NameBrand

from When January Blooms by G~Mile

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lyrics

I know the power
of a name brand
Will you ever be the
same, damn

That's what they calling
a name brand
It makes people wanna
say "damn!"

How you got that power
in your hand
IPhone X
unlimited data plans

I know the power
of a name brand
Will I ever be the
same damn

Why they love me
for a TED talk
Never checked on me
for my thoughts

Tried to suggest
that I wasn't well
Giving Hong Baos
just to pay the bail

What's the power
of a brand name
All it ever does is
cause pain

Y'all like my pictures
in a suit
but when it comes to my
music you don't really give
a hoot

Look at me
like another
nincompoop
Lost in the World
“Scoop tee Whoop
Whoopty whoop”

That's the power
of a brand name
Have your idols suicidal
over damn fame

Have your idols
in denial over history
Shaking hands of the vultures
of the tyranny

That's the power of
a name brand
Catch me rocking knock offs
like the lames can

At the Pearl Market
money changed hands
I'm just trying to be
cool like a name brand

TED talk pic got
more "likes" than
my album, shit
Heartbreak Kid
coming out of retirement

I know the power
of a name brand
Traveled the world
to ball louder
than the Space Jam

But now I'm Space Ghost
to the ones who wrote
"Thinking of your family"
but will change like
InstaPost

A brand name won't get her
to want to have my daughter
but it might find love
in Jakarta

I'm drinking
Indonesian java
in the land that molded
Young Obama

He was global without
a silver spoon
I'm worried about student loans
as January Blooms

Yet, people got the
nerve to sit in your
damn chair
and lecture you
about the rumors
that enflamed their hair

From Shanghai-to-the-Chi
I know the power of
a name brand
All that Versace can't
protect the body from
the pain, damn

Million-dollar home
falling to pieces…

All around you...

credits

from When January Blooms, released January 1, 2019

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G~Mile Sacramento, California

Poet.
Lyricist.
Singer.
Trumpet "Playa".
Dancer.
Comedian. Entertainer.
Educator.
Motivational Speaker.
Storyteller.
Story gatherer. Deliverer of the Cinnamon Toast Crunch Hymns.

My words.
My thoughts.

For those who show love.

& for those who think they are "leaders" when they are really oppressors.

This is my soul on digital display.

All is Well.

Like Grandmama used to say. ... more

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