About Me
I am the epitome of youth and also living proof that life is what you make it. On October 25, 1990 I was a baby Scorpio born naked. I was the one in a millionth sperm who got fertilized and who was destined to make it. On that day I was evicted from the womb into the real world, so I hold it sacred. I found a medium between love and hatred that allowed me to obtain an emotional equilibrium. I try constantly to remain content and higher then helium. My name is Jose Stephan Perez but I go by Stephan, which derives from the word Stephania in Greek mythology. I am just another product of a greater being’s biology.
This is where I stand despite who hates me and who honors me, because after the decipher of the symboligy one can truly interpret my vivid reality.
I am a visionary not a dreamer, because I never sleep on my visions. I am a revolutionary activist in my ways by destiny, not by decision. I am an intellectual who speaks his mind regardless of who listens because I feel it is my mission to aspire to inspire. I protect my 6’1 sized frame as if it were my empire. My lightly tanned skin is my Earth, my long hair is my wind, and my mahogany eyes are my fire. My encephalon is my temple, which shines blindingly like a sapphire. My intelligence penetrates and transcends abyss mist with elegance and eloquence. I am an emcee thus making me one of Hip-Hop’s four elements. I have the heart of a man who stands confidently imminent, while at the same time having lived the struggle and pain of a tenant living in a project tenement. I recall as a child once being innocent and ignorant to the real world’s harsh realities. I am a protagonist in a Shakespearean tragedy, with a sixth-sense, trying to avoid his inevitable agony. I am more of a writer then a vocalizer, and more of a lover then a fighter. My breed is as endangered as white tigers and as suppressed as inmates at Rikers. I am the beat in Ray Barreto’s drums. I am a Bronx street corner with a mural of Big Pun. I am the thorns on the rose that grew from concrete and also the bullet of the smoking gun. Symbolically I have more guns then roses, and I perform miracles closest to that of Moses. My miracles are in the sense of being lyrical at a climactic pinnacle creating more reactions then a chemical. I am as lost as Atlantis but as vast as an atlas. I am “Thug Life†like Tupac and poetic like his ideas. I am thankful that I come from the barrio (neighborhood) Castilla in Medellin, Colombia even though I was I was born in San Diego, California. I’m azucar (sugar) like Celia Cruz and I’m a kingpin like Pablo. I’m a leader who refuses to follow, because I know I am the future of tomorrow. I’m a grandson, a son, a brother, and a friend. I can honestly say that I am happy, that’s why I am the envy of many men. I’m a treble cliff that is in sync with my heart’s tempo. I am the one and only Stephan Vincenzo.
I am fond of escaping through a glitch in a matrix that takes me to the basic stairway to heaven, where I can hopefully make it. I am fond of being in the state of ecstasy with all of my loved one’s next to me, knowing that God is protecting me. I am also fond of the immense intensity that can dwell within a profound rhymes density. I internally combust with life when I stumble upon a rhyme and write it, because such an action gets me excited. I am fond of music because it is my get away to “Better Dayz†in “Thugz Mansionâ€. I like to close my eyes and envision Hector Lavoe and Celia Cruz dancing. I love my family because they have always been by my side, regardless of the hardest times. I’m still trying to find and gain my definition. I’m fond of optimism and acting on instinctive intuition. I love utter solitude when no one is there to listen, because all the lies go missing and the truth reigns. I am content that I have experienced pain because I can now savor pleasure. I’m thankful that back in the day I ate garbage so now I can enjoy gourmet. I’m glad that I was named after mi Papito Jose. I love women because their beauty is a blessing and their presence is incomparable. To me, a place without women is unbearable. I’m fond of Tupac Amaru Shakur because he gave me the gift of inspiration, and for that alone I have immense admiration for him. It’s hard to imagine that I don’t know him because of the way that he changed my life inspiring me to write. Due to him I picked up the pen to release my mind on paper. The art of poetry takes me higher then skyscrapers. My pen and/ or pencil is not just my utensil it’s also my friend. It allows me to transcend my thoughts by bleeding onto pages. As difficult as it is to explain this, I admit that my other comrade is the microphone. Stephan is to the microphone as a Tommy gun was to Al Capone. The two objects need each other because neither can act alone. I’m fond of my constant lyrical content that has devoured ears, inspired peers, and instigated tears through the past years. I cannot describe the ability to have verbal power, because my head is in the clouds as my mind resides up along the watchtower.
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge, and that being humble is more valuable then being paid homage. I believe that a smile and a positive attitude is more powerful than carnage. I believe that at the end of the day it is better to have been honest. Regardless of imagination I believe that knowledge is power, and to every project and street corner we have to get ours. I would rather die with courage than to live life as a coward. I believe that people don’t have to like each other but they should at least share mutual respect. I believe that Karma is always in full effect. I believe that there is a superior being/ force that protects and for the most part directs us on the right path. I believe that my spacecraft will come to take back my mind to where it belongs. I believe that for the most part I know Stephan, but there are still unknown corners in the closet of his encephalon that need to be exposed. I know myself to a certain extent but I sense a hiatus within. I believe that the complexion of people’s skin does not determine more then the pigmentation of the person’s largest organ. I believe that all these races are nonsense. What are we all running for? I believe that war only creates more destructive pain then improvement. I believe that the revolution will be televised (it’s a movement). I believe that faith has no evidence and evidence has no faith. I believe that hate is a disease that can only be cured by love. I believe that many people turn evil because they were never hugged. I believe that life is honorable because since day one, one has to surmount obstacles, but looking back at it all life is a carnival. I believe that education is the way out of poverty and its not available to all which is unfortunately a reality. I believe that everyone on Earth is here for a purpose. There’s only mislead souls but none are actually worthless. I believe that life is a blessing that is monumentally significant and that knowledge will always reign supreme above ignorance.
I do no care for mediocre people, who settle for mediocrity. I do not care for fake people (Guasa Guasa) who hide behind their hypocrisy. I refuse to settle on the pedestal because it goes against my philosophy “The world is yoursâ€. I refuse to settle cause I desire to live so much more. I dislike people who think that real men don’t cry. If that’s true then I’m no real man because I cry. I hate having to say good-bye. I hate when people lie. I hate when the good die young and the bad grow old and outlive everyone. I don’t like people who run from their problems thinking that avoiding them will solve them. I hate violence because it can be avoided. I hate cocaine because it tarnished Colombia’s image and destroyed it. I hate ignorance and how it’s contagious. I hate how people are imprisoned like animals in cages. I hate stereotypes and also people that try to play to them to make them right. I dislike people who lack enough personality to follow their own choice and who do not have the courage to express their own voice. I hate when the people around me die because my greed wants them by my side. I hate what the Hip-Hop culture has come to. The once mighty, powerful, intelligent art now has succumbed to ignorant garbage. I dislike people who judge others before they have knowledge of whom they judge. I hate how many lives have been ruined by drugs. Despite all that I dislike, I overcome it with love. I hate the attempted murders of Hip-Hop, but I gave it mouth to mic resuscitation to revive it. Through me Hip-Hop is still surviving.
I want to be a legend like Bob Marley. I want to be a kingpin like John Gotti. I want to be a champion like Muhammad Ali but instead I am Stephan Vincenzo, and that is all me. I am my own man, with a visionary plan and I will leave a permanent footprint where I stand in the sand.
