Isaias Acosta – Poem Revised

GOAT

January 28th, 1985, you arrived

You told us to “Love Yourz”,

cherish it, “no life is better than yours.”

Your wordplay are like strands of nylon,

embedded into one.

As you dropped classics, you called yourself Simba 

but you let your hair grow out,

you don’t give a damn about opinions.

You speak from the soul,

words absorbed with such cadence,

as I look in the mirror,

I have headphones on,

I’m making a smug face.

Endless flows, I’m dancing like a parrot

I realize I’m in Cole’s world.

You speak from experience,

you’re seen as a role model

you’re seen as a hater

to me, you’re one of the greatest,

who made a name for Dreamville.

Classics upon classics,

hits upon hits,

you feel the serenity of turquoise

with your beats,

the passion of lavender

through your lyrics,

the bravery of crimson

as you speak his mind.

Length of a beanstalk, fit for a Bentley,

with your new signature Puma Dreamer shoes,

people want to be Cole.

Now we’ll wait for “The Fall Off”,

with our dirty old sneakers,

just like you like it Cole.

SPEECH

Wise man once said to love your life

cherish it, you’re the protagonist

strands of nylon, embedded into one

once known as Young Simba

now seen as a king, Mufasa

his words are from the soul

absorbed with such cadence

as you look in the mirror

you have headphones on

you’re making that face

he’s Goku’s journey on snakeway.

Endless flows, you imitate a parrot

you realize, it’s a ( ) world

speaks from experience

seen as a role model

seen as a hater

to me, he’s one of the greatest.

Classics upon classics

you feel the serenity of turquoise

with his beats

the passion of lavender

through his lyrics

the bravery of crimson

as he speaks his mind.

Beanstalk, fit for a Bentley,

with his new signature Puma shoes,

people are craving to be ( ),

his world is our world,

we’ll dirty our sneakers, 

just like the goat likes it.