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"I am an album, the def man's never outdone!"

Call me Defmatic, a Kenyan emcee, poet, songwriter and producer. Ergo, this blog is dedicated to the arts and looking at life through the eyes of a Hip Hop artist.

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God sleeps in the rocks, Dreams in the plant, Stirs in the animal, And awakens in man. (Ibn Al Arabi) Breathless before your presence I’m more alive around you like a child barefooted with no fears, free spirited. Why do you struggle to understand me when you’ve known me for eternity, felt me with such certainty? Come around again carefree for my boundaries are but gates, only for the humble to approach me. courtesy of @mrrosevelt That which is beautiful deserves to be seen That which is true deserves to be gleaned… Her lips look like love Her eyes like the moon Her smile like the sun Her voice the sound of noon Her presence, the universe As only the heavens know true How much I think of you In every turn, at each new place, none like the other, I see your face…

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