(001)▪︎[ Favorite … 2025 ]

Who are your current most favorite people?

[ Your Favorite People Are The People In Your F.I.M., Family I Make ]

[ All Along This Arduous Path, That Some People Call Life, You Learned A Painful Lesson … Blood Is NOT Thicker Than Water ]

[ People Who Are Of Your Same Blood Are Not Necessarily The Best People To Be Around ]

[ Now That This Is Coming Into The Silly Season, It Sends You Back To Holidays When You Were Young & Were Made To Dress Up To See Some People That You Would Only See Once A Year ]

[ Why Do You Only See Each Other Once A Year? Because You Don’t Like Being Around Them Any Other Time Of The Year ]

[ The Snobby, Entitled Bitch Of An Aunt & Her (2) Very Spoiled Kids ]

[ Cousins You Have Absolutely Nothing In Common With Because You Did Not Grow Up On Their Side Of The Tracks ]

[ You Only See The Relatives Once A Year For A Reason. The Reason? That Is All You Can Handle ]

[ Now Your In-Laws Have Turned Into THOSE People ]

[ Your Wife Is The Number One Person That Is Important To You ]

[ The In-Laws? No ]

[ The Handful Of Friends, Yes ]

[ Your (2) Wonderful CG’s, Yes ]

[ & The People That Follow Your Stories ]

[ That’s About It ]

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ Successful … 2025 ]

When you think of the word “successful,” who’s the first person that comes to mind and why?

[ There Have Been Alot Of People Who Were Regular People That Became Successful ]

[ Bill Gates & Paul Allen Come To Mind ]

[ They Became Successful By Simply Collaborating On An Idea & Went For It & Created Microsoft ]

[ Phil Knight Became Successful When He Was A College Student Running Track For The University of Oregon ]

[ A College Kid That Had A Dream & Combined His Ideas With His UofO Track Coach & Created Nike ]

[ Mark Cuban Was A College Student Who Combined Ideas With His Friends To Become Successful

[ Damon John Came Up With The Idea For FUBU & Became Successful Building A Clothing Empire ]

[ My Powerlifting Coach Terry L. Was A Very Successful Coach. Our Team Started Out As A Core Team Of About (8) Of Us Lifters. The Team Grew To Over (15). We Then Had Maybe Over (9) Of Us Become World Champions & World Record Holders In Our Federation ]

[ The Lifter’s That Reached That Pinnacle Were Successful ]

[ Becoming Successful Can Take Alot Of Time, Hard Work, Sacrifices & Oftentimes Money ]

[ Very Few People Are Overnight Success’s ]

[ Everyone Has Something In Them That They Might Be Good @ ]

[ Take The Idea, Dream, Work Hard & Try, Fail, Try, Fail & Keep Trying Until You Feel Like You Are Succeeding ]

[ Everywhere You Look There Are Successful People In All Different Fields ]

[ Making Money Is Not The Only Guage Of What Makes Someone Successful ]

[ Having An Idea & Working Towards It Until You Are A Success To Yourself, Makes Someone Successful ]

[ Some People Are Never Happy With What They Do Or Have Done ]

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(1014)▪︎[ The Telephone … 12•3•2021 ]

[ Some People Talk, But They Don’t Risk ]
[ They Only Sit Back & Wish ]

[ They Talk A Good Game ]
[ & Are Quick To Point Out Who Is To Blame ]

[ Without Any Witnesses Or Facts ]
[ They Never See How Someone Acts ]

[ A Bad Reputation Follows Them In Every Story ]
[ Even Though The Person Is Not Telling Something ]
[ & Then Expecting The Glory ]

[ These People Sit Back & Point ]
[ Than, When They Are All Alone ]
[ Making Accusations While Smoking A Joint ]

[ The Telephone Is The Weapon Of The 20th Century ]
[ It Is Used Unnecessarily ]

[ People Can Make Accusations From Anywhere In The World ]
[ Even Saying That Man Touched That Girl ]

[ They Like To Be Mean ]
[ Even Though They Had Never Walked A Scene ]

[ They Won’t Ever Sit Down & Wince ]
[ When They Are Never Shown Any Evidence ]

[ Accusations Are In Their Wheelhouse ]
[ They Even Go Against The Opinion Of Their Spouse ]

[ Spouses Try To Keep Them From Making Mistakes ]
[ & They Help When They Have Tremors ]
[ & Shakes ]

[ They Know That Karma Comes In All Shapes & Sizes ]
[ It Can Come Full On In Front ]
[ Or Have Clever Disguises ,]

[ They Say (THAT KARMA IS A BITCH ) ]
[ When It Comes To Murphys Law ]
[ You Have To Figure Out Which Is Which ]

[ Those People Think That When They Talk ]
[ It Should Always Be Done ]
[ That Is When Others Balk ]
[ Then Turn & Run ]

[ Maybe The Phone Is Not A Weapon @ All ]
[ Oh Hang On For A Minute ]
[ While I Take This Call ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1321)▪︎[ To People, Or Not To People … 11•16•2019 ]

[ Okay, Okay, Okay ]
[ I Guess I’ll Have To People Today ]

[ Sometimes Having To People Is A Drag ]
[ There Are Days When It’s Not My Bag ]
[ & Then To Get Me Going ]
[ I Have To Play Tag ]

[ It’s Not That I Need To Be Touched To Get Me Going Everytime ]
[ But If I Had My Choice ]
[ I’d Stay @ Home To Write More Rhymes ]

[ Does That Make Me A Bad Person Inside & Out? ]
[ If I Don’t Want To People With You ]
[ Will That Make You Pout? ]

[ Having To People Is Not Just Physical ]
[ The Way I Get Mentally Ready ]
[ Could Be Looked @ As Kind Of Quizzical ]

