Something New

[An Apple a Day] Croxt:

Baby, let's try something new, me & you. Something beautiful. We are full of youth and the sun shines brighter today than it ever has before. You are my passion and I am your inspiration. You were my ambition and now that I've found you, let's try something new. Something different. I don't live for the pleasures and the pleasures alone but I figured we could use some life. We could stay alive. We could go above and beyond. Your treasures shake me as I dive into your mystery and you know I crown it if I happen to like it. I put a ring on it without going round and round in circles. I get straight to the point. Now, if you could close your eyes for a minute, I have a surprise for you. I know you're peeping low-key but it's fine. I can't hide the excitement either. It's not your birthday today but I choose to treat you special every day and in every way I can. We will try something new and differently exciting and never for even a single moment will we take this roller coaster for granted. I love the way you love me and the way I love you I haven't before. You can now open your eyes. You danced all night, girl, you deserve it.

Has Never Been

[An Apple a Day] Croxt:

I'll take you to places you has never been. Mostly because I really want to get there and I also do not mind some company. So if you're willing, let's throw a dice and see where we land. Let's take some kites and see how far they'd rise. Let's grow some wings and see how high we'd fly. Let's dive into the oceans and see how deep in we'll survive. Let's go to places we has never been. I bet you are yet to land on the moon. Honey streets and well-decorated amusement parks. A dozen of milk stands that could make me do a bunch of flip-flops. Summer salt in sweet garlic prescriptions. Beautiful cake icings on a Christmas tree. Where every thought lingers and in your hair flows through my fingers. The sun rises and we are projected to the world. They know our names. Mostly because we were brave. They change locks of keys to places we called home and we change our vision to something greater. The music is amazing and I could dance in your praises and answer your prayers. One little thing I keep forgetting is that I knew you even before I found myself. And you walked beside me when nobody else could. One little other thing I'll never forget, is that unlike so many others, you are still willing to forgive me and come with me to places we has never been.

Press Record

[An Apple a Day] Croxt:

The songs of a lifetime might be written and sung in just a single moment. So stay awake whenever it's required of you. I chant a song for this moment right now tastes juicy and it feels like a new day. I stay away from drama and to be honest, the world doesn't really revolve around you. There's a seed I'm sowing and the farmer I am will keep ploughing till dinner is served. Even if I keep getting tired, I will keep going. I will never give up. There's a moment I'm not about to miss. I watch my step and mostly to avoid your toes. There are others with the same voice as I have found so I'm no longer afraid to voice my joys. I no longer intend to stay idle. I do whatever little my hands land on. Bigger ambitions are satisfied by small continuous efforts. I have a family I love and cherish and now I wish to help keep them growing. We've struggled enough times. The cold almost ripped our ears off and I've seen blood oozing out of places I'd rather have never been. So join the anthem and sing with me. Let's chant a song of freedom and the ability to achieve whatever we set our minds to. We will never give up; we will keep on going. If it's money, we will make it. If it's peace, we will continue to create it. The seeds that we are sowing are a promise to this land and to our children's children that we will keep going, no matter how hard it ever gets.

Price Tag

[An Apple a Day] Croxt:

My beautiful girlfriend told me, "Everything will work out" and I believe her. I'm not easily the type to get too excited without a good reason. But yeah, life's hit me hard a couple of times before. And, no.. I'm not even complaining. Shoe strings don't want to get too attached to the shoe but at least they hold your foot in place. Unlike shoe strings, sugar naturally dissolves in water and what a sweet sight. Sigh. You try and try because you believe that the 101st time you do, things will work out. It gets really hard sometimes to figure things out and if you're not helping the economy, they somehow find a way to kick you out. Everyone wants the joys of your success but would rather watch you carry the burdens from the sidelines. I understand. We are all fighting fights we do not even understand ourselves. The bigger the test, the more appealing your GPA looks if you get to ace it. So I do my best and learn from my shadows. Those things you can't tell are the best and worst things to play around. So I read the price tag first before I reach for my wallet. Are you worth it?

