All Kinds of Work

I have done all kinds of work,

I have picked blue berries so fast,

At the end of the day I would have a hundred or more in cash,

I crop tobacco faster than any motorcycle,

I have picked pick so many bushels of tomatoes,

If I told you would think it was a fable,

I have set out pine trees,

Right about now they are taller than a hundred of me,

I have raked people's yards and made the deal,

When I got to their houses there yards were as large as ten football fields,

I have picked so many grapes,

Until now grapes I hate,

I pick so many cucumbers,

That I know I pick for every country farmer,

I have done all kinds of work,

But to pick in a cotton field,

I would never make that deal.

- Jimmy Simmons

- All Kinds of Work is featured in My Mind Over Time

Brothers From Other Mothers

We weren’t born from the same seed

But we are truly brothers indeed

If you have a problem and you think I can help you solve it

Call a brother before you try to dodge it

To the black, brown, white and yellow

All of mankind are my fellow brothers

If you pull off the skin and look within

All of our veins pump red blood my friend

Let me be the first if you can hear

We are all brother in God's eyes and that's for real

So let’s get it right whether its day or night

If you see like I see

Please?

In this world we can’t make it alone

It’s not conceived

If we can’t love one another

Let’s just deal with each other

And respect your brother.

- Jimmy Simmons

- Brothers From Other Mothers is featured in My Mind Over Time

Dog Fight

Under my skin there is a dog fight going on

To see who will win

They is free dog a caged dog and a host dog

The free dog fights with the caged dog over and over again

The free dog goes and does as he wills

He comes back

And the caged dog he tries to kill

This is a battle that is going on all the time

Not only in my body

But also in my mind

Even though the caged dog is caged

He still has his winning days

The free dog knows he has the advantage

He really starts stuff when he panics

The caged dog knows the free dog really needs help

So he holds him down until he weep

The host dog that just stand by and watches these guys

He only jumps in

When one is pent down for the ten count

I have a feeling this battle will rage on

Until one of these dogs takes over this body they call home.

- Jimmy Simmons

- Dog Fight is featured in My Mind Over Time

I Must Have Your Love Back

You and I have come to a path in the road,

Where our eyes are the windows to our souls,

Gleaming passion lasting reaction,

Running afraid in these difficult days,

Things happening like high soaring waves,

No way to respond almost out of time cannot rewind,

Mind seems blank most of the time,

We must get back to where we shine,

Is love the case?

Or will we create another way to face this feeling in its place,

The past and the future as they are of one mind,

Running like a river on a warm day in the sunshine,

To claim back what has diminished slowly but surely,

Will be a hard task,

But whatever time we have we will make this come to pass and last.

- Jimmy Simmons

- I Must Have Your Love Back  is featured in My Mind Over Time

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Poems From Liveation: Still Alive

Angel's I Know

Angel's are real

I know First hand

My heart gave me a chance too

Deal with this man

I never saw him,

But I know he was there,

because my heart could see him everywhere

My heart would call me,

To get him,

To make him go,

But my heart said don't hurt him,

Because it's a lot he knows,

I ran,

And I chase him,

And still never saw him,

But I know he was there,

Because my spirit said so.

So when in doubt, if you save are not,

Stop, let go, and let God,

And then you will surely know,

How life should really go.

LORD I THANK YOU

- Jimmy L. Simmons

- Done Guessing is featured in Liveation (Still Alive)

Back To A King

Baptized in the funk, Who gives a funk about you?

Or what you want.

I'm going on in the world, Because I got a little girl

So I know ain't sterile, I got a lot to live for, So don't step

In our World

This is the voice you hear, you pick this choice for

Your ear

For the new generation, ancestors from funking

“Slaveation”

From a slave back to a king, let it ring from the

Guda to the manifestation

So I be branching off in a new direction that's

Perfection

Angry is the pass, I think the best choice means

Cash

So I figure out what's wrong, and getting deeper

In my daughter's life, so she can carry my legacy on

- Jimmy L. Simmons

- Back to a King is featured in Liveation (Still Alive)

Daughter

It was a special day when my little girl came into my world

I wasn't in sight with her everyday growing up from a child of play

Nor in her teens but our hearts were always in between

We don't have to see each other every day to know that my love for my daughter will never sway

From the first time I saw her coming out of her mother's womb

I knew she would be a big part of my life as she grew and bloomed

February fourth, nineteen ninety one I was blessed I must say

I got a very special gift from God that day

And I knew right then that my life would never be the same way

She weighed about eight pounds ten ounces

Perfect size for knee bouncing

When I first saw her my eyes they would glow

At that moment I truly felt blessed for sho'

She looked at me

And I look at her

We bonded at that moment right there

As I have watched her grow from a baby into a young lady

Now I realize why I was put in this world

One big reason was to take care of my little girl

That she may come through God's front door

My baby girl whom I adore

I LOVE YOU

- Jimmy L. Simmons

- Daughter is featured in Liveation (Still Alive)

Eyes so bright like glowing light
Lips like berries
Shining like ripe red cherries
Legs so long
That keeps going on like a beautiful song
From he first time I saw you my heart was on go
As if I'd won the billion dollar lotto
My plan was to never let you go
I have places in my mind and heart that I want you to get to know
So come with me my dear and let me whisper these sweet words in your ears
Not a part
No not half
My whole heart is what I must give to you as we take this path
It want take much for me to let you know
So I'll quit talking and let my love flow
Morning, noon, and night
I think about you even when you are out of my sight
I just want you to know
You are the sunshine that makes my heart glow
You and I are in the same level
I will love you always and forever

- Jimmy L. Simmons

- It's You is featured in Liveaction (Still Alive)

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