Cold Blooded Genocide

*Cold Blooded Genocide (The Urban Wars Collection 1989)

What's the matter if a brother wants to wear red, black, or blue?
It ain't nothing but a color brother 
Chill and socialize
Hang up your guns and don't commit cold blooded genocide 
You owe it to yourself to be around
Sporting the good life...Hi-rolling you know 
Now go another way and when you arrive at the other side
Be what may look back and say
I remember when I became a man and decided to survive by not committing 
cold-blooded genocide it's just like suicide!

*This is the first poem from the Urban Wars Collection (1989) The newspaper 
listed all of the children that had been killed due to drive by shootings. The 
article featured a child who attended the same church I went to at that time. I 
still see that little boys face today.

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August 28, 2012 at 1:36 PM
Bravo Allen, Congrats on having your great poem being featured on the PoetrySoup Homepage this week, keep tapping from the incredible ink flowing from your honoured heart. Wishing you many more features in the future. Love, Adeleke
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August 28, 2012 at 9:27 AM
nice poem yes gangs are bad brother
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August 26, 2012 at 7:35 PM
ALLEN, congratulations with your featured poem of the week. :-) Always~PD
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