Never Give Up Or Quit

I keep forgetting who I am, don't think anyone can understand, my struggle is privileged, but most couldn't have lived it, my grass is green for sure, but how do I keep my hope and faith pure, I'm tired of being resilient, sometimes my rhymes might be too brilliant, y'all can't handle the raw truth, some say it's uncouth, better to be pc, fuck drag I wanna rap and sing as just me, why all the sequins and glitter, I'm proud to be short bald and thicker, I'm still sexy as hell, I don't need extra whistles and bells, I hate all the shticks, and slapstick gimmicks, where has true talent gone, repetitive mumble rap is just wrong, love when fans sing along with my songs, I believe lines should be drawn, time to raise the bar, set higher standards and par, accept everyone for who they are, ignore the flaws and scars, look beyond the superficial surface, my smile often hides this worthlessness, we forget quick, that no matter what...never give up or quit!

Peace and 1,

Joe Conscious 

7/2/22

Happy Pride

All this month people ask what pride means to me, to sum it up it's self love and genuine unconditional authenticity, even tho at times it seems impossibly hard, to feel seen and heard for being exactly who u are, it's so so necessary and invaluable, sure superficiality is malleable, but ur identity is not defined by who u sleep with, finding love can seem like a mountain peak of a secret and the hill to climb is the steepest, yet it is totally worth it, after all isn't love life's truest purpose, no matter if ur lesbian gay trans pan or straight , we all have hearts that bleed and beat the same, love transcends, while also powerful enough to heal and mend, even the most vulnerably broken, pop ur perspective bubbles remain humble keeping ur minds and eyes wide open, visibility is extremely important, society must keep continuing evolving morphing forward, I relentlessly try to spread truth love consciousness and light, break down boundaries and fight presumptuous stereotypes, absolutely none of us are less, let's take the time to talk uncensored sex, may as well say gay, cuz u ain't able to pray it away, and being inclusive, shouldn't feel intrusive nor elusive, tho we won the marriage battle the war for equality is far from over, publicly hug hold hands kiss and provide a comforting shoulder, when we know better we gotta do better, united together we can conquer and weather, this is my own home city's 4th step in the right direction, since we all deserve representation affection and protection, I'm real lucky honored privelaged and blessed, cuz my Cranston Rhode Island family friends and fans are simply the best, supporting this openly gay rapper singer songwriter and poet on his crazy journey, to ultimately discover and learn me, if u take away anything today please, come follow my lead, while our rainbow flag's raised waves and flies high, nobody's allowed to be bullied shamed or forced to hide, how about we join together as allies, let's give a great big round of applause for all y'all for coming out to celebrate and show Pride!

Peace and 1,

Joe Conscious 

6/7/22

Truth Ain't Pleasant

I gave up on writing, like I did fighting, lost the strength, to go the length, follow what I believe in, dismissed what I'm achieving, with every song I created, like a newborn I'm elated, what a beautiful gift, meant to help uplift, the whole globe, with all my heart and soul, afterall music transcends language, soothes the pain and anguish, when ur feeling lost and alone, blast the radio get stoned and in the zone, til all ur problems melt away, u find urself unafraid, ur focus changed, altho some lyrics are strange, ain't no rhyme or reason, mumble rappers committing treason, where's the rhythm and poetry, whether woefully or hopefully, we need passion and purpose, instead of gangsters promoting drugs and murders, not doing me any favors, acting like ur average Joe next door neighbor, the people want other worldly, why has gay become synonymous with girly, I hate stereotypes and assumption, we have forgotten the power and responsibility of consumption, I know the truth isn't always pleasant, but like Whoopi got the Sister Act 2 class to sing "better wake up and pay attention"!

Peace and 1,
Joe Conscious 

5/18/22

My Rhyme Grind

One day at a time, trying to get back on my rhyme grind, hopefully 40s will be my prime, gotta grow a spine, leave all the drama and bs behind, pay no mind, be kind, everything will be just fine, don't let love make u blind, my shine ain't a crime, smoke some weed and unwind, open ur minds eye to see the sign, as an empath I can't always define what's urs or mine, should draw a more definitive boundary line, and remember ur body is ur one and only temple/shrine!

