WRAPPED

I was told, in order to find the answer, 1 must ask the question
& with that being said, let us begin the lesson
now I'm bout to aim in a new direction
so understand that you might need viewer discretion

Yes it very much so is advised
see I'm going in about is something that takes lives
& no its not guns or knives
Or even a gang member no crip nor blood
Its about this virus which spreads through making love

Oh no he isn't & this could not be
Yes mutha fucka I'm bout to spit about aids & H I V
Gimme a second to keep it real I mean I gotta keep it G

Now before you want to lay it down
Can I break it down?

Ok so before you turn since I speak of this taboo,
Take a second to really appreciate you

For your life is nothing to play with
I know in 2010 sex can b something kind hard to quit
But understand that if your sexing you need to do it legit

Safe sex can save you the death stress
Yet condom or not every 6 months take your ass to get a test
Unless you wanna check out early & leave behind a mess

Yes strap it up And wrap it up
No glove No love
Those are the rules never sit on the fence
Or to save yourself a whole lot of drama& focus on abstinence

See this virus itself is one that spreads
So before yall hit the hotels & beds
Take the time to know ahead

I mean yes many say the government administered aids
& magic is gonna give us the cure when he performs his last fade away
Yall remember when EaZy got it he was gone the next day

But until we can get a grip on this
Make sure you know what it is

I mean understand I'm no preacher
nor teacher
I'm just inspired to make our people think deeper
Cause by no means I'm I in a rush to meet the reaper
& by that respect you shouldn't either

Wrap it up, get tested

-Darrin Elliot

Lay Low

I just had to let yall remember who runs this rap shit

LOOKING IN

I'm constantly on the outside lookin in
motivated to eat success & determined to digest a win
cause by now Its either sink or swim
&
at this point my actions place my back against the wall
so I have no choice but to go out & ball
see back when the gates of hell opened up, I smiled at them all

cause these demons of mine are really the worst of the worst
but I look to my talent & blame it as a gift & a curse
league of extraordinary gentlemen I'm knighted as 1 of the 1st

but my smooth manners & my unique sense to dress
will not take my dreams alone & impress
any casting director or EP in which I need to finesse
so I just count on the fact that I'm 1 of the last that's left

which for me works out as being best
I'm bubbling in "C" on the scantron when it comes 2 life's test
so out of respect of that alone I'm truly blessed
& I say this prayer to God until my unrest

"Please Dear Lord teach me whatever is that's left because my faith in you allows me to fell better than the rest"

& after my prayer I lay down my head a rest
& after each night & day I talk to him just to confess

we talk about my patience & my sins
until I can come to grips with it, I'm stuck on the outside looking in.

-Darrin Elliot

C-san "All Night"

So heres another west coast anthem from rising under ground heavy hitter C-san. This dude is getting good. Now not only is this guy a ill lyricist he showcases his unique ability to ride a beat so fluidly. This is definitely a new banger with a simple yet needed beat, and will be a song that you hear beating in cars smashing down Crenshaw through Fairfax. For the song "All night" by C-San click here

FACTS

Ran across this video & its rather amazing if you can fully grasp everything. Take a look for your self.

Manhood

So yea here I am at 22. Darrin Elliot, son of lori & Darrin Sr. Thank you to all who hit me up & or even came out yesterday to show me birthday love. Last night was a wonderful night which definitely summed up my year being 21. I was around family, friends, beautiful women, good food & yea alcohol. I couldn't have been happier. I'm now a year older which makes me a year stronger & a year wiser.

A young man becomes a man, as I do what I have to do in order to make a name for myself in the world of art & film. Speaking of which stay tuned for that, I'm having local legend Zach Wade shoot my head shots. He's one hell of a photographer who I'm sure will be able to get me right & ready for these casting directors. I'll post the pics when I get em.

Also with age brings wisdom & confidence so expect my grind to only increase as I race for my dream. I just gotta take it one day @ a time & always remember what my boy Travis told me.

"Congrats on making it another year bro, go hard & remember you can't lose on 22's

-Darrin Elliot

HOURS AWAY

So Im bout to turn 22 at midnight. 2-16-88 was the date a star was born. So here i go bout to bring in another year. I blessed to have made it. But as I turn 22 I want to say RIP to Antwan Cole. A good friend of mine an former teamate of mine. Dude has the same B-day as me, so in a few hours he would have as well been 22.

"I love you man, keep watching over me & make sure you help me stay focused, you taught me to always be patient & thats a lesson im still learning. You are forever in my thoughts & prayers. Love you bro"

Antwan E Cole 2/16/88-2/8/08

-Darrin Elliot

PEACE

Is it ever to much to just ask for peace?
I guess our American society created a beast
A generation in which romes the streets
Take lives everyday & breeds countless thief's

But damn can we please hold a moment of silence
Just pause from rapist, killers & gun violence
lets take this time to remember a peace & love alliance

Cause at the end of a day we all bleed the same blood
We show the same love
We all came from above

& to be angry enough to end a life & force a heart to stop
Only breaks the heart of a mother, she completely drops
To her knees as time sits at a freeze

She just want her baby boy back in her arms
The only place where he could do no wrong
& he's 100% safe from harm

See so as I please ask for peace
Cause I have lost 11 friends alone to the middle east

Trying to serve & protect the nation in which they stand for
While the same bloods & crips constantly die for

But see a solider dies from a militant ied or bullet being shot
While the thug just dies for repping his block
Now let's not stop

Can we dig deeper into the rabbit hole
Who showed them gangstas on how to really roll
I'm pretty sure it was legislative patrol
See they hold control

On what can happen & what needs to be done
instead they let us shoot us in the face with a nine or machine gun
That's not how the war is really won
They just can't stand to see the minority become # one
& that itself is more than the weight of a metric ton
Damn I hate to be that one

But if I can't say it then I guess it just sits at an ease
But never will I assume its too much to ask for peace

-Darrin Elliot

3 KINGS.

In my opinion, no one will ever reach their level of greatness they set the bar. My opinion only though.

