Jay Anderson-Taylor Poet I do not know?

My Ghetto

Strange is it to me that we all grew up in the same Ghetto where

I came from.

Yet, we can’t see it’s not the white man we are trying to beat?

Take a look around you and tell me if you see what I see...

No white man, broke that glass in your street?
No white man, made that brother get drunk or high off weed?
No white man, made that brother steal your TV?
No white man, made that brother drop out of school?
No white man, made that brother put that gun to someone’s head?

The picture I see, is so plain to me, it’s just you and me? 

You’re the one’s turning this place into this Ghetto you see...

So, you tired of the ghetto and you want to get out?

I think not? Because you’re all too busy blaming the white man for all your own 

faults.

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Derrick Burton August 16, 2008 at 10:26 AM It really all depends on how you look at it, we all really have different views depending where you live. the cops, the blacks, the whites all are responsible. YOU cant include or exclude.I notice when writers found out your black on here they dont show as much support.