Sikukosa Kungojea

[Kiswahili Kitukuzwe] Kroxti:

Yamkini, sikukosea kungojea. Sikujitilia doa kuungoja wakati wangu. Na ulipowadia, sikungoja kuukosa. Nilipita nao. Nilifunua mabawa nikapaza sauti kisha nikapaa angani. Mwenye sikio na aniskize. Mawingu yasiyo kasoro yaliniamkua yakitaka kujua nilivyokuja kukua. Wakaniuliza nilivyokuwa. Dakika za kuomboleza zimenipiga chenga na kwa uhakika, nilizobaki nazo kwa sasa ni dakika za furaha. Asiyejua furaha hapati furaha. Mpaka lini tena nitasahau nilipotoka? Mpaka lini tena nitakumbuka mara nilizoanguka? Sikuchoka na sitachoka. Japo baridi lanilaza, sitatetemeka. Sitaogopa tena. Ni muda wangu huu na sitababaika. Akufuzaye wakati mwingine hukuambia toka. Na lisilokulisha lisikutishe. Chakula kingi ufukoni. Ya pesa tayarisha mfukoni. Dawa ya uoga si fujo. Ni kunyenyekea na kujifunza kukwaa hata juu zaidi, zaidi ya shida zako. Hatukosei tunapotaka; tunakosea tunapotaka kwa nia mbaya. Jizungumzie na ujipende ulivyo. Tazama mbali zaidi na usiogope kutenda. Lako likifika; lako utalipata. 

A Fedora for your Troubles

[An Apple a Day] Croxt:

I flip my hat off and marry it to my chest as I bow down before thine presence. A fedora for your troubles. I have seen it, the struggle. Your smile is everything, and in all you went through you went through it untroubled. You kept your peace because you fought to protect it. Vendetta troubles. See, my friends and I like to do random things. You know, like be ourselves in the midst of so much rubble. Trust me, we've had our better days and we know the best are yet to come. Yet, we've also gone through some shit we were never sure we'd ever get out of. Surely if you look at it from my angle, I am deeply grateful for the good and bad. The good taught me I can always win again and the bad was enough good practice. Even some of these vaccines are administered in the form of their own disease. You learn sometimes the hard way. If it doesn't harden your heart, it will open your mind. Everything is nice and I'll say it twice; everything is nice. Pardon my mystery but we both know I belong in the midst of those things you will cherish. You're a bright flower blooming in the midst of the ocean, fighting the storms and always winning. You stretch in too deep and your roots go even further. Your branches embrace the clouds and pierce the skies as your leaves embrace that only which is divine. You are a winner and winners know what it means to lose. You win some, you lose some. The ones you win don't let them far too in; the ones you lose, don't let them distract you. You've been doing a completely perfect job already. Not giving up. You are bigger than your problems and tonight, please allow me to bow this one down for ya: a fedora for ya trouble!

Some People Want to Take

[An Apple a Day] Croxt:


Some people want to take what is not theirs. But, I don't blame them. That's why I protect what's mine. I'll never take what is "not mine" without giving back something of enough worth, even if you do not see it. Something you need. I see you clearly understand my position but pain has its ways of twisting our rationale. I've said this a thousand times; never get petty. I know sometimes it's never that easy to tell. Some burdens might be too large and heavy on our shoulders and yet seem small and unimportant to others. Some who might not even lift their fingers to make it easier for you. Keep it burning. Don't let their winds wipe away your glowing light. It's weak if it's not coming from the soul. And if it's strong it'll come to build you up or teach you something. Burn a path before your guarded feet and step over them dead. A boss lady and her classic man knocked on my gate once. They were dressed to kill and I could tell they had each other's back. Stand strong with your women, men and you will soon see how many wonders she can help you create. Bachelor apartments have turned into huge mansions and it's never the size of the house but the vastness of your imagination. I have believed in you from the start and whatever you will set your mind to achieve. Grow to bless and learn to give from the heart. Your blessings have been counted and you will get everything you ever desired. I know some poets who have romanticized sadness, hurt, pain and their own sorrows. Let's not forget that a lot of people have gone through a lot of trouble and with trouble, pain. Let's not take them to our disappointments but rather direct them to the success we discovered in our own struggles. Let's help them be stronger enough and live to fight another day. We are all heroes and I hope for you and everyone else, that you will get to the place you've ever really wanted to arrive at. & of course without allowing anyone to take away what always belonged to you!