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    Realtalk
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    Ebook60 pages22 minutes

    Realtalk

    By Melvin Weaver

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateDec 7, 2011
    ISBN9781465337931
    Realtalk
    Author

    Melvin Weaver

    AS A YOUNG MAN, I WAS BLESSED TO GROW UP WITH BOTH OF MY PARENTS IN MY LIFE. MY MOTHER, WHO IS KNOWN BY MANY AS GRANNY, AND MY FATHER POP POP, MAY GOD BLESS HIS SOLE, DID THEIR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT MY THREE SIBLINGS AND I WERE WELL FED AND CLOTHED... AS WE ALL KNOW, IT ISN’T EASY GROWING UP IN A BIG CITY... I’M NOW 50 YEARS OF AGE AND STILL STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET...EVERYDAY THAT GOD AWAKES ME, I ALWAYS BELIEVE IN MY HEART THAT A CHANGE IS GONNA TO COME AND THIS BOOK IS A PART OF THAT MUCH NEEDED CHANGE... BY DEDICATING MYSELF TO SOMETHING I ENJOY, BY GETTING WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE THAT CAN LEAD ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION... I KNOW CHANGE HAS COME… I ENCOURAGE MY READERS TO THINK ABOUT THIS…WHATEVER IT IS IN LIFE THAT YOU WANT, DONT BE AFFRAID TO ASK QUESTION ABOUT IT... A CLOSED MOUTH WON’T GET FED... NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES YOU WILL REACH YOUR DREAMS IF YOU KEEP TRYING AND NEVER GIVE UP. WHEN YOU SEE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU BEEN WAITING FOR, GO FOR IT WITH ALL YOU’VE GOT BECAUSE OPPORTUNITIES ONLY COME ONCE... NOW THAT I UNDERSTAND THIS, I’M AT PEACE. BEING AT PEACE WITHIN MYSELF ISN’T A BAD THING BECAUSE IT MAKES ME THINK ABOUT WHERE I’VE BEEN, WHAT I’M DOING NOW AND WHERE IM GOING TO END UP...THIS IS WHY I GOT TO DO WHAT I DO BEST, WHICH IS TO SHARE MY LIFE STORY THROUGH POETRY AND TO WRITE ABOUT THE THINGS THAT I’M EXPERENCING IN MY NEW LIFE AND SURROUNDINGS.. THERE’S NOTHING FICTION ABOUT WHAT I WRITE BECAUSE I’VE BEEN THERE AND DONE THAT...NOW I PRESENT TO YOU NOTHING BUT “REALTALK...”

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