The return of Spoken Word night

So tonight I attended my first spoken word night in 3 years. And I have to say it was a good feeling getting back into the groove and performing a piece. Just to know that the audience is feeling your pieces just brings me back to why I started writing again. Being the perfectionist I am, I wished I could put more emotion into the pieces I performed. I mean yeah I gave emphasis, but I really felt like it could've been better. But like my friend said, its not a competition. Just feel good that you got back on the mic. Which I totally agree. But I'd have to thank him for getting my creative juices flowing.

Now when I write a piece, I put all my emotions into it. I only write when I have the inspiration to, I don't force it and I don't make a piece half ass. If I'm not putting 100% into it, then I can't call it a piece.

Here is the piece I performed today that I wrote for the occasion

This piece is about the goals I have in life and how trying to find a job I like sucks. Hope you like it

What Changed?

Gee, I can't wait to graduate and get a job!
Is what I said back in the day
Blinded by my ignorant college ways

Big dreams about cash I never saw the truth
Cause it's a lot of BS that I've been through
Now its true you give up lectures and tests
But you ive up funn stuff without time to rest
Let me profess the truth of after the diploma
Give you some insight of this real world coma

You give up going to classroom 925
To get a nine to five
Did I mention the possibility of overtime?

Your 3 months vacation shrink down to 10 days
Well... make it 15 if you include holidays

Instead of worrying about class the next day
Your concerned about stocks in your 401K

Projects, midterms and finals
becomes meetings, reports and reviews
Now is it a job your really want to pursue?

If I knew it was going to be elike this I would've got seven degrees
Broaden my mind instead of using Office XP

Plant some seeds and build my foundation
Have a idea and embark on its creation

Because when you die, how are you going to be remembered
Are you going to be known for being in a cubicle forever?

Fuck that, that's not going to be me
Because theirs a whiole of goals I want to achieve
Now some of this stuff might be hard to believe
But I will finish them before my hair recedes

I want to climb Mt. Fuji and see the Japanese sunrise
Watch the cherry blossoms bloom and fall with my own eyes

Learn how to play the guitar besides the song more than words
Run with the bulls and learn anchient proverbs

Learn the piano and participate in a symphony
Be arranged next to the trumbone and timpani

I want to visit the Filipino motherland
Be in a movie or commercial holding a fanta can

I picture myself acting like a unsung hero
Being in time square reenacting the My Boo Video

Dance to the center while singing the song
Have someone like Alicia Keys moving along

Whatever you may think just set yourself some goals
Something you want to do with your mind body and soul

Mass props to the people who enjoy their work.
That's like 10% of people on this earth

Sure right now they be happy acting the same
But 10 ears from now I want to ask What Changed?