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The Streets

The hoes The projects Always think you fly Yet, your mother struggles Father, has two jobs Don’t have enough money And your still getting robbed Walking through the hood Guys always stare Look left, Look right Cops always there Run up in someones house Don’t even have a reason Just want to run about The street girls The hood boys The sirens The fights Crack heads and drug dealers Parties all night Remember those days You know you miss that Always wonder why You would want to go back Go back to the life Of sex and crime Baby mother struggles Baby father hustled Boys running around all crazy Girls running the streets Having a lot of babies Mind is not set to go to school That is a shame Because you think your so cool Low grades High standards Bandanna's hanging Always flagging Boys always packing Clothes cut low Body is showing Strutting down the streets You know she hoeing Girls on the corner Boys on the corner Realize that’s how it is Even if that's Not how you were brought up The hoes The projects Wonder who going to die next? The struggle! The streets!

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014




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Date: 7/5/2015 8:43:00 AM
Congrats on ur winning awesome write Skylisha!
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Date: 7/5/2015 3:14:00 AM
Skylisha, congratulations. Always & Forever ~LINDA~
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Date: 7/4/2015 7:46:00 PM
Skylisha :) CONGRATULATIONS!!! Thank you for supporting my contest. LOVE SKAT :)
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Date: 11/19/2014 12:37:00 AM
Congratulations Stylisha for your high marks in my contest. A first place win you grace... Furthermore, Welcome to the Soup! Verlena
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Date: 11/11/2014 10:40:00 AM
Congratulations on a top win
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Date: 11/10/2014 4:06:00 PM
Congratulations on your win and welcome to Poetry Soup.
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Date: 3/7/2014 3:22:00 PM
That was truly a cool read.
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Date: 3/5/2014 11:12:00 AM
Hey man, you sure got me rapping there :)
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Date: 2/22/2014 7:43:00 PM
Hi Skylisha, love the style here.. Much truth. , Stopping by with a nice, sweet Welcome to Poetry Soup. I will find much delight, in reading and in time become familiar with your way of writing. But, for the mean time, I will greet you with the same smile, other poets passed when I first join the soup 4 years ago. I wish you the best when it comes to your poems. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here. Starting with me. SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you like. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND". Hugs* SKAT
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Date: 2/22/2014 6:42:00 PM
Hi Skylisha, A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you enjoy the community, as I did when I first join the soup March 2010. You will find many friendly poets, who ready to take you under the their wings, and support and offer any kind of feedback. I will be around to help you grow with the community, if you like. I look forward to meeting and reading any poems or smiles you offer. :) :) :) We are one big happy family. (Drama & Love) ~ Take Care!! From: your new poet friend @-> LINDA <-@"
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Date: 2/22/2014 2:56:00 PM
- Warm welcome to PoetrySoup,Skylisha- I choose your first great written poem - hope you will write many poem in the future- Hope you will be satisfied with our "soup family" - we are many .. but has plenty of room for you too- PoetrySoup Rule1: Be kind and keep PoetrySoup a haven. PoetrySoup is a drama free zone(Comment on the poetry of others and they will comment on yours.) Thank you posted your words and thoughts here, I want to come back to read more another day. - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
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