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"He is one third of the seminal Belize City rap trip, Fresh Breeze Crew. Founded in 1988." And then went onto a solo career as a rapper with peerless lyrical prowess in both freestyle and studio settings. Kenny Morgan is truly a wordsmith of his time, but now he has managed to compile some of his best work into a poetry publication, one which he says has been a dream of his since he was a child.

Kenny Morgan, Belizean Artist & Poet
"Well it's a very very heart warming experience. I was totally overwhelmed by the turnout, the reaction and the response of the people who came over, I mean I was expecting it to flow smoothly but I did not know it would be that much of an expression of appreciation from the people who came for which I am extremely grateful."

"Most of my inspiration comes from situations that I observe in everyday life, persons I interact with and mostly I try to pick on themes that I believe will echo with the larger population, I strongly believe that utilising the art form should always be with a view to creating positive change or motivating someone to want to do something about something. So if one line from one of the poems can reach out and accomplish that I feel justified."

"This is something that from way back as a boy I imagined one day being able to do this to get my own works together and published and Yasser and I connected at the right time. So here we have "If Uno Tink Da Lie" which we are saying is volume one because for sure we are looking to do volume 2, which will be called tentatively from the Belizean proverb "Peep Si." If you notice the link up "If uni tink da lie " and "Peep Si" it's an old Belizean proverb that says that you must always not take things that just face value if you want to check it get down inside and find out for yourself which is what the book is all about: read it and find out what's happening in there."

And there is a lot happening on the pages of this book which has no one set theme or style of poetry. His works are created with the sole purpose of having an enduring impact on readers, encouraging them to take a step back and reflect on their societal surroundings and what we may all have in common.

Kenny Morgan, Belizean Artist & Poet
"What I'm trying to do here is create something that now and in the future people will be able to pick up, read, get deep into it, find it and use it as motivation or inspiration for them to want to change something. Our society as we know it what we are living in right now is definitely in need of a lot of changes in the way that we interact with each other the way that we impart knowledge to the younger citizens the way that we appreciate our senior citizens so if anything within this book can inspire one person to want to make a positive change that is it for me and that is the reason why I say credibility is very important. If you don't have that credibility then your words and your work won't be taken seriously, so you must always stand behind what you say and make sure that you stand for something."

Given the outpour of support today for Morgan's first publication, chances are it won't be his last. Yasser Musa from the "Imagination FactRI" told us more about what it was like putting this project together all while developing a deep love and understanding of Morgan's thought process and ability to produce unique poetry.

Yasser Musa, Publisher, Imagination Factri
"Listening to Kenny Morgan earlier talk about how his mother raised him with a strict diet of reading I think that says a lot about how parenting is infused in a person, in a human being. That love, that imaginary power that you can use throughout your life, Kenny Morgan is in my mind an enigmatic artist he is an artist that has a spectrum, one of the presenters Gina Scott called him a multi-man and I think that is a very powerful phrased term for him because not only is he an incredible poet but he is also an amazing lyricist, a musician, a person who speaks not just for his generation but the current generation if they would pay attention they would recognise the universality of his messages and I think that his book is going to transcend because from an imagination factor stand point it would be great that more original works of Belizean literature be published and refill this space that we are in, this space where he probably came to borrow books was also a space that had one kind of language English but he grew up with 2 languages creole and English and in this book he navigates those languages with seamless efffort, seamless effectiveness and that is what I admire incredibly about his work that it is when you, and today I got another dose and the audience got an incredible dose of the magic, of how poetry can lift itself from the word on the page into the space of sound, the way he delivered, really captures the imagination of the crowd."

The book retails for $20 and can be purchased from the Imagination Factri