[ It’s Not Something That I Can See, Taste Or Hear ]
[ Oftentimes When I Look Within ]
[ The Why Isn’t Always Clear ]

[ It’s Kind Of Like Going Dakine ]
[ It’s Not What I Show You Or Say ]
[ But It Is A State Of Mind ]

[ It’s Like Taking A Deep Breath & Gathering All Of The
Energy That I Can Muster ]
[ It Definitely Is Not As Fun As Eating A Pie Full Of Custard ]

[ When I Have To People That Means That I Have To Get
Up & Get Dressed ]
[ & I Don’t Do It To Make Others Impressed ]

[ Sometimes When I Have To People I Just Feel [ HO
HUM ] ]
[ Those Are Also The Times When My Feelings Towards
Others Are Totally Numb ]

[ & Then The Dilemma Of Going Here Or There ]
[ Do I Make The Effort To Care? ]

[ But I’m Glad That When I Have To People I Don’t Have
A Case Of Bed Head ]
[ That’s Because I Smoothly Shave My Head Instead ]

[ So I Don’t Have That Matted Down Look ]
[ Like The Crumpled Up Pages Of An Old Discarded
Book ]

[ Having To People Is Not Always A Bad Thing
Everyday ]
[ Because Most Of The Times I Do Have A Say ]

[ It’s Those Days ]
[ When I Can’t Find The Ways ]

[ To Do What I Want To Do ]

[ So When I Don’t Have To People & I Can Just Sit On
The Couch & Be Lazy ]
[ @ Times The Thought Of Having To Get Up & Get
Dressed To People Can Drive Me Crazy ]

[ Having To People Everyday Could Have It’s Benefits
I Guess ]
[ But If I Was Asked Everyday To Do It ]
[ I Would Have A Really Hard Time Saying (YES) ]

[ I’d Much Rather Stay On The Couch In My
Comfortable Around The House Clothes ]
[ That Idea For Me ]
[ Is Comfort From My Head, Clear Down To My Toes ]

[ There Might Be Days When You Would Want Me To
People With You & My Voice Takes On A More
Defiant Tone ]
[ Those Are The Days When I Want To Spend The Day
On The Couch ]
[ Being @ Home All Alone ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(024)▪︎[ A Story To Tell … 1•6•2020 ]

[ Everybody Has A Story To Tell ]
[ If You Listen To Enough Of Them ]
[ You Can See How Some People Fell ]

[ Most People Want To Grow Up & Do Great Things ]
[ But Sometimes Expectations Are Attached By Strings ]

[ Strings For Other People To Pull ]
[ Sometimes Those Expectations Makes Some Look
Like Fools ]

[ Some Have The Expectations Of Getting Paid For What
Ordinary People Do ]
[ Then If They Are Not Appeased, They Sue ]

[ Get Money The Easy Way ]
[ Sue Somebody So You Can Have A Big Payday ]

[ Money That’s Not Earned ]
[ Sometimes When You Have Expectations ]
[ You Get Burned ]

[ So What Is Your Story? ]
[ Let’s Hear It ]
[ Are Parts Too Gory? ]
[ To Even Tell Just A Little Bit? ]

[ So How Do You Get The Story Out There? ]
[ If You Don’t Want To Share ]
[ Then I Don’t Have To Care ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(331)▪︎[ Unreliable People Do Not Care … 4•21•2021 ]

[ Can You Say That Some People Are Very Unreliable? ]
[ Not Even Plyable? ]

[ When You Think That You Should Be Able To Count On
     Someone, You Won’t ]
[ When You Think That That They Will Come Through For You …
     They Don’t ]

[ Trust Is A Huge Thing In Every Day Life ]
[ There Are Some People Out There That Just Don’t Think Right ]

[ More So Left Of Center ]
[ When They See An ( EXIT ) Sign ]
[ That Is Where They Enter ]

[ They Are Even Really Slow ]
[ When They See The Sign That Says (DO NOT PASS GO) ]

[ Or Collect 200 Hundred Dollars On That Spin ]
[ They Like To Adjust The Rules Because They Feel That They (NEED)
     To Win ]

[ @ All Cost ]
[ Not Ever Taking Into Consideration That There Had Been
     Friends That They Lost ]

[ They Probably Thought (OH WELL) ]
[ (WE ARE ALL GOING TO HELL) ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]   ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(98)▪︎[ Why Good People? … 2•1•2020 ]

[ Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People Everyday ]
[ We All Are Just Treading Water In This Big Sea, Called Life ]
[ Looking For The Way ]

[ That We Are Supposed To Go ]
[ Because As We Grow ]
[ We Can Come To The Resolution That @ Times ]
[ We Just Don’t Know ]

[ If We Should Go Straight ]
[ & Run Into A Locked Gate ]

[ Or Make A Hard Right ]
[ & Stop ]
[ Before We Get To That Bright Light ]

[ Because That Light Is An Oncoming Train ]
[ That Is Trying To Mess With Our Brain ]
[ Making Us Ask Ourselves ]
[ ( ARE WE OKAY, OR INSANE? ) ]

[ Then Someone Asks You ]
[ { IS THERE A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO? } ]
[ If There Is ]
[ Then Who Knew? ]

[ Who Knows How To Really Define What’s Going On In Your
Own Head ]
[ Before You’re Dead? ]

[ Can You Learn To Thrive ]
[ While You Are Alive? ]

[ Does Your Ego Need A Boost Every Now & Then? ]
[ If So, When? ]

[ It Is Also So Sweet ]
[ To Be Able To Ignore Those Ridiculous Tweets ]
[ While You Are Still Standing On Your Own Two Feet ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ] ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]