You can’t fight or hurry love
That’s something I’m only really learning
To do so, goes against your own good
Becomes something you can end up burning.

It’s not a fight
Where one has victory
It is not something
You control.

It is a light
That burns out misery
But needs two loving
Willing souls.

It is a torch
To be carried wisely
A flame
To be fed with care.

It is a force
One that guides me
Though I must admit
I know not where.

It is something
That breathes youth
It is something
That gives hope.

It can be tender
Or a brute
Depending
On the road.

Paths
Don’t always cross
Or
At the right times.

And it is as much
A meeting of hearts
As it is
A meeting of minds.

But if you can’t fight it
And you can’t hurry
Enjoy ‘life’, for ‘it’
And don’t worry.

Can’t fight
Can’t hurry
Enjoy your life
Try not to worry.

© Daniel Breslin

As long as you exist
Don’t you ever quit
Your dreams are legit
Don’t let them take the life from it.

Believe in yourself
Reach for your goals
And when you fall, recoup
Breathe strength back in your soul.

Don’t burn yourself out
Got to know when to take a break
That let’s us find out what we’re about
To quit is the real mistake.

Your dreams may change
You can change along with them
But if they stay the same
Still keep them in your vision.

Every dream you chase
And every path you walk
Never deem a waste
If you use as food for thought.

People can quit on you
You can quit on them
But if you quit on you then too
Then most everyone’s quit my friend.

So don’t you ever quit
This life right now is it
Your feelings are legit
So feel free in it.

For nothing feels as good
As when you are working toward something
That’s why we love love
And we hate working for nothing.

When you’re knee deep in the shit?
Still, don’t you ever quit
It’s your right, this life is it
Don’t let them take the light from it.

Find some strength in your pit
Resist and persist
Opinions aren’t worth shit
When you never quit.

© Daniel Breslin

Hmm Hmm Hmm Hmm
What’s that you say?
You want to send a little love
This mans way?

Hmm hmm hmm hmm
That sounds okay
I’ve been dancing in the dark so long
Sure could use, some of your Sun rays.

Hmm hmm hmm hmm
Go ahead make my day
I’m just smiling
I ain’t got much to say.

Except, hmm hmm hmm
That sounds okay
I been dancing in the dark so long
Sure could use, some of your Sun rays.

© Daniel Breslin

You spit game
I speak truth
Out creating a role for yourself
I got a goal for the youth.

You talk cool
You talk money
I talk soul
You talk funny.

You talk trash
You talk hype
You talk flash
You talk shite.

You talk fame
I talk life
You talk game
I talk right.

You talk celebrity
Could become that in my leisure me
But I’d much rather people measure me
On my damn integrity.

You talk cool
You talk money
I talk soul
You talk funny.

© Daniel Breslin

Hey, you miss me?
Been down dealing with my history
Hopped back up on my feet
Was it you that dared to diss me?

Hell no, I ain’t bitter, me?
But take that back now quickly
You are watching a man
Marching toward a victory.

Some around me might choose losing
But I ain’t got to keep losing with em
I can take a God damn bruising
You ain’t looking at no victim.

Yeah I got my loyalties
I got my sensitivities
But some of them been destroying me
So it’s time to do things differently.

Heyyyyyyyyyy! Ya miss me?
Been down dealing with my history
Hopped back up on my feet
Was it you that dared dismiss me?

© Daniel Breslin

If you got feelings for some girl
And she don’t want to know
Run into them feelings
So you can let them go.

Don’t run from your feelings
That’s what cowards do
If you don’t explore them you can’t leave them
These words I say are true.

You got your feelings for a reason
So explore them, push through fear
They could be just misguided nothing feelings
Or have deeper meanings than they appear.

And if you don’t explore and express your feelings
How can anyone feel you?
You be running into walls and ceilings
Your whole life through.

Now me for instance,
I had feelings for some girl
But I don’t keep them hidden,
I show them to the world.

Now I’m not advising that
But explore them in yourself
And if you can manage that
You already offer so much to someone else.

Now I damn well lost the girl
But I gained so much in me too
So while the clouds might still look a little grey
The sky be shining blue.

I had so much on my mind
Was giving so many others my support
I think I needed some of mine
Deep down hoped she would be the source.

Now that’s a lot to ask
As I was carrying so much weight
But once I acknowledged that
I could see my own mistakes.

I’d to start cutting them weights free
As they’d become too much to bear
And it was weak of me
To expect that girl to share.

I’d to dive once more through pain
To discover this stuff out
But if I didn’t I’d still be the same
And all that stuff might still be about.

Now I damn well lost the girl
But I gained so much in me too
And I am now in the right place and state of mind
To find those things and happiness with someone new.

So go explore your feelings
Or them feelings will be owning you
And them feelings may turn to demons
If you don’t run them feelings through.

Demons breathe more demons
I’ve fought many in my time
If you don’t fight them quick
They fester in your mind.

And you’ll start to carry them demons
In almost everything you do
Till you’re dealing with so many demons
No one but demons be feeling you.

So don’t run from your feelings
That’s what cowards do
Run into your feelings
Till you’re feeling something new.

© Daniel Breslin

Ain’t nothin’ like your crew
You know who I’m talkin’ bout too
They’re the ones who got your back
Like no one else do.

With you through and through
When this world creep up on ya
Nearly rather die too
Than ever go and wrong ya.

Some say a wise man can be found on his own
A weak one, in a pack
But I’m a tell you right now
I don’t completely agree with that.

Cause ain’t nothin’ like your crew
Know who I’m talkin’ bout too
They’re the ones who got your back
When no one else do.

When you’re feeling hard done
Victories coming hard won
They shine that bit a Sun
There to remind you of the world’s fun.

They that little bit mad
Got that little bit of spark
When life is beating you bad
They give you a little heart.

Cause ain’t nothing like your crew
Know who I’m talkin’ bout too
They feel and know the real you
Make you laugh to heal too.

Ain’t talkin’ bout the weasels
Hiding in a pack
I’m talkin’ bout your people’s
Surrounding at your back.

And I ain’t talkin’ bout the ones
Only down or up for a fight
I’m talkin’ bout the ones
Who fight through dark to create some bright.

Put a smile on your face
Try to shield you from life’s blows
Cheer you through your highs
Dance you through your lows.

With you through and through
When this world creep up on ya
Nearly rather die too
Than ever go and wrong ya.

In a world obsessed with celebrity
My crew to me is everything
They’re the human stars I’m treasuring
Real people, worth remembering.

Lucky if you have one
Can take time to rid some bad ones
I’ve been blessed with many good mad ones
That’s my crew, I’m glad to have them.

A family strangers grew
You chose them, and they chose you
On our own there’s so much we do
STILL-AIN’T-NOTHIN’-LIKE-YOUR-CREW.

© Daniel Breslin