Peace and 1,
Joe Conscious

5/18/22

Lift Each Other Up

Beat by Jon Bobbi
Chorus written and sung by Erin Oliviera
Rap written and performed by Joe Conscious

Chorus

Another day another grind 

In a world that's so unkind

Always racing here and there 

To get ahead...nobody cares

What if we looked around 

And helped each other out

Love always wins when we lift each other up

I'd rather ride solo than die over fomo 

This mofo of a homo's social and approachable

Totally toke a bowl 

Drop a dope flow 

In case y'all don't know I go by Joe

Or MCJC/The Poet

Gonna get my Grammy winning game going

Exploding bicoastaling and globe trolling

Til I'm controlling all the charts

Cuz my hip hop's 

Straight gay from the heart

Lyrically and spiritually smart

Add my music to ur kart

Show us indy artists working the hardest love

Cuz we need to help lift each other up

So lost and sold

Logo'd cookie cutter molds

No one's revolutionary bold

Just intentionally discriminate distant and cold

Miss this happiness bliss of hugs and hand holds

Chorus

Another day another grind 

In a world that's so unkind

Always racing here and there 

To get ahead...nobody cares

What if we looked around 

And helped each other out

Love always wins when we lift each other up

I open up my eyes 

To realize life's strife and grind

U can't buy or rewind time

I find dropping a rhyme

Live on a dime's

When I truly Shine Thru

Look how me and Erin do 

We're better together

I'll never forget her

With the voice of a soulful angel

Style's intertwined entangled

Beautifully groovy moving 

And soothing to all humans

Mending mindbending transcendent 

It's pretty damn evident

Two or a few's greater than one

Music can have a healing feeling yet be meaningful and fun

Put down ur guns

Use ur lungs

To shout ur bout

Pay it forward helping someone else out

We're all fathers and mothers sisters and brothers

Only suckers stay stuck in the ghettos and gutters

Those magical moments that matter most happen during supper

Remembering it's deeds not words so please it's worth the work to be another unconditional lover/lifter upper hustler

Chorus

Another day another grind 

In a world that's so unkind

Always racing here and there 

To get ahead...nobody cares

What if we looked around 

And helped each other out

Love always wins when we lift each other up

"There's Got To Be A Way"

 

Been practicing acting that I'm a good loser, funny how cliche the abused becomes the abuser, enormously handling life poorly, feeding the feeling of poor me, wasting so much energy, fighting the frenemy envy/jealousy, it sucks and is fucked up, how most lgbtqa don't know real friendship community or love, my experience isn't the norm, always been an outsider trying to conform, out of sheer loneliness, wish I could cure fear and phoniness, I'm an old school genuine gentleman, humbly both sexy and intelligent, just not everybody's cup of tea, lost my self respect living to people please, forgetting I too am valuable and worthy, I'm terrified y'all want to hurt me, claiming I'm one of those white privileged gays, here to just steal and appropriate, like one race owns hip hop culture, I ain't a snake shark or vulture, but I do love Mariah Pac and Lauryn Hill, absolutely will stand on my talent passion and skill, I don't want to do anything else, music's therapeutic soothing and really helps, in fact it saves my life each and every day, go look up "Everything Is Everything" "Unconditional Love" and "There's Got To Be A Way"!

Peace and 1,
MCJC/The Poet
1/3/22

BET

 "Living my best life lately, only thing yall love is to hate me, bunch of fake wanna be gs, only one I gotta make believe's me, don't let my insecurities drive my need to people please, since sometimes I don't love or even like my own damn self, I at least admit and ask for help, can u, cuz look at urself in the damn mirror dude, a hopeful romantic fool, give everyone the benefit of the doubt, earned my merits well respected and got clout, just not popularity, and the explanation why is a miscarriage of clarity, where's my fucking pity party/charity, most hide truth and pain behind sarcasm anger or hilarity, my knowledge wisdom and vocabulary's actually intelligently crafted nastily, in actuality I've masterfully made my music to transcend academically/scholastically, despite many still laugh at me and my rap dreams, but who are u to judge me when u aren't what u project urself to be or genuinely seem, definitely not on my team, and ur nock off of a monet mirage facade is sure running out of steam, consider urself officially read/seen...so go mic drop dead...BET!"

-MCJC/The Poet