"I remember attending an Open Mic session at a venue located in
downtown Detroit. A poet took the stage and before reciting his
piece, he said that a poet has five minutes to impact his or her
audience either negatively or positively. What a poet said in those
five minutes could either create change or maintain the status
quo.
I went home that evening and asked myself, "What if, after five
minutes, I could no longer write poetry for the rest of my life.
What would I write in my last five minutes?" The answer? If I Only
Had Five Minutes. The Last Will and Testament of a Hip Hop
Poet.
If I Only Had Five Minutes. The Last Will and Testament of a Hip
Hop Poet is a three disc compilation: Life, Love, & Rhymes. In
26 poems I speak his language, swallow her pain, dream my memories,
and create our rhythm. In my 'five minutes' I fill white space with
unlimited possibility. In my 'five minutes, ' I write now, so
others can remember later...
What will you do with your five minutes?"Tia DeShay