{"id":671,"date":"2014-05-09T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T16:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/?p=671"},"modified":"2015-03-27T12:45:59","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T19:45:59","slug":"freestyle-rap-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2014\/freestyle-rap-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Survive a Freestyle Rap Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to Survive a Freestyle Rap Battle<\/h1>\n

a poem by Sofia Priego (teen)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Rapping is something that can come naturally.<\/p>\n

Or it’s something you just enjoy doing happily.<\/p>\n

It’s an outlet to express yourself and all your emotions,<\/p>\n

when you have feelings locked<\/p>\n

up inside going through the motions<\/p>\n

But when you know how to free-<\/p>\n

style; that’s quite a sight<\/p>\n

because you have learned\u00a0how to<\/p>\n

rap with your heart and your might.<\/p>\n

And when you have found someone<\/p>\n

to test your skills with,<\/p>\n

your words become a free-style rap battle,<\/p>\n

not a fight.<\/p>\n

So, it is hard\u00a0to explain the ways<\/p>\n

you can “survive”<\/p>\n

because as long as you say what you<\/p>\n

mean, you are alive.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

This is an unedited work by 15-year-old Sofia Priego, written during the Teen Writing Workshop on April 5, 2014.<\/p>\n

To learn more about writing workshops at the library, see our events calendar: \u00a0http:\/\/cityofpasadena.net\/library\/teens\/events_and_programs\/<\/a><\/p>\n

For resources on creative writing, visit\u00a0http:\/\/cityofpasadena.libguides.com\/teenwriter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How to Survive a Freestyle Rap Battle a poem by Sofia Priego (teen)   Rapping is something that can come naturally. Or it’s something you just enjoy doing happily. 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