How come pool party this summer at my place
how come but somebody gonna have to barbque

how come...once in blue moon, you meet people that really can see you
how come...the you beneath the surface, the you behind the stage, the applause, and the gloss
how come the you behind the sunglasses
how come they can see deep, right through all those layers
how come your spirit knows when somebody really sees you like that
how come that is the coolest feeling...to be spiritually called out (of hiding your heart? your truth?)
how come...reminds me of the song by Dre 3K and Norah Jones "Baby take off your cool, I wanna see you. I wanna see you"
how come for me...it happens only once in a blue moon

how come you're right tizzy...
how come it's those people that REALLY see you, are the ones that i'm attracted to AND affraid of at the same time...

how come i'm trying to consume more natural sugars...
how come i have a serious desire for fruit right now...
how come that's not in the vending machines...

how come the heat
how come sharon jones and the dap kings
how come her band
how come predominately white crowds at jazz festivals
how come predominately white crowds at blues festivals
how come predominately white kids buying rap music
how come i don't mind, i just notice
how come the art form of my youth is now old enough to be abandoned by today's black youth
how come
how come i am old
how come ll cool j is old enough to be a grandfather
how come i hear beats that i know are sampled that kids think are new
how come i love having a porch in west philly
how come i love when cars go by with the booming systems
how come that's some nostalgia for you right there
how come southern rap blew up nationwide
how come i miss 1991
how come there won't be another palindromic year until i'm dead
how come the wire is every. single. thing. i hoped it would be
how come idris elba ain't all that
how come he doesn't do it for me like for some other women
how come beyonce looks like tisha campbell's lil' sister in this new movie
how come i won't pay to see fake tisha fighting in fake fatal attraction
how come i'll just watch it when it's free
how come i saw tisha in school daze this weekend
how come spike lee movies from the 80s and 90s never get old to me
how come rosie perez working it out in do the right thing's opening credits
how come laurence fishburne hollering wake up in the worst movie ending ever
how come wesley snipes boning annabella sciorra in the office
how come this my longest how come in a long time

how come your front porch sounds like fun...
how come i was sittin on my front porch in 91 watchin the cars ride by too...
how come i'm singing "the cars ride by with the boomin systems" in my head right now...
how come i wish i had a front porch...

how come i feel you on idris...
how come he reminds me of a fake malik yoba...
how come a good actor...but not really attracted to him...
how come i could tell by the previews that it wasn't worth my $10...
how come i liked your commentary much better though...

how come i can't stand tish campbell...
how come she's probably a better actress than beyonce though...
how come that aint sayin much...

how come that being said, i'm taking my kids to the beyonce concert...
how come i know it's gonna be a helluva show and even though i don't like most of her music (or her fake hair), i think it will be good for the girls to undertsnad and see how hard she works....
how come i have 3 extra tix if you know anyone interested...

how come...yall need some glasses like DMC
how come if yall cant see the sex appeal dripping off of Idris
how come Stringer Bell - stop playing ya'll for real
how come i like destiny's child, but not really a beyonce fan
how come i loooove her work ethic tho!!!
how come for that -she is a soldier...but i'd rather see her on a dvd
how come well - i would love to see her perform Irreplaceable
how come we should go sit on Glory's porch
How come Friday (the unofficial porch movie)
how come "Poetry from the Porch"...all poems created while sitting on the porch, in the summer
how come...a cool chapbook, no?
how come...what is the point of these smileys and does anyone ever use them:

how come is racism a mental illness?
how come it breaks my heart when i see it in people that were just starting to make me think differently

How come i was told that you don't feel it when people can look down on you, or up to you

how come but you definitely feel the heat of racism when people have to look to their left or right and see you.

How come racism is a human condition
How come like hunger
How come part of what makes our brains so efficient (and mysterious to scientists) is our abilty to categorize, generalize, and make assumptions.
How come we naturally do those things whne thinking of people
How come but when we're hungry, we can chose whether or not to eat and what to eat

How come never forgets
How come looks like a bunny
How come looks like a

how come i want to see both (grey gardens and thrilla in manilla)
how come they're both ALWAYS on so i haven't been too pressed to sit and watch them...

how come my days are becoming mechanical...
how come it's not a good place to be...
how come i'm not gonna rush change though...
how come i'm just going to change a little at a time until i get to where i want to be within...

how come i ain't gonna lie
how come i been acting like it was friday all week

how come the shabba ranks mix tape i have is killing it!
how come i always hated shabba
how come cause of that mr. loverman song
how come what becomes popular here is usually not the best representation of an international artist's work.
how come i LOVE this cd
how come it makes me want to "wind" on my commute
how come hell, i openly admit to winding while driving
how come

how come i got philly on. the. brain.
how come like it's my ex or something
how come the one that got away

how come did i mention to you guys that i bartended in a juke joint last week
how come more country than harpo's
how come i made the most fly blended drinks
how come the guys made fun of me at first
how come "female" drinks is what they called them
how come but then, after a few of the "female" drinks, they stopped ordering Colt 45 and cheap whiskey
how come and pulled their barstools right up to the blender
how come looks can be deceiving
how come black folks are quick to diss something with a nice presentation
how come i believe that food/drink is 50% presentation
how come black folks act like if it is something nice, they don't deserve it
how come so they talk ish about it
how come it is interesting to watch

how come all the men in the place took turns trying to get my number.
how come
how come some of the opening lines went like this
how come, "i ain't gon lie, you look good as hell..."
how come, "i would buy you a drink, but i ain't gon lie, i just got out of jail yesterday and i'm broke as hell."
how come i asked what he was in jail for
how come he said, after i handed him his drink, DUI
how come, "i ain't gon lie, i been married 20 years, but i think you sexy as hell.
how come, "i ain't gon' lie, i got twins on the way, but i think we should get to know each other..."
how come, "i ain't gon' lie, when guys see a new face 'round here, they be on you like flies on dog do do...so, can i get your number...

how come it was hilarious
how come i can't wait to go back
how come i felt like a bona fide southerner