Vibes and Feelings: the Feelings

By Vernon Paddy

Vibes and Feelings: The Feelings is a collection of poems that explore everything between culture and politics, as well as love and pain. Paddy pours his innermost feelings into his work while dissecting American-Caribbean values.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Mar 26, 2021
• ISBN: 9781665521123

Vernon Paddy

Vernon Paddy is a Jamaican native living in Indianapolis, Indiana. Paddy’s life is rooted in his love for his family, appreciation of the arts, and respect for Mother Nature. In the 1980’s, Paddy began working aboard the Royal Caribbean cuisine line. During his decade of international travels, Paddy’s passion for poetry and playwriting developed. Vibes and Feelings: The Feelings is a collection of poems that explore everything between culture and politics, as well as love and pain. Paddy pours his innermost feelings into his work while dissecting American-Caribbean values.

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Published by AuthorHouse  03/25/2021

ISBN: 978-1-6655-2108-6 (sc)

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Contents

2 Types of Justice

50 Humans Sacrificed

2020

2021 Virus Free

A Change

A Flow

A New Song

A Prayer

A Tree

A Vibes

Africa is Calling

Africa is Calling

Africa

All Lives Matter

All that

All Things Jamaican

Almighty Pum Pum

At The End

Back Away

Black Man Struggle

Black Woman

Build Up

Child

Civil Unrest

Clean Heart

Confusion

Corona Thing Pt 2

Corona Thing

Crappy Shoes

Craven

Crime Spree

Crossing the River

Dance with Me

Death and Destruction

Death

Defending Jah-Jah

Deleting

Do You, Have You Ever?

Don’t Forget Me when I’m Gone

Don’t Wait

Every Time

Fear

Five Parts of a Heart

Fog of War

For Erick Reynolds

For My Brother Terrence

For The Love of Life

For Uncle Prince

Foreign Mind

Free Up Free Up

Gal You a Warrior

Generation

Get Up and Stand Up

Getting Away

Give

Grand Finale

Greed

Happy Birthday Mia

Sweet Sixteen

Hear Me Oh Lord

Here Come Poverty Again

I Hope

I Was Born Free

If I knew

For All The Broken Souls

In Vision

IRMA

Jah Me Fear

Jah Run Things

Jah Why?

Journey

King James

Lady

Lend a Helping Hand

Life Aboard Ship

My little friend

Little Rock

Live Clean My Little Angels

Living for Jah

Living in Poverty

Look How Long

Marcus Garvey

Mathew

Mattie

Me and Corona Again

Memories

Mind on Fire

Mind Switch

Muhammad Ali

My Angel

My baby

My Four

My Girl

My Heart is Rasta

My kids

My Pen Ablaze

New Day New Vibes

No Matter

No Problem

Off The Deep Edge

Oh Sandy, oh Sandy

Olympics

On high

Pass Me The Pen and The Paper

Where Were You

Political Aspiration

Poor Man Struggle

Pure Stress

Rasta Light

Running and Running

Sake of Corona

Savanna

Searching for The Taliban

Some People or Those People

Spoken words

Spy game

Still I Rise Up

Still I Rise

Story Time

Sweet Sweet Jamaica

Switch

System Set a Way

Take Heed

Terror in Boston

That I Miss

The End of The Day

The Good Book

The Justice Shit-tem Fail

The Little Rock

The Man in Me

The One Voice

The Time is Now

They Bring It with Them

Thing Set A Way

This Girl

This Living

Thursday Morning

Jah Only

Travelling Through Babylon

Trouble Free

Forward Ever

Valley of Decisions

Walk in The Light

War Plans

We Come a Long Way

We Have Come a Long Way

Which Direction

Who Am I

With You When You’re Right

Woman

Yea Though

You and I

You Ever Wonder

Your Inner Warrior

Your Own Story

You’re My Fix

2 Types of Justice

America with its 2 types of justice

One you have to die

One that shows them up, for all their lies

No parts of it is right

You start to guess who dies?

Whose justice shows us their lies?

It cut clear and dry

Black and White

2 types of justice one for them

The other for us

Rosa refused to sit at the back of the buss

Martin died marching for us

Bob sing it in his songs of freedom

They quiet up Malcolm X

You knew what was coming next

2 types of justice set in stone

Stem from envy and hate

It’s the main cause of so many broken homes

Mothers cry, Fathers die

Millions have marched and protest over the years

They take a little break

They ease up

To avoid the bad press

You can bet it’s a Black man that will die next

2 types of justice we have never seen equality

Don’t get this mixed up

This America is totally screwed up

Their broken system built on hate, lies and greed

We will never truly clean up the blood stains from these streets

The place reek, it smell stink

They signed the deals with dirty ink

The whole of America’s history stink

From start till now

A so-so rip and rob

A so-so promises and lies

A so-so cut clear and dry

Black vs White

Years they’ve been planning to wipe out the Black race

Their female spoil their plans

Mix up mix up and start the new Black man

America new problem, the people they hate

Is now a part of their generation

Wait!

