Be Yourself

Ya'qub —

"Don't worry about what they think or say. Just be yourself!"


When you read the above, what does it make you think about?

If someone said it to you, how would you feel?


But how much of our 'self', is actually ours?

How many hours of the day are you the 'self' which pleases your boss, colleagues or classmates?

What about our friends?

Do you always feel you can say what you really think to your parents?

How often can you just sit back and 'be yourself'?

True Freedom

Courage —

This is a rap/poem whatever you want to call it that I've written. Please don't imagine me in some bling-bling! I don't do that stuff. Have a read and tell me what you think. It's called True Freedom, it may scare some people, but tough luck. Tell me what you think.


The drugs, the clubs and all the booze

Gave me the buzz, the notion of being full

How much money you had, or whether you could pull

The media, the magazines set the expectations

Making you think it was the aspiration

But that was before I got the news

Of the Truth, the Right and the only One

I've moved on since the old days

Left the idea of artificial fun

Learnt to correct those ways


Despite all the times that I've gone wrong

I've been blessed with the will to stay strong