You Ain't Gotta Lie: All Things Have It's Purpose

You Ain't Gotta Lie: All Things Have It's Purpose:   Eventually my aunt had to hop off the D train to go to work. This gave me more time to reflect in my thoughts as to what I could do to...

You Ain't Gotta Lie: Judged By an Empty Jury

You Ain't Gotta Lie: Judged By an Empty Jury:   In early March I was sitting in the Bronx Criminal Court waiting for my case to be called. While waiting forever and a day for my case...

You Ain't Gotta Lie: Bernie 2020: Maybe?Maybe Not

You Ain't Gotta Lie: Bernie 2020: Maybe?Maybe Not:   Not too long ago I was watching the news. It was said that possible democratic candidates were in key states around the country on cam...

You Ain't Gotta Lie: A Letter to Patriots

You Ain't Gotta Lie: A Letter to Patriots:   Imagine if you were able to leave this country and see it from another angle and from another place in the world. Poet and actor Saul ...

You Ain't Gotta Lie: Is Snowden Next?

You Ain't Gotta Lie: Is Snowden Next?:   As we all know at this very moment Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi is classified as dead. Khashoggi was known for creating a pla...

You Ain't Gotta Lie: The Views of an Outsider

You Ain't Gotta Lie: The Views of an Outsider:   In the year 2018 America's representatives are playing with the lives of her citizens. The statement above doesn't just go for...

You Ain't Gotta Lie: Islamiaphobia '16

You Ain't Gotta Lie: Islamiaphobia '16:   While sixteen is a age of maturation and discovery for me this wasn't the case. Ironically, the two main things that best shaped m...

You Ain't Gotta Lie: Elijah's Path

You Ain't Gotta Lie: Elijah's Path:   No matter many sob stories you tell me I don't want to hear them. No matter how many times you get cheated on don't cry on my ...

You Ain't Gotta Lie: Post Traumatic Loneliness

You Ain't Gotta Lie: Post Traumatic Loneliness:   Every morning I wake up with my dick hard as a rock. Come to think about it an alarm clock isn't needed, all I got to do is look i...

You Ain't Gotta Lie: Wife is the Color of Water

You Ain't Gotta Lie: Wife is the Color of Water:   Growing up in the black community I often never felt that I belonged. Forsaken I was indeed, especially by my own women. This could inclu...

You Ain't Gotta Lie: My First and Last Heartbreak

You Ain't Gotta Lie: My First and Last Heartbreak:   Believe it or not I once was a heartbreaker back in my teen years. One of my most remembered heartbreaks was a girl named Anastasia. Some...

You Ain't Gotta Lie: The Fire Next Time

You Ain't Gotta Lie: The Fire Next Time:   July 4, 2013 will be a day that I will never forget. Boredom was hitting me hard by the time it hit dawn, so I wanted something to cha...

You Ain't Gotta Lie: The Struggle of Art

You Ain't Gotta Lie: The Struggle of Art:   Abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass once said "If there's no struggle there's no progress." This quote ...

You Ain't Gotta Lie: Shitholes and the Rise of American Hope

You Ain't Gotta Lie: Shitholes and the Rise of American Hope:   Waking up to a tub full of toxic water isn't easy or fun to deal with. Being stopped by the police due to the color of your skin coul...

You Ain't Gotta Lie: The Last U.N. Conference

You Ain't Gotta Lie: The Last U.N. Conference:   I remember riding the 5 train back uptown on the last day of taking finals. Nine semesters with thirty plus credits next to my name ...