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#MyLifeMatters My hands are up don't shoot!! I'm a black man, with feelings and a valued life, Please, I've done nothing wrong, point the gun the other way. At my home, it holds the love of my valued wife, There's no kids, but we talk of having children one day. Is my tail light busted, was I speeding too fast? If so I apologize, may not have been paying attention. So what made you suspicious sir of me through the dash? Tell me now, in the future I can maybe prevent it. Don't want to be a statistic, I will soon be forgotten After my brief CNN mention of me being shot. Of me being SHOT, dash cam flashing non stop when The masses see another man dead by the hands of a cop. My hands are up DON'T SHOOT I didn't kill 9 members Of a church, I don't even have a weapon to cause hurt. My hands are up DON'T SHOOT I'm 3 credits away from my degree Check my I.D. no history of batteries or felonies. At my home, it holds the love of my valued wife, There's no kids, but we talk of having children one day. #MyLifeMatters Written on 12/7/2015 @ 6:10am EST

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Date: 1/7/2016 1:41:00 AM
and may God bless you with a dozen;-) this poem has an opposite theme to I WAS ONE PILL AWAY. I LIKE THIS ONE BETTER life is to be valued and when we feel down its good to rem there is someone else who cannot get up. great write
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Marion Mwangi
Date: 1/7/2016 1:44:00 AM
meant ONE PILL FROM AWAY.
Date: 12/26/2015 2:17:00 AM
Emotional.
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