I'm Not High

Ever since health class I was informed on drugs and beer,

alcohol, wine, and all things fine,

including Everclear.

...

As it was ever clear,

that my health I should hold dear,

and prioritize

My safety,

to not just do those things safely,

cause we've seen people eat forbidden fruit all just to hasty

...

The posters, the rosters,

the offers to

Buy the products

That can cause people to act with disorderly conduct

To low prices

and deals that people think are a steal

As they want to feel

Loose, relaxed, and fun

A distorted nervous system

to mask what is real

I was warned of negative effects that can damage the brain

A moment of fun can lead to a lifetime of pain

Some people are too far gone,

and don't wake up, responsive see?

The advertisements always say, "Smoke & Drink Responsibly."

...

Every time I go to parties

people can hardly

hold back that they want to see me

drink and do drugs

So much, that it just bugs

me and pisses me off to no extent

So, I take my frustration from those events

and use it to invent

More neural network links

That form from words to designs that I can think

...

When I speak

They think, I'm on something unique

"I want whatever he's on"

The fact is, I'm not gone

Or on

Something else that's put me in an elevated state

If you wanna elevate your state

And not just be in one that was agitate-

Ed

Debated

Reverberated

You gotta practice or put yourself in a state

In which your body and mind can cooperate

And gestate

To create

Something new,

or remake

-Ing

Not faking

The actions you should be taking

...

Instead of acting or speaking before thinking

If you got an inkling

To put pen to paper

Drawing worlds with words, to be inking

Instead of playing

and laying

Into the hands

Of the Man

Or Stereotypes

I use my voice, like a mic, to type

That's a Stereo Type

Writer

A fighter

As I've paid my dues and taxes along with the pied piper

...

As I was told to avoid the false paradise

As avoiding those things, cause giving them up is not a sacrifice

Sure, I can enjoy a vodka, mule, beer, or even grey goose

But there's somethings I refrain from touching, cause they could let loose

An addiction

Affliction

That I've seen others been cursed with

Trying to escape to a better place, being a wordsmith

And putting two-and-two into

The two

Hemispheres of my mind

I'm using more than my hind

Brain

Though you might think I'm insane

Before this, I rhymed to zygotes and membranes

So let me lay claim

...

That I'm not high

As I tie

Words together like a shoelace

I keep my vision open like an airspace

If you wanna get on

What I'm on

You gotta get off

So cast-off

What brings you away

what you can do today

So I write-off

You write-off

As We put in the work to get a payoff

Like rockets, we liftoff

Facing the inner demons we standoff to face-off

As the addictions we brush-off

...

I don't get high

But I can get high

Apply

Myself so thereby

I'm still no wise-guy

But I will touch

The Sky

Unleash my war cry

Words richer than Versailles

No fox, but still sly

So let's fly

And ally

When we are not tongue tied