R.M.I (Respect My Ink), Thank You!

 8/30/12

11:01pm

This is NO DISRESPECT to my elders but you will respect my INK

I'm worth a lot of money, don't you think?

Your artwork may have been mostly on paper but at all times I carry mine

You don't have to understand my generation, that's fine

Stereotypical demeanors don't get two seconds of my time

But all the "shame on you" stares have to end

Tattooing is not a fad, its a brand, so get lost or hop on the bandwagon

My income is invested rather than wasted

For a reason, this ink is exactly where I placed it

In 2012, I can only be a free spirit, face it

The things I love most on this earth are embedded in me

That zzzzzzzz...tattoo drill calms me

It rips open my skin and deposits love in and

No, you don't have to understand it

My ink is the electricity that shapes and moves the artistic me

So pardon me, while I walk away from your dumb questions, like

No, I haven't been in a gang-No, I didn't just get out of jail

Reiterating my point again, but your mind is so frail

The world has moved on from black and white TVs

From a beta max, a tracks, tapes to HDs and Blu-Ray dvds

No better , no worse, just different

Simply giving you my input in

Its more for me, not all for a show

To ponder about life's simplistic values to always know

And the line of humility to remain below

Calm down, its a tattoo gun, not a knife

Watch ya mouth, because that "delinquent" could save ya life

Rolling your eyes in disbelief wont make my ink disappear

I'd rather be free, than live in fear

And yeah, you right I will get more

I live for those stares like, Daammmnn, I never seen ink on nobody like that before!"