Free Cee How To Bluff Off the Cuff
HOW TO BLUFF OFF THE CUFF
You'd better be tough
when the cops and the weather gets rough
here there isn't any flight or fight
that ain't right
it's whatever our godless deities had already willed
it's kill or be killed
because no one here calls another's bluff
just take life off the cuff
because no one ever knows what another is thinking
and for us there is no such thing as drinking
we didn't drink our worries away until arrives the day when there's powder but you cannot get enough
you'd better be tough
scared
you'd better be scared
when a white powder's fangs are bared
and no one gave a damn or cared
size up every situation as if it were your last moment on earth
as you curse your mother's womb for having cursed you with birth
have eyes in the back of your head
lest you end up darker than dead
let your instincts rule
and don't be anyone's fool
so be cool
since the day the white lady first stared
you'd better be scared
determined
one must be determined
to ease the pain
and not end up just a stain
a darkened mark on the ground where you once stood
in a wretchedly and wicked neighborhood
the hood
ain't no good
so find what you need with determination in your eyes
and be wise
be determined not to be beaten, slain or grabbed
shoved into an alley with a 45 at your head or ready to be stabbed
these things will happen, yes, even to you
so be determined to do whatever you must do
be determined
these are all the things you must possess
and allow the feelings of being wounded regress
they start off their teenage years with a lot
until they say yes to that very first shot
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Copyright © Jeffry Cohan | Year Posted 2012
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