Re: Introducing "Blast from the Past"
http://rapbattles.com/showthread.php?477878-CONSISTENCY
For each stanza, syllable count goes 11, 10, 8, 4, 10, 8, 4 and rhyming structure goes A, B, C, D, B, E, D (2nd and 5th lines rhyme, 4th and 7th rhyme).
CONSISTENCY:
Furious, my father called me 'Son' one day,
And on child's shoulder laid cheated hand;
Frowned and grimaced, flummoxed, faltered-
Begrudgingly,
My father muttered me the Law of Man:
Word is bond, a man must prove his
Consistency.
A chef, stewing over morning's argument,
Carefully brings pot up to the boil.
She stirs, and watches as the sauce
Thickens quickly.
Simple things compound, let fire toil;
With life and food, maintain the right
Consistency.
A scientist stays the course of his study,
Eyes fixed steady on his destination;
He knows changing heart will challenge
Validity.
His data is ruled by regulation,
For there is no meaning without
Consistency.
Every tick of the clock an expiration;
The final breath of a newborn moment.
Each sunset, another day dies.
And finally,
Time dissolves all things, the Great Erodent:
Nothing lasts, there's no such thing as
Consistency.