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WISDOM OF OZ

WISDOM OF OZ/Words/

THEY CALLED HIM THE WISDOM OF OZ/A BALLER, BANGER/ WITH A WIDE RANGE OF KNOWLEDGE
INTO THE STREET LIFE OF PIMPIN’,LOAN SHARKING, SHAKE DOWN’S,GRAB –N-SNACH/ DON’T LEAVE YOUR DAUGHTER’S ON THE STUP MAN/ THE WIZDOM OF OZ WILL TAKE ‘EM/TURN ‘EM OUT/AND HAVE THEM ON THE BLOCK THE NEXT DAY/ HE WAS A SLICK HUSