TODAY I'LL BE A MILLIONAIRE
From the Desk of Uhuru
5/21/2011
Time Commenced:
11:48 Completion

Awoke this morning. Today is a new day, today is a good day. Today is 992. I eat breakfast. Kiss Mama on the way out the door, perfecting our ritual and our daily refrain.

Today, Mama, I'm gonna be a millionaire.

Pushin' '72 Nova with recycled cregers on the boldening fat voils because the trues were stolen. Satellite system cost more than the whip, but I'm cruising and no chump will catch me slippin'.

Chicago broadcaster announced K-Wes will be in the house. I look at the digital radio clock and then at the 'lex on the wrist that Grandma gave me for Xmas. Lost and found, it's real and that's the only deal. I got an hour to get downtown. Maybe I can catch K-Wes coming or going. For today, Mama, I'm gonna be a millionaire.

I made it just in time to see him and his crew exit, walking towards the devil red Lexus. I go forward, I gotta go for it, rap or lie. Security close ranks, I hold my CD up like a white flag. Diamonds let them know I come in peace. So they remove their hands from their piece.

I hear him say, "Young blood ain't comin' to be a beast. Let the brotha spit his piece." I'm already in my zone when he said, "You have twenty steps to that car." I figure a bar each step. But at six, he stopped and started bobbing his head. Then he remote started his security jeep. More bounce was the track to be contributed. Before long, passerbys stopped and stared. Kanya stopped me sayin', "Man, you can't give this away for free."

So I asked him if he could feel it? Because I promised Mama today I'm gonna be a millionaire. He asked me to ride with them to his studio to see what else I got. He give orders and now I'm in the booth. Cued up, the engineer signaled my mic is hot. I give them my best because my best is what I got.

An hour late, I'm on the phone on my way home telling Mama we made it. I just signed with K-Wes, and he made us a four time millionaire. This was always our dream, a vision we shared. I had two checks cut. When she met me at the front door, I hand her the gift. Written across the box: "With love, Mama, you are a millionaire."

Today, we became a millionaire.

Ras Atum Ra Uhuru Mutawakkil
PO Box 9900-228971
Boscobel, WI 53805