This started way back in slavery

When master couldn’t keep his eyes of big mama sexy

They still hate us no matter our shade

They refused to accept us back then

Master was the reason we carried their DNA

2 types of justice America it’s a shame

From the backs of Blacks

From slavery

You all gain your fortune and fame

From the backs of Blacks

From slavery

America became this land filled with blood sweat and tears

With their 2 types of justice

None of it is fair

50 Humans Sacrificed

For the victims of the Orlando shooting

50 humans sacrificed

Fifty humans lost their lives

Why is this world filled with such hate?

Oh it’s a disgrace

When will mankind realize

each man uniqueness is the heavenly Father’s design?

When we see souls

not color, race or other’s choices

this world will be nicer, a whole lot quieter

50 humans sacrificed

Fifty humans lost their lives

There are no words to express such emptiness

such a lost

This world needs peace not wars

Mankind needs to open their eyes

realize we all can coexist

mingle and mix

enjoying of this earth to the fullest

Living our lives till the Father calls it

I’m tired to read about senseless killings like this

Guns is an invention

It’s men and their intentions

their evil plans

Their messed up minds

There are those with cruel intentions

their hearts are so dark

it goes with their sick thoughts

Please don’t trust any shadow after dark

careful how you talk

watch your steps while you walk

50 human sacrificed

Fifty beautiful humans lost their lives

We will never truly know the why

Let’s hold our love ones close at all times

Keeping memories alive

Sleep well, rest in peace 50 beautiful souls

2020

Fair is fair

Just let me get my equal share

Find your own inner peace

Just give us justice

Wake up!

Are you blind!

You don’t see how the system is disgusting

How it’s one sided

It curry favor

It carry the wrong flavor

Wake up!

Are you blind!

You don’t see how they are killing our Black backsides

Fair is fair

Just let me get my equal share

We need Moses laws

Eye for an eye

You don’t see what’s going on in all walks of society

You blind!

Things and time only rewind

We are seeing the same old crimes

Wait! Wait!

You think a just now they have been killing Blacks

No

We have always made a fuss

Just is just

Such is such

The system stink

The system set away

It no balance

It no level

Fair is fair

Just let me get my equal share

2021 Virus Free

2021 me a beg you

Me a beg you

Me a plea

Come in clear and clean

Virus Free

2021 me a beg you

Me a beg you

Me a plea

Be a better year for all of we

2021 me a beg you

Me a beg you

Me a beg you

Come in slow and steady

Drama free

No type of hype

Have a heart

Look out for we

We been through the fire

2020 was hell on earth

To blouse and skirt

2021 me a beg you

Me a beg you

Me a plea

Come in nice and easy

Give us a chance to warm up

A chance to clear our heads

Last year was dread

Red, red, red

Blood stain red

2021 me a beg you

Me a beg you

Me a plea

Come in humble

Have a heart for we

We suffer enough

Last year was ruff

Covid-19 kill nuff

The struggle was real

We hardly made ends meet

Some of us still on shaky feet

2021 me a beg you

Me a beg you

Me a plea

I am the spokesman for all of us

Hear me out

No me not shouting

My volume is just up

For we all stress out nuff, nuff

Come and gently ease in

Clear and clean

Most important

Virus free

2021 I know you hear me

I know you can see

The countless suffering 2020 have done to all of we

So this is my plea

Me a beg you

Me a beg you

Take is easy on we

A Change

The wind has changed

I now have to adjust my sail

Or be swept away

There is a shift in the tide

Low, I’m about to be grounded

I need a new route

A new start, a do over

Fresh beginning

I’ve been right here before

Starting all over again, it was rough

Many sleepless nights, tears flowed

My mind rewinds, fast forwards, replaying life

Life in past time, its been done, I did it

Was it the right way?

Then why am I on the high way?

Why am I the one?

Why! Why! Why!

I need a lucky star, I need a break

Life is a give and take

You win some, you lose some

It’s never fun being on the short end of the stick

Am I being punished, over your rubbish?

Was I too quick to split?

The going did get tough

I stood my ground the best I could

It seems you got great pleasure, from seeing my pain

Replacing me as if it were a game

I saw right through you, seeking fortune and fame

It was a little too late

I was already out the gate

This is my faith

My heart is filled with love still, never hate

A few regrets

I’m going to correct the mistakes

I’m going to hold my head high

move forward, think positive

I might be the winner yet

I might see the rainbow again

I might even love again

A Flow

The writing has been on the wall

A few years I’ve been standing tall

With all the evil forces that surround me

All the negative vibes

I stand my ground

Never have I changed my route

I spoke my mind

Praising Jah all the time

I found my voice

Years ago when I sight Rasta light

Rasta lifestyles

Rasta truth

Rasta rights

I and Jah began a relationship

I found the strength to tap into my inner and outer vibes

For Rasta represents a clear vibes

Rasta is pure peace

Planting spiritual food for the World to eat

The mighty Herb open all doors to longer and stronger living

You don’t see how government oppose

Always trying to kill it before it grows

I say let it grow as your locks grows

As your Rass flows lets the sweet aroma blows

Smoke and hold humble thoughts

You and Jah will never part

Remember Jah is always a part of your heart

A New Being

BY: MIA ATRE & VERNON PADDY

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