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Imagine dealing with problem after problem after problem after problem in your life! For most of us, we don't have to imagine, it's a reality! From pain, to sickness to heartache, to the loss of a loved one, loss of a job, Etc, if you're human, more than likely you've dealt with or are dealing with a test in your life, whether big or small! The trick is how you deal with and overcome these tests. If we can keep in mind that nothing lasts forev...

Most of us have been in a meaningful relationship at one point or another in our lives. We know what it's like to be with only one person we care about and we know what it's like to give them one hundred percent of our love, time and everything else that comes with it. But there are those instances where you may meet someone else at work, school, it may be an old flame or someone you meet randomly on the street, that you can't seem to resist. ...

I'm from Monroe Projects in the Bronx N.Y, where 90%% of us were on welfare. When I was born I was on welfare, eating welfare cheese and watching my family struggle to get by and survive on a daily basis, so I know what it's like to try to survive living on public assistance. I often go through my old hood and reminisce about the old days, and it makes me feel grateful that i've made it to see 41 years old, because a lot of my friends haven't!...

They always try to tell me I'm spewing black rhetoric when I'm just not afraid to speak my mind on real things that are going on in and around my community.

We are all basically here speaking whatever it may be that is on our minds at the present time. As a people, we go through many different feelings and emotions throughout the day, and I find writing them down and expressing them may relieve some of the pressure or stress you may be dealing with in your life on a daily basis, as well as any positive sentiments you may have and want to jot down. I know that ever since I was a young boy I always ...

Prepare to be amazed and entertained. You would be surprised how beautiful words can be when put together the right way in the proper sequence. In my opinion, anyone can write poetry if they focused on it, we just don't have confidence in our imaginations. I say let your mind go, let your mind be free, and watch where it takes you....

This book is not intended to be used to try to down, belittle or point a finger at single mothers or parents of any gender for that matter. It is simply an unbiased look at one of the major problems that we face in the Black community, single parent households. All too often we seem to think that as long as we are compensated X amount of dollars every two weeks through child support, that we can replace a fatherly figure in the home. I often s...

Pain is terrible! Pain is awful! Pain is misery! But pain is also a lesson! Pain is also a teacher! Pain can be a blessing! Sometimes pain may make you get up and change something in your life to bring back something better! We don't realize a lot of times how pain can benefit us. Trust me I know, No one wants to deal with pain of any kind, whether physical, mental or spiritual. The thing is we need to learn how to grow to a level of patience ...

I would also like to say this is not to take a shot at single mothers or at women in general, I'm just giving my perspective on what it's like to be a single father in these days and times. I didn't ever think I would be in this position, it's really tough and an eye opener for me, especially as the time goes on. I would've never believed some of the stuff single fathers have to deal with if I didn't go through it first-hand myself. I know the...

We are a powerful group of Dread Heads! From different states, different time zones, with different beliefs, different backgrounds, different goals, Etc, But we were fortunately able to come together for one common cause. Every one deals with trials and tribulations in their life, as well as joy and happiness and we decided to share our experiences with the world in our Knotty Dread Diaries. I hope that you will enjoy, be intrigued, feel sad, ...

I come from a place where if you're not from around there you might not understand it. I see police on almost every block, stopping and frisking, harassing hardworking citizens etc... And in the midst of all this there is still a high rate of drugs and violent crime. To see the raw realities of life in certain poverty stricken or low wage communities is depressing to say the least. I decided to paint a vivid picture through rhyme of what I see...

If more people sat down and wrote down their thoughts, there would be less stress and a lot more books published in the world. I started writing over 20 years ago and haven't put my pen down since! Whether I'm writing a short story, poetry or a health themed book, I always try to free my mind through written expression. Instead of saying you can't do it or you don't know where to begin, just pick up a pen and start writing, or go to the closes...

I always come and speak my mind because we only live one time, I spread my thoughts in several books too much for one rhyme. And when I wake up in the morning to the sunshine? I always give thanks that I'm alive and that my sun's fine. Peace... Fly Ty Unchained

luckily I was able to cross paths with a great person who also happens to be a great chef, Miss Erica McCier. I was in the process of publishing my ninth book when we had a conversation and I suggested that she print and publish her personal recipes in a cook book, and she said she would think on it. A few days later, she called me and said she was interested and she wanted me to be a part of it. Being that I make smoothies and fruit juices at...

It was with great pleasure and overall ease that we created our second book together, Locs, Life, & Love: The Knotty Chroniclez -Volume II. This book came together so seamlessly that we didn't even realize the amount of material that we had until we were more than halfway done with the book! We literally lost ourselves between each line, creating and working, and in perfect unison to the other. This work is unashamedly poignant, honest, passio...

Monroe Projects, 1800 Story Ave... Man, where can I even begin to describe my old building of more than 20 years? Hmm, how about a ghetto, low income, poverty stricken, housing complex, located in the Soundview section of The South Bronx in New York City. A place where the 43rd precinct is located almost across the street, yet there are still very high levels of crime in the immediate area! Under my building, you might've seen a few drug sales...

As a black male, I am constantly asked why I care about how black women choose to wear their hair. I've gotten into debates and heated arguments over the years on the subject, from whether black women should where their natural hair to embrace what God has given them and be an example to young black girls looking for an identity in this world, to whether their hair shouldn't matter when it comes to defining who black women are. I personally be...

Pain is terrible! Pain is awful! Pain is misery! But pain is also a lesson! Pain is also a teacher! Pain can be a blessing! Sometimes pain may make you get up and change something in your life to bring back something better! We don't realize a lot of times how pain can benefit us. Trust me I know, No one wants to deal with pain of any kind, whether physical, mental or spiritual. The thing is we need to learn how to grow to a level of patience ...

I was beginning to suffer from aches, pains and certain diseases of the body like acid reflux, and in my opinion, it was mostly due to my lifestyle and diet. As I began to change my eating habits over the years, such as cutting red meat, pork and soda out of my diet, and consuming more water, vegetables and Tea, I began to notice how much better my body felt over all. While I still suffer with mild acid reflux at times, due to my diet change I...

I come from a project Housing Tenement in The Bronx N.y where whatever bad there was to see you saw it. From crack sales to shoot outs to police brutality etc... I decided to give a first hand perspective on the accounts I've seen over the years living under the poverty line in an environment that is designed for me to fail...