Red White and Who

RED, WHITE AND WHO? I was raised amidst thieves, thugs and rats Not the rodent, I’m talking about snitches I grew up next to the rotten, rebellious and the skinny one is always called “Fats” I was brought up by Broadway, by boosting and a bushel of b*ches Ain’t nothing new to me, where I now exist I am immune to the horrid places I go There’s so many places I hate it’s too long a list Suffice it to say that I know that which I know My father was fifth avenue whereupon the rich dwell And my mother was Madison Ave. where only the chic congregate Both of my parents gave me a map straight to hell And that’s why I don’t even have time to hate Thieves were my tutors, and my teacher was other people’s blood Yet I saw angels above my head revealing what I needed to hear Listen, my friend, I fear boils, locusts and flood But I’ve tried to dissipate and mitigate all of my hate And then you ask me why I have aching f*****g feet Because I wasn’t raised up I was dragged up and honey, that’s for true And there are certain people and relatives you don’t want to meet But fret not for I don’t fear the government, I don’t fear the law and I don’t even fear men in blue © 2011.….Phreepoetree ~free cee!~