Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw8NW7bQXJg Starts at: 03:09:29 (jump to 03:09:29)
Artie Fox – Spoken Word ‘Malabar’ on Mental Labyrinth
[03:09:29] hey [03:09:31] applause [03:09:33] applause [03:09:35] applause [03:09:37] applause [03:09:39] applause [03:09:41] applause [03:09:43] applause [03:09:45] applause [03:09:47] applause [03:09:49] applause [03:09:51] applause [03:09:53] applause [03:09:55] applause [03:09:57] applause [03:09:59] applause [03:10:01] applause [03:10:03] applause [03:10:05] applause [03:10:07] applause [03:10:09] applause [03:10:11] applause [03:10:13] applause [03:10:15] applause [03:10:17] applause [03:10:19] I don’t know what her name was, but she was one of the most inspiring things I’ve ever seen in real life. [03:10:28] I’ve been to concerts with her. [03:10:36] This piece is called Malabar. [03:10:39] I’m pretty sure if I go to the hospital and get diagnosed, I’ll probably have something, ADHD, one of those things, I’m not really sure. [03:10:48] I get lost in my head a lot. [03:10:50] I think poetry was the first thing I ever did that gave me a space to be. [03:10:55] I tried a bunch of shit in my life. [03:10:57] All of it was okay. [03:10:59] But poetry is the first thing I’ve ever done that I feel like I was born to. [03:11:03] I really feel like I was here to do it. [03:11:10] My mind is the only labyrinth I can’t see and lead my way through. [03:11:15] I’m an amassed array of puzzles [03:11:17] that advance me. [03:11:18] I’m in a bad situation. [03:11:19] I mean, it’s what I do. [03:11:21] I have a mental ability I think I’ve been gifted with at birth. [03:11:25] But these long halls and mirror walls only seem to make my insides consistently hurt. [03:11:33] I mean, a cassock would sing for some. [03:11:35] But after overindulging for too long, each space seems like a new place I am now, man. [03:11:39] I even had to come. [03:11:40] Like sometimes, my mind’s on rewind and I feel like I’m stuck in time. [03:11:44] Like sometimes, my mind’s on rewind and I feel like I’m stuck in time. [03:11:47] Like sometimes, my mind’s on rewind and I feel like I’m stuck in time. [03:11:48] Wait. [03:11:49] That’s good. [03:11:50] Is that what it’s called? [03:11:51] It’s like windows and bird-shaped art. [03:11:52] It’s like slapstick, flicker, but hardly perfect. [03:11:53] Not a map nor a floor plan. [03:11:54] It’s how you figure out my heart. [03:11:55] These long, drawn halls could make my mind stop moving. [03:11:56] I mean, the voices of a poet. [03:11:57] The past echoes me. [03:11:58] Could be endless. [03:11:59] Please, insert. [03:12:00] Please, insert. [03:12:01] Please, insert. [03:12:02] I’m more weak. [03:12:03] The THC fills the airways. [03:12:04] I can’t get out. [03:12:05] I’m weak. [03:12:06] I’m weak. [03:12:07] I’m weak. [03:12:08] I’m weak. [03:12:09] I’m weak. [03:12:10] I’m weak. [03:12:11] I’m weak. [03:12:12] I’m weak. [03:12:13] I’m weak. [03:12:17] Yes. [03:12:18] They just won’t stop. [03:12:19] The long- averaging cha hooks in my mind, my real emotions, they never manifest. [03:12:20] Power and negativity seem to have to fill up. [03:12:21] In those unseen environments right between my heart and soul places, they never fill [03:12:23] up. [03:12:24] I mean, circles I walk in. [03:12:25] But it doesn’t matter, I’ll slow. [03:12:27] No. [03:12:28] Cuz sooner or later, I’ll overflow. [03:12:31] You get into a spot, you finally realize everything that you’ve been going through, you get lost [03:12:45] and you don’t know. [03:12:47] when you’re stuck inside against something for so long, [03:12:50] you realize it’s something you know. [03:12:54] I mean, everybody praying to get inside these thoughts. [03:12:57] I mean, I’m still stuck in my labyrinth. [03:13:01] I’m stuck in my own soul, because I am so ready to go. [03:13:06] Or, I won’t let go. [03:13:10] Maybe the way I smile is I’m knowing. [03:13:13] If you don’t know how hard it is to be in step. [03:13:17] It’s waiting for the day to come. [03:13:19] Thank you. [03:13:28] I’m on Fox everywhere, I’m on YouTube, [03:13:31] Spotify, all streaming platforms. [03:13:35] I just seek to push peace and find my own happiness, [03:13:38] and hopefully that, out of this whole event, [03:13:41] y’all can just find some peace. [03:13:42] I know we all got some stuff wrong with us, [03:13:44] but don’t never let that stuff hold you. [03:13:46] Be in whoever you is and find out what happiness means to you, [03:13:50] because it’s your choice, and it’s you who’s happy. [03:13:54] Okay? [03:13:54] Woo! [03:13:55] Wow, thank you. [03:13:58] Thank you, Artie. [03:13:59] Artie Fox, everyone.