"Find the beauty in everything. It doesn't matter what it is. It could be the dirt, it could be the ugliest person, find the beauty.
I love tattoos and music.
I need to go to the bathroom."
Neighborhood: Coppin State University
"I believe that this world is in need of androgynous leaders; those who defy gender definitions and boundaries of understanding how we express ourselves on the spectrum: masculine, feminine neutral.
We're not all free unless everyone one of us feels free on the inside."
Neighborhood: Remington
"We sell Halal meat for 20 years in this commuity. So many varieties for our kind, and we have a local business. People are using lentils, spices, veggies, and fruits."
Neighborhood: Waverly
"I'm from Baltimore, and whenever I tell people that I'm from Baltimore they ask me, "Is it like The Wire?" It upsets me because the violence in our city, the crime in our city, what the news show in our city... they don't show the love. This song is for Baltimore.
'BMORE
This is Baltimore, the most underrated north-south city pretty gritty, boarded up, with a whole lot of possibilities
Wasn't born here, yet proud to call this place my home/ A New Test Spawn, immigrant, with no where else to go to
This Bmore, be beautiful like our hearts desires/ We shine, and son rise, single moms tired, raising children into survivors, with charms that light up/ corruption and prejudice was the real reason for the riots
This is Bird land, home runs call, two rings, Raven's claws/ Bea Gaddy, Dawson Family, Freddie Gray, tears fall
Beyond the block, save a dope boy, before heaven calls/ Off the corner, half N half, chicken box, with hot sauce
With a club bounce, got our own sound, with gold fronts, and a big smile/ Where Womb Works, right now, see ya around, down town
If you call this bodymore, Murdaland, I guarantee
You don't love this city, I'm bonafied, I say Baltimore with a T
I represent Baltimore to inspire
We be more than the wire
Raising children into survivors
With charms inside that light up
This the City of hard luck
Squeegee boys out here, just trying to make a buck
Cease Fire just wants all the violence to stop
While politics serve only the cream of the crop
Rarely benefits us
12 O'clock boys wheelies pop
Cops on the beat, like Baldamore HipHop
Lost boys forgotten in the back of lock up
Charm city is rough, like heroin addicts in love
Naloxone nodding off
At Lexington markets auction block
As corny as this sounds
Still, just say no to drugs
Use all that you've got, fight the hate with your love
Yes to more hugs
Club music's a Paradox
So, we dance with our heart
This is where 300 men marched
Like This is Sparta!
We leave a mark,
Foot prints in the dark
we walk the walk,
Dug eat dug
Baldamore vs ya whores (all)
crabs in a barrel
is not a metaphor that's meant for us
I represent Baltimore to inspire
We be more than the wire
Raising children into survivors
With charms inside that light up'"
~Femi DriFish
Neighborhood: Greenmount West
"Bikes up, guns down!"
12 O'Clock Boys
Neighborhood: Carroll Park
"Pray for our city."
"I was having a busy day, wish I could help more people out. I tried to help my friend walk her dog, but I couldn't get into her apartment and the key wouldn't fit. All I wanted to do was help my friend. I felt a little bad."
"Ask the branch manager if you can take my photo. I'm not really comfortable answering questions. You can take my photo, but I don't wanna answer questions."
"I work for the planning department as a cyclist; whenever I'm in the Benton building and bring my bicycle into the elevator, people hit the 8th floor button for me because they already know. I can't count how many Baltimore Bike Parties I've been to, and this is my favorite one. The locals come out to see us and I get to show my girlfriend my side of the city.
I've just been taken aback by how supportive the people on the street are and how excited everyone is."
"We have over 59 flavors and they're all imported from Louisiana and we don't use any Koldkiss. Our snowball machine cost $3000, it comes out like real snow and a lot of people complain about our prices. We're located on the 2200 Block of Pennyslvania Avenue, we open at 11am and close at 9pm."