Watch THE Throne

Growing up with an absentee father and always wanting guidance from a strong hand, I got into a lot of things.  I’ve seen and done anything a kid with time on his hands and a few dollars in his pocket could do.  Always searching for that sense of normalcy and waiting for a King to come rule my life.

For example, when I found Tupac Shakur I was an angry 12-year old looking for an identity.  He taught me how to speak, fight, laugh, play, and cry.

But he led me into promiscuity, selling drugs, and fighting everybody who wanted some.  Then he died, leaving me with no hope and looking for another king to rule.  I tried Biggie, but all I could do was identify with his lyricism.  I wasn’t from Bed-Stuy and I couldn’t get with the made-up war stories.  He died too, just a little bit later.  That same year I met a guy named Shawn Carter.  He spoke with intelligence and a wit that appealed to my head.  He had ambitions to be great.  He wanted the good life.  He dressed nice.  He had style.  He had swag.  He had women.  We rolled together for a few years in the Bentley of my mind.  I rolled shotgun, Shawn drove the vehicle.  After a while, I had everything I envisioned — besides the Bentley.  It wasn’t enough.  It became a prison of expectations and false promises.  Jay-Z became a bully, he wouldn’t find another place to sit.  He said my heart was his throne, and he would not lose.

Still occupied, I opened up a book that talked about a King who saw my sins, left his extradimensional estates and came to this dusty project complex called earth.  He came to rescue me from my sins and occupy his rightful place on the throne room of my heart.  I could not refuse.   I bowed my head.  “Lord!”

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