I've been missing you I should be kissing you, I wouldn't tell a lie got a love I can't deny. Late-night I listen for your call it never really matter how you came and went like ocean tides silently falling against a sandy beach. I close my eyes and I see you clear It feels like you're lying here next to me, Honey come back to me. Your love was so sweet like an open flower in bloom I'm dizzy from the time we spent together I thought it would be forever. I keep dreaming about your honey dip sweet sugar-coated lips and loli-pop fingertips. You know that I adored you its the way you loved me that kept me stuck on you like honey glue. "When no one would protect you I'm sorry I wasn't around to make them respect you." "I loved you cause you were my Honey even when I didn't have any money." Now you free among the angels "Babe" bee who you are Mother Nature made you smile on the rising sun there will be no more

PICTURE MY WORDS Picture My Word is a collection of visual and poetic lyrics and a journey through my perspective on human issues. It is an intimate glimpse into who and what I am as a man, as a black man. I firmly believe that one man's thought is a gift to another man's knowledge. This book is a testament to that philosophy, a painted picture of my thoughts and emotions. Silent Watching I see America, but America doesn't see me. I listen to America, but America doesn't hear me. I'm a Silent Watcher, I'm you, you are me, we are not so different as it might seem. I, like you, search for answers to the unconscious self in the hope of finding the divine being that lies dormant. This standard search for knowledge and a better self enables me to reflect on my experiences. So hear my message and picture my thoughts, for we are not so different. DEGRADATION OF A BLACK MAN A Black Man + No Education = No Job A Black Man + No Job = No Money A Black Man + Crime = Time A

"Who Shot You" is a multi-genre photo exhibition by performance photographer Anthony Alden documenting urban musicians live in concert. Anthony Alden has photographed hundreds of nationally renowned artists over the past 15 years. He's the Founder and Publication Director of X Urban Music Magazine.   

             Anthony Alden Vines speaking about his late brother Marvin Vines's artwork.                                                www.marvinvines.com