Yolo Akili- "Are We The Kind of Boys We Want?"

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Boys like us walk by and we shake our heads in disgust

Look at that queen!

That woman!

That cunt!

Disgusted at images that mirror back at and between us

we don't find ourselves worthy

as objects of our own lust

Are we the kind of boys we want?

Are we the kind of boys we want?

Are we the kind of boys we want?

And if not?

who will have we?

who will have we

who will have we

if we wont have us?

who will have we if we wont have us?

I like men masculine men like a man's man

i sorta compress what i'm looking for

i wouldn't feel comfortable dating someone who's feminine

masculine men can be flamboyant as well

p diddy's a perfect example

titles kind of mess us up

like how we interact with each other

how we get along with one another

operative word being "get along" with one another

i think that is predicated on how we perceive masculinity and femininity

If we are not the

muscle fitted

doo rag wearing

shoulders sturdy

broad and daring

if we are not the baritone speaking

block motion reaching

testerone jeering

black

butch

men

if we are not

if instead we are

limp wrested

high pitched

circular in motion

and dressed with good stitch

if instead we are emotionative

and outward

bodies human and beautiful

in imperfect design

if we like to cook

to read

to snap

to snap

to snap!

to snap!

to snap!!!

or to cry

but you

but me

but we

but I?

are we the kind of boys we want?

alright so, would u date you?

Um.. would u date yourself?

I would not date myself?

I wouldn't date myself

No.

would u date you?

I would?

what about you, would u date yourself?

Yes (Laughs)

Would u date you?

yes.

okay tell me more about that

i mean, its just a yes

i mean we have the same things in common

it means our personalities click

and that means that it's game

i would love to meet someone with the standards that i have

and with the outlook with the outlook

the feeling of freedom that i Have

I know I look good on sight

so if i see me

I'm like God leee!!!

I don't know

cause like i i think i got some stuff i need to work on for myself

but i think, like i said before, if i dated myself being another person

i would have to have a really good understanding of myself

i would really have to spend time with myself and learn myself

now would u date you?

I'd date a more masculine version of me

I would date myself

obviously you would

no

knowing how I am now i would date myself

I'd probably get into a lot of fights with myself

we sit stare out like vultures in need

what drives this desire for the masculinity

of which we feed?

um a few years ago i would have said that

i would have never dated another feminine guy

but..i guess..i've become in touch with myself more

and i realize you know there are other guys like me

and being that im a good person

i think i'd probably be missing out on someone else

so i open the door to anything

I don't care if you're a top bottom or verse

it shouldn't really matter if you're masculine or feminine

if I like you I like you,

but in our community that's not the case

You know as a top, you're supposed to be masculine?

Are we the kind of boys we want?

Are we the kind of boys we want?

Are we the kind of boys we want?

and if not?

who will have we?

who will have we?

who will have we

if we won't have us?

who will have we

if we wont have us?

My name is Anthony Antoine

and sadly I was never the type of boy i want,

thankfully i grew up,

and i'm definitely the type of man I want

My name is Chase Andrews,

and I am the kind of man I want

I think.

My name is Orlando Montford,

and I am working up to becoming the kind of boy I want

My name Is Darian Aaron,

and I am the kind of man i want

When I hear this poem,

"Are we the kind of boys we want"

I think about all of the kinds of boys that i have been

trying to get the boy that i want

i've been all the boys in the poem

and now i'm just me

and my name is Khalid.

and I am the kind of boy that i want

When i hear this poem

i think of all the beautiful boys

waiting to be loved

my name is Anye Elite,

and finally, I am the man that i want

my name is Tobias,

and i might just be the kind of man i want!

Circular in motion and dressed with good stitch laughing (Ok)

You can't laugh!

Block motion reaching...

do that one more time

stop stepping out of the camera!

What are you doing?!

It just that your laughing at me man!

Read!

To snap!

Or to lie!!

Do it again do it again

Say it again, what's the line?

we may like to cook to read to snap or to cry

Oh to cry?

Did you say lie or did i?

Naw i didn't say it

oh okay give me the line again!

what drives this mas..ugh

My name is Yolo Akili

and when i first wrote this poem

I was not the kind of boy that I want

however it feels good to say in this present moment

that I am the kind of man that i want

and I want to invite you

whoever you are

or wherever you are

To Become What You Desire