West Coast the Best Coast

I mean enough is said. I love the West.

Personal ART

I would have to say as an Artist I love art, like seriously love it. In the form of art a lot of my writing is purely art however some of my work may be personal and touch me in some way shape or form, and be directly or indirectly about myself. This one could be considered one of those poems.

Why do u assume someone else is better than me?
Fuck I thought I was your son until I D-I-E?
Like didn't we come from the same family tree?
& aren't you here to help motivate & navigate me?
I guess I just chuck deuces at the word destiny
Cuz I'll be damned if you fill my heart with negativity
When I know my soul is full of creativity
So what if I didn't pursue football & a better college degree
Your the sorry excuse of a parent who loves conditionally

Yea I fuckin said it when you say father I often laugh
Makes me be like damn can he even spell the word dad

Well like I said I laugh cuz its all apart of my past
& I'm built ford tough like I was made to last
So let's just rearrange the looking Glass
head back to the future while having a blast
Just smirk while the crowd holds their breath & gasp
As I finesse the finishing move with skill & make my big splash

& honestly I just Feel like no one could ever berate me
Cuz if it ever boils down to pure talent then I'm alone greatly
So never mistake me
Nor underrate me
You fuckin asshole understand that no one is better than me.

-Darrin Elliot

Artistically

Definitely one of my favorites

Artistically
I believe no body can fuck with me
My level of cockiness is preset to a whole new degree
I mean I set the bar on this real shit you see
Real niggas & OG's say damn I'm what they used to be
So I just air my talent around as I say repeat after me

Now let's pause for outstanding greatness for this here young man
Not afraid to make mistakes while he alters life's game plan
I just let my fuckin wings expand
Take a look at myself & say damn I'm that young man

22 ready to take the world raw & full steam
Martin Luther sold me a on a Dream
So it might seem that I can become a self proclaimed king

A junior to the throne
Never afraid to leave home
Don't ever need to start packing chrome
Yet I still invade countries like Spain & Rome

Yes spartan blood with the origins of Creole & Africa flowing in my veins
Until I can peacefully enjoy my reign
I just have to hold my head in shame

Best way 2 explain

it is I'm mad this shit isn't easy at all
Yet no matter how big or small
I'm gonna simply out weigh & out play them all

Whether its falling of a bike
Or a son & mother fight
Could be my whack ass fathers lack of sight
Or my own irresponsible habits that I like

To always blame
yet I'm the only one to tame
Like these constant rhymes which become a source of my pain
I simply ignite my own heartbeat like that of a flame

While riding through a lane of change
I quietly ask to remain better yet the exact same

I just want to state that no body can fuck with me
So I sit alone artistically

-Darrin Elliot

SIMPING 101

In light of valentines day approaching, this is one of the many soft gushy poems in my arsenal.

So why can't I get you off my mind?
I guess its cuz I want you to be all mine
& in due time
We can rewind
& re read the texts we constantly send 2 make a smile appear
Back & fourth & front to back infatuation's begin to premier
As we steer,

This new found crush
We begin to act off this new found lust
& just textin you everyday isn't really enough
I think its to the point where I'm longing for your touch

But its all cool
See this is how the players move
I operate with finesse so I don't know how to lose

But damn babe I really wanna get you off my brain
Cuz I'm to grown to feel like I'm stuck in these puppy love games
But in a sense its all really just the same
Just a matter of shooting the love gun to a perfect aim
In our hearts
& its where it starts
So we value this time like its fine art
While our infatuation climbs the charts
Just hoping we don't land on restart

& we seem to run this course of like until our sneakers tread
But instead we continue to sit back & repeat what we said
No he's just friend & naw she's my homie we aint seen the bed
So we just keep it pushing like we work a dog sled
we just keep it hazardous like an infant playing in a tool shed
But fuck it the fact stays the same I can't get you out my head

-Darrin Elliot

We're Done

Artistically this here is one of the more fun poems that I've wrote.

if you've ever been through a serious breakup then hopefully you can feel me on this.

Now that we're done here's something I should say
Your single I'm single so let's try to keep it that way

No on & off again cuz that route is far too messy for me
We broke up for obvious reasons no need for make believe

No reason for phone calls text messages & even late night visits
You might say I'm being mean, but I just want a smooth transition

Yea smooth unlike the seven months we put each other through
You cheated I cheated I guess we both played the fool
& please let us not waste time blaming who blames who
Cuz we both seen a fire & decided to drag each other through

You can go get a new boo, just let me play the field
So I'm rolling a 9 or a 10 on the come out, let me double my deal

Not to say that you were anything less
Hell truthfully you might remain the best of the best
But to my unrest
I could never stress
or force me becoming a mess
Especially since I know that your not the last that's left

& yup neither am I,
I'm simply just one hell of a guy
The one that made you glow & put that special sparkle in your eye

That was then & this is now
Were broken up & we both know how

No un solved mysteries, csi or even cold case
Just take your love for me & put it in a whole new place

I can't lie you do give me this bitter sweet taste
But right now my tounge is numb so no need to stuff my face

& now that we're done here's something that I should do
Make sure you don't reminisce about us just continue to do you

& since its over & I know between us its a wrap
Anything I ever gave you I don't want or need it back
So please don't hit me up for it, cuz that shit is simply whack

But look now that we're done here's something I need to say
I'm single your single let's try to keep it that way.

-Darrin Elliot