Taking

Some love the sound of them shots 
poppin off especially when they're 
the one that's pulling the trigger, I 
hate this because in the black 
community it seems like Willie Lynch 
theory is looking more like a script 
that was written. Yesterday those 
shots brought tears to my eyes 
because I'm sick and tired of this 
plague called black on black 
violence and it's looking more like 
an eternal sickness, it doesn't bring 
tears to my eyes because I'm 
terrified for my own life but 
because we as a people have 
aborted and terminated the seeds 
we sow for a lil bit of doe, accepted 
a nickname, high off pride not 
knowing to society you too are just a 
john doe with an expiration date.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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