LeVar “Var” Lawrence

WELL, WHAT CAN I SAY

Even though the Coronavirus is spreading fast and killing people

Well, What can I say?

To me it's just another day

It took for a virus to spread world wide to awaken us 

To washing our hands and using up the Lysol spray

And if someone coughs they'll get looked at in a strange way 

Well, What can I say?

People being quarantined to their house

After a couple of days some people will get tired of their spouse 

Kids in the house getting on their parents nerves 

Because they have nothing to do 

Now they're wondering when will this end 

And the schools open back up because I'm about tired of you 

That's because most of the people don't be around their kids 

So right now they're not sure what to do 

Well, What can I say?

To me it's just another day! 

They made it seem like the people catching it were White and Chinese

Friend of mine screamed out that our race is safe 

I looked at him and said, "NIGGA PLEASE!" 

He said, "This shit ain't nothing but a new version of the flu."

I said, "Yeah OK. But you better not come next to me and go achu!” 

What can I say? This doesn't really make me feel any type of way 

Because to be honest … We have people who are dying 

EVERY DAY!!!

Bio

In 2005, I was shot in an argument over a dice game in the Fort Greene projects, where I lived. From the Hospital, I went to Goldwater for rehab. In 2013, they closed, and I came to Coler.

I always knew how to draw anything. If I had chosen to stay in school, I could've been a tattoo artist or an architect. Instead, I chose to be a drug dealer. Once I got paralyzed like this, I started using my phone to manipulate pictures, using more abstraction. I can still be an artist, just in a different way.

When we talk to people, I say what’s in my heart. I talk to kids as if they’re my own. I see my own kids every week. I have three boys and three girls, aged 14 to 25, and I talk to them straight up. That way they can feel they can be straight up with somebody else.