say-10 Male • 26 • Kapolei, HI  • United States
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Status... Single
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I'm into... Writing Activism Mind Money Tattoos
I'm working on... adapting multiple styles. self, plus ethridge night, hyphy/thizz, confidence mistaken for arrogance (assumption brought on by outsiders to higher education), and slam poetry.
"love all. trust few.
do wrong to no one"

-william shakespeare

^_^

About me

born in hawaii.

i've lived in alaska and hawaii.

i've visited entire west coast, vegas, and arizona.

i want to experience/live dublin(ireland),
new york city, amsterdam (denmark), and san diego.

christian audigier fan.

tattoo artist since 2004 - japanese, chinese art.

graduated from uh-manoa, 05' with a ba in political science. now attending to complete a second ba in economics at uh-wo.

i work in film as a batch editor, i've worked on: forgetting sarah marshall, lost, into alaska with jeff corwin, and an episode of CSI(Vegas). i get to work for an industry many try to get in to yet few make it in.

say-10 is a name given to me because of my ethic used in debates, gaming, and life. relentless in doing so, i sometimes have an evil intent to win and/or get my point across.

lastly, i'm a performance poet, taking inspiration from oscar brown jr. (R.I.P 5/29/2005), langston hughes, ethridge night, michelle lee (mush), and mayda del valle.

Interests

Music

,ditty bops,
cypress hill,
minmi,
nujabes,
fugees,
calle 13,
tego calderon,
squirrel nut zippers,
pennywise,
dr. dre,
mos def,
keak da sneak,
kanye west,
craig david,
mindless self indulgence,
minor threat,
mac dre,
nofx,
guttermouth,
clipse,
justin timberlake,
streetlight manifesto,
louie armstrong,
billie holiday,
rage against the machine,
pepper,
weezer,
flogging molly,
OLD blink 182,
one man army,

Books

,currently
reading:
the black poets by dudley randall

read in
past year:

a def poetry joint
black maria
freakonomics
confessions of an economic hitman
piercing
wealth of nations (3rd time now)
collected poems of robert frost
collected poems of sonya sanchez
collected poems of oscar brown jr.
collected poems of henry david thoreau
the prosiac soul of nikki giovanni

advises NOT to read:
the outlaw bible of american poetry,









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Jun 28, 2008 - 09:05 PM PST
motioner15
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'hey, why do you write?' I think you gave a beatiful answer.
Jun 08, 2008 - 07:58 PM PST
dex2988
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say-10
what's new augie?
May 05, 2008 - 12:53 PM PST
velvetlungs
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wow. I'm really interested in why this is done. Would you explain a little bit of it to me?
May 05, 2008 - 12:18 PM PST
nic
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wow. that's intense. yay for pictures that make my stomach turn!
Apr 11, 2008 - 09:52 AM PST
unum
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say-10
we don't have recycling where i live, and you don't get anything for turning in cans or bottles. there are a few scattered public recycling bins in the area, but i recently found out that it all ends up at the dump anyway. back in the 90's my area did have recycling, but then for some reason the county yanked it. the good news is that there are a lot of young, angry people here trying to change things.
Apr 09, 2008 - 09:42 PM PST
unum
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say-10
Thanks for your reply. I'm kinda sorta totally becoming one of those people who obsesses over doing everything I can to be "green". I'm not the crazy person holding up cardboard signs on the off ramp or anything, but I try to do everything I can. I think that if everyone just adjusted their lives a tiny bit (for example: using canvas bags instead of plastic or paper when they go to the market), it could make a substantial difference. Anywho, I was just curious. I could see how it could be difficult to make a living there doing what you want to do, but I would think that simply being able to live in such a beautiful place would more than make up for it.
Apr 09, 2008 - 10:57 AM PST
unum
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say-10
Silly question?

Mar 21, 2008 - 08:38 AM PST
littlebrit88
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say-10
nah polisci isn't dorky...i know ALOT of polisci majors and i'd say they're of the less dorky students :P
Mar 20, 2008 - 02:43 PM PST
littlebrit88
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say-10
lol whats your first major?
Mar 20, 2008 - 01:09 PM PST
samj055
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say-10
wow im dumb...lol

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the debut

Jun 29, 2008

ladies and gentlemen
ladies and gentlemen
tonight you are all
in for a treat.

for tonight
you are all
about to meet:
a poet.

with, just enough
arrogance to seem
overconfident.
overly bent

on broadcasting
his own brand of
social
repentance.

so tonight my friends
i'd like to welcome you all,
to the poetic debut
of SaY-10.

now when i step to the mic
i make the floorboards quiver,
with friction of nonfiction
making it feel as if heatwaves are taking over in the winter.

my mouth spits ink
from the ball point pen
that sings a sweet syrinade
to my notebook.

as the fresh, ink splashed
pages inside, are like
monthly weather forecasts,
of poetry slam gun blasts.

my mind's a sawed-off shotgun
cocked with a sure shot of words.
though aimed at my enemies amounting
these bullets aren't meant to hurt

but these words, are meant to inspire
like kinder, to the fires of riots.
my words also unite.
so together we'll transpire to,

bad deeds in need of correction,
buildings in the projects that need to be erected,
and politicians with sane, right mind
and good intentions that need to elected.

so say-10's this name i've selected
to breathe a breath of anarchist spirit to your soul
and i guarantee when you hear it,
your mind and body with be infected, as a whole.

with the habit of holding up a clenched fist,
to those who wish to oppress.
and kicking up a steel-toed boot,
to those with guns, intent to shoot.

in my writing, i
reap the fruits of evolution.
mix it up with
the juice of revolution.

serve that bitch all up in a cup
while preaching
real life sollutions
to cure this world of its complacency pollution.

so to those of you that
think they hold all the cards
and to those you you that push paper
breeding bureaucracy in shady underhanded capers.

the power of the people
will rise again and
have say-10
as its voice to commend.

so!...be ready my friends...
be loyal to yourselves...
keep your mind right...
and keep a watchful eye on your health

for when we ALL stand up
we will do so running with
chins up and chests out
signaling the end of this era

signaling the end of this
tyranny of ignorance.
ushering in, the new era
where everyone's voice,

will be heard and choice
will be made not of influence
but of the gold standard we've always used
the muse, of a book

the muse, of a mind
the muse, of a pen
the muse, of knowledge
the muse, of say-10




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