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A Cry For the Future

This goes out to everyone who has ever lost someone to the streets. I cry a tear for everyone who has ever lost someone to the streets. So when you look to the floor that's why there is a puddle at my feet. Please my fathers brothers sons boyfriends husbands wake up. We have to live better do better. Once your gone there is no coming back. Your killing for money and jewels non of which you take with you when your gone. We need to lift each other up not bring each other down. If we don't who will? My heartaches because so much is not understood. Killing someone for coming to what you call your "hood." I cant find the words to get you all to see the light. The rate were leaving is just not right. Babies never getting to be boys boys never getting to be men We must not let evil win Day after day same thing on the news another young person gunned down on a city block Make a change the foolishness must stop Speaking to you all from my heart take negativity and make positivity None of us want to die so why be so quick to take another's life Leaving lonely mothers sisters daughters and someones wife Put the guns down find another way there's a lot on your mind I know you want to say Lets turn this around Baltimore starting with today

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015




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