies

      Locality evidently can't ease the pain

      All the lies and the truth

      She said she loss more than she can hope to gain

      X'd out the women even crossed out the men

      Who got new keys, still thinking they can win

      Forgot that the Lord make moves that we often don't understand

      And as long as you are breathing there will be a man

      She keep her mind locked as if she still in that old situation

      Like she trapped in a hospital

      Wish she could see, she is no longer that patient

      You ran out of patience

      Life different when u ask the maker to really take me

      Admit it; you really hate me, computer games trying to play me

      None of that hate stuff lately

      You still just sitting thinking and wondering

      Move off that because you still got your guard up

      You no longer guarding me

      Ducking dodging like Ali

      You think you got all of it and nobody really wants that

      But you forgot how to act

      Those memories won't fade

      Colder with every heartbeat

      Bitter with every line

      Every time you read the words that rhyme

      I'm hoping that things change in time

      That you recapture that essence

      That aurora, so fine

      Wake me up when that dream comes true

      It can be 5 in the morning as long as it's really you

      All

      I know you might want it all

      You might deserve it all

      I can't lie and

      Say I can provide it all

      I'm sure we can try it all

      From the winter to the fall

      If your body answers when I call

      You ain't too short or too tall

      You ain't too big or too small

      Do you want to make it happen from the bed to the wall?

      You had all your time to stall

      We been going at this like a game of dodge ball

      You know you can't feel it through the trackball

      You felt what you wanted

      Now the game is on

      Whether it's nightfall or in the rainfall

      Let's lay together, stay together

      That is all!

      THE ANGEL's BODYGUARD

      He sent you to me

      I was put here to protect you

      He gave you your wings

      I signed up to never neglect you

      I should be able to pull you out of the fire

      You finally convinced me I'm no longer for hire

      I stand in silence

      You move in grace

      You can put away the halo

      When we are face-to-face

      All these times before

      I thought what I was doing

      Would benefit me

      Now from your words, there is a benefit indeed

      Somehow some way I have to

      Shield you from the pain

      Let me be the one who gets drenched if it rains

      The one to accept the hurt

      If it's to be handed

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