Jamie Kennedy "Grim Fairy Tale"

I tell my daughter
If a boy who is never going to be a man
named Peter Pan ever comes to your windowsill
and knocks and asks for your hand
to fly you off to never land

Go

You don’t even have to leave a note
Just float away
because tomorrow land will never be better than today

Life is a grim fairy tale

And she makes me believe
She believes that mermaids swim with her
That dragons compete with airplanes for runways
That unicorns put the holes in Swiss cheese
and we hide from wolves under blankets of wool
And I make believe that I can be here

Forever

That parents can stay together
That every snail you step on has its own separate snail heaven
and the sorrow of Angels makes rainy weather
At night I say don’t be afraid of the dark
because on the other side of the earth
Fairy’s wings are shimmering in the opening dawn light
The sun will always come out tomorrow

And Barbie is always going to have a date

The white rabbit is always going to need a late pass
and every mirror you see
is a looking glass
So hold onto your fantasies like Frodo clutched onto his ring
because the never ending story will end some day

She makes me believe that a kiss
Will wake up any princess
when her mother is a sleeping beauty
I will never wake up to again
That death isn’t the only happy end

So she teaches me to make it all up
Because no matter how many nightmares the boogie man can give you
you can never dream enough
Just turn on the nightlight
Eat every apple every snake offers you
with rosary red lips red as Snow White’s
Dance with every Prince Charming you meet
because Cinderella never knows when it is going to hit midnight

I make believe that I have all the time in the world
for my little girl

Daddy still lives in a world of fantasy
and you’re my ivory key to the secret garden
where we have tea parties with the Mad Hatter
and if you ever fall down a rabbit hole
you don’t have to call home
unless I can follow you down

Just you and me

She makes me make believe that she was a queen since birth
I as her father figure fold her in my arms         
to defend her like arms against mother earth
because life may be a grim fairy tale

But she makes me make believe
to never let reality
tell you what your imagination is worth 

Taalam Acey 'Permission to Speak G*ds Work"

Taalam Acey may be the hardest working spoken word artist of his generation.  He's published a novel, an award winning memoir and 9 spoken word CDs.  Taalam has been a full time traveling poet for over a decade.  Tens of thousands of people own his work and many, many more have seen his performances.  Acey performs regularly in more than 50 cities in the US and abroad. On average, he is on a plane once every 3.5 days.  Taalam's work has been featured on BET and in Essence Magazine.  He has been a frequent guest at dozens of colleges and Universities and has lectured on contemporary spoken word at the prestigious Graduate School of Education at UC Berkeley.  Acey has twice been featured at the Essence Music Festival.  He's been quoted in several newspapers, including the Washington Post, the Philadelphia Weekly and the New Jersey Star Ledger.  In addition, Acey's work has been associated with films that have garnered an Audience Award and a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.  Acey is also an accomplished slam poet who has won slams throughout the united states as well as in Germany and England.  His greatest compliment came from no other than Stevie Wonder when he called Taalam an "Inspiration."