In the face of...

...adversity,
my death was the birth of me,
I put two fingers up to those who curse me,
I agreed to sign a lease for these city streets,
and nobody can hurt me,
I believe in freedom,
and I promote it perfectly,
geez...
what else do I have to say?,
I've killed off my old self,
but hang onto old ways...
old ways that don't die,
they continue to linger,
so I'll still pull the trigger on the middle finger,
if my process is being hindered,
I'm a winner,
I can go down but I get back up,
I'm tough,
like a piece of steel with no rust,
I kick dust,
in the faces of the corrupt,
while I become a soul you can trust and love.

What's the purpose of this write?,
how am I supposed to know,
take it with your perception,
and awaken your soul to become whole.

© Steve Bertrand aka. stevieb 20111029

Humanitarian cause

See, I despise the American way of life,
selling guns to other countries for genocide isn't right,
I love the American people,
but dislike those in power,
speak against me after I hit your hood with uranium showers,
I'm a person of peace,
despite what you believe,
I'm intrigued by your opinions,
but you speak while inner-city homeless can't eat,
if you want provocation,
first attend a political demonstration,
and begin debating,
why I'm loved more than I'm hated.

This is clearly about you,
the civilians I'm trying to protect,
you have nothing left,
wake up and protest,
I'm in angst but I'm not upset,
by your belligerent dissent,
I request your respect,
as I attest at your behest,
that you realize you're in a mess.

I'm in Canada,
but I live on some land,
take my hand,
so you understand,
that I don't bow to any man,
I'm anti-nation,
and I spit on my own government,
I'm under ethical rule,
so under man made corruption I want none of it.

So the next time you say,
that I'm shitting on your country,
know that the majority of your peers already love me,
North America is nothing,
it is very young,
I'll fight with my words,
as you instinctively reach for guns,
it isn't "my country",
and it certainly isn't yours,
so give up your boundary closed attitude,
and start thinking about a humanitarian cause.

© Steve Bertrand aka. stevieb 20111023

No fear

I believe in equality,
but dislike this monotony,
dotting i's and crossing t's,
look where society's lobotomy has gotten me,
put spray cans in my hands,
to put up political statements,
that denounce the hatred of the world's richest nations,
and spreading false information,
about the corrupt corporations that are publicly traded,
I want them disintegrated,
I'm a tyrant in the makin',
I love the look on their faces,
when their greed realizes that my soul can't be taken.

I'm not afraid to fight,
I've been clinically dead twice,
I've been in jail many times,
so I know what the police state is like,
I turn their fear into love,
to enlighten and delight,
speaking out is my right,
I fear not the system,
their bark is bigger than their bite.

© Steve Bertrand aka. stevieb 20111023

Rain on my parade

This guessing game is as fun as rain at a parade,
I'm tired of playing this almost every day,
it's lame,
and it's draining on the brain,
I've already taken too much of the blame,
pain is what this cycle creates,
a race,
after being sprayed in the face with pepper spray mace,
running around in this vicious circle collapsing only when my heart breaks,
but wait,
from the frustration comes salvation,
but just like masterbation,
feelings must be kept quiet,
as to not break the unbalanced silence,
I don't like it,
I'm allowed to feel hurt,
I do have self worth,
I now care how I feel,
after not caring since my birth,
it's not selfish to express what I've felt,
when nobody has helped,
I'm childish or complaining so my concerns are constantly quelled,
but I soldier on,
with unresolved complaints,
I sit alone confused and resentful until the next time I relive this fate.

© Steve Bertrand aka. stevieb 20111019

Incite change

Political and Corporate manipulation,
is the condemnation,
and makes humiliation,
of thoughts of a nation,
...so as individuals,
we lack public consternation,
and any power to lay waste to them.

The Government is another story,
of people working for their own glory,
do you know what it's like,
when you can barely make it through,
then the Feds come by and try to fuck you?

Don't worry,
the street life's still in my blood,
I'll threaten to start working for cash,
by returning to selling drugs.
You can't take from me what you can't see,
what you expect from me,
is impossible,
come on, think realistically.

I can't continue to slip into depression,
I will absolutely do what I must,
you take, take and take but never give back,
I'm here to say that I stopped giving a fuck.

Child support deadbeats,
you've allowed it for years,
all these *publicly* funded programs,
do nothing to alleviate tears.

Bailing out big banks,
what the fuck is that?
If it was me,
I'd allow the economy to collapse.

What about bailing out real people,
wow! that almost makes sense!
Oh wait, I forgot, for you short term,
there's no return on that investment.

Many funded programs,
are funded on a needs basis,
it's quantity not quality,
and the program directors become racist.
There is only one colour that many of them see,
one special colour, and that colour is green.

I'm not saying,
that they're all like that,
but the ones that are,
will deal with my verbal wrath.

I'm sick of witnessing those around me,
getting fucked and screwed,
by the very organizations,
created to protect me and you.

My efforts of making political statements,
are about to ramp up hard,
targeted, direct, to the point,
what you've seen so far is just the start.

I will use all the tactics that I have,
ones I've learnt in the streets,
and the ones these orgs use against us,
I'm going to turn the knife back at them and stab.

Anti-Political and anti-Corporate statements,
pain alleviation,
and the cultivation,
of public unrest,
of an entire nation,
speaking out is an infatuation,
and I will,
even if it's on my own,
lay waste to them.

I will assault those who have assaulted me,
verbally, emotionally, psychologically,
I've reached a boiling point,
I need to vent about all these things,
that are infuriating me.

This time though,
instead of aimless rage,
I have targeted feelings for those,
who take advantage of people,
they're the ones who will pay.

I have this uncanny ability,
to find out little secrets,
now though,
in public they will leak.

I will prove that to incite change,
all it takes is one,
one person to turn the tables,
and make YOU look like the thug.

-Steve Bertrand aka. stevieb 20101024