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Living a Pipe Dream

A living tree has been planted to symbolize a life which has taken snuffed out, slained in his prime.Detectives haven't solved the crime.Future basketball star where are you now heaven or purgatory.Your soul needs to rest,shooting hoops,doing lay-ups sweating,running passing stop,go dribble,dribble,stop! screech, halt!. Running the back streets on the late night tip trying to survive on the wrong side of town, travel, stop, play offense is weaken only to live a hyped pipe dream,his defense is down and he knows they have come to gun him down so he decided to run to the other side of town.Do what it takes to become a superstar on to lose his soul. Everyone asked was he in the dope game no one really knows living lies that didn't get him far only to live a false pipe dream. Was he playing the role of a double life to eventually be "X" out of the game no one really knows his soul still lingers in death park. Listen it is late, it is dark neighbors continue to mourn the ball player's lost.Neighbors can still hear the basketball hitting the back board in death park.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2005




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