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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