My Letter to the devil 12/4/10 sup dude?

Youll have to forgive me for not being more formal I guess, but I just realized I know you. I mean, like...I Know You - like, we been homies for awhile but I thought you went away. Instead, I just caught on to the fact that you just changed that way you look and where you worked. You caught me sideways and snuck up on me, but I got you now. ! See, I remember years ago in the Way Back Machine, rollin with the road dawgs and you were always the quiet one in the back seat: didnt always say much, but whatever you suggested seem to always alter a lot of what we did. Even in college, you always seemed to help me be so proud of getting a full scholarship & being part of the generation of grandkids that actually attended college in the rst place. Then again, you know all about pride, dontcha? ! That was when I rst thought Id left you behind, hen I left L.A.: a new start, gettin mah eduma-kay-shun, and at a black college to boot! I was the Man and the world was my oyster...I didnt realize that the reason why you hung back in the hood was because youd already made some calls to yfolks up in the Dirty South. I didnt nd out til later how dirty it really was. ! I wound up spending a few years down there, and unbeknownst to me, your people were reporting my every move so you knew how to play your cards without being there in person. Sir! He had a great rst semester, hes really getting it done Dang! Tell him his dad has cancer over winter break, That seems to have done it hes going to more parties and his grades are suffering... Good ! Then, I started making a push before the summer, and ya boys panicked! Sir! Hes focusing on his grades again and weve heard hes getting a promotion for his internship and going to a new, more challenging department! Oh HELL NAW! He wants to be challenged? Lets nalize Project Mama-san and bring it to end game. Have her move in with him and his roommates for most of the summer while she nishes going crazy. Oh! Have him get in the middle of a huge ght between his Momz and his big sister, where she calls the cops on her...thatll really mess him up! Your plan is working Boss, hes way more subdued, his quality of work dropped over the summer...hes still going back to school though. What do we do? I have connections at that place - Ill talk to my folks and have him kicked off his scholarship, but get this...they wont tell him until AFTER hes already come back, gotten registered and started taking his classes! The sense of betrayal should send him right back to me. Wait...this kid is kind of stubborn though - Ima need more than that. Pops has kinda served his purpose so why dont we just take him out? Accelerate the cancer and nish it! Um Sir? WHAT NOW?! Well, hes taken the money from his fathers life insurance & hes paying his own tuition and rent. Hes moved in with his friend Khari. DAMMIT! Aiight, thats it! TAKE OUT MOMZ TOO - well see how long he lasts stranded & alone 3000 miles from home! ! Dude, I realize now that after all this, you put all those roadblocks in my way, all those walls in front of me...cuz youre scared. My potential, my purpose for being here, scares the crap outta you. You never wanted me to become who Im supposed to be or do what Im supposed to do, so you tried to stop me at every turn. Had me playin Christian for years while being shady at the same time, helping me to convince myself that since I didnt drink, smoke or do drugs that I was smooth. It was

just going to the club to get my groove on, and I didnt see nothin wrong with that! Whatevs, Im done with it now, and done with you too. I nally woke up to a couple of things that you mustve forgot: 1) Youve already been handled - way back when I was nine you tried to break me with the neighborhood bully, named Billy of all things (Seriously?! Billy the Bully? Cmon son!) Admittedly, he kept me down a little bit...until my big sis found out. She put your boy in his place. Then, when he tried to get out of hand with it, it went to our father and got squashed. Its the same with you, youve kept me down for a bit (far too long actually, Ill give you that one), but my Big Brother found out a long time ago and He put you in your place. Youve been lying about it all this time, but apparently He straight snatched the house keys from your hand and booted you to the bricks...at least thats the way I heard it. Youve been trying to take it to the next level, so I took it to my Father...my Heavenly Father, I think youve heard of Him? As far as Im concerned, it (and you) has been totally squashed. Now my Big Brother graduated and went to go spend time with my Father, but He left one of His partners behind to help me out whenever I need it...kind of like my Play Uncle, only he dont play around! I thought you should know that he moved in here a while ago; I asked him to be on the lookout for you 2) You actually got what you wanted, just not how you wanted it. Yeah you got me to come back home, and yeah you beat me up a bunch in the process. Thing is, my home has relocated and while you may have changed the way you look, I can still see you now. You also messed up when you let me meet this ne sanctied honey and we got hitched (much to your dismay by the amount of effort you keep spending trying to split us up). See, I got a whole new crew behind me now; my Brother & my Father have given me all the authority I need. Plus, with my Uncle at my side on the left and wifey at my side on the right, youd best believe we cant be stopped! Funny things is: we havent really even gotten started yet - you dont even wanna know who we got comin up in the ranks behind us...these kids are ridiculous! And by the way? My Play Uncle watches over them too...on the daily, so dont get it twisted. So this is just to let you know, when I dont call or come by anymore? When you drop by unexpectedly and Im not home? When you nd the back door that you used to use is locked? This is why: we aint homies no more, youre not welcome in my home or around my family. Stay far away or you will get handled...again and again and again, for as long as it takes. I got something for you though: some parting words, in a sense
! ! ! Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse - Proverbs 2:!2 Help me understand the meaning of Your commandments, & I will meditate on Your wonderful deeds. I weep with sorrow; encourage me by Your word. Keep me from lying to myself, give me the privilege of knowing Your intructions - Psalm 119:27-29 All things work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them - Romans 8:28

Heavenly Father, I stand upon this Word, and I confess it into the lives of myself and my family. So be it, on this earth, as it already is in Heaven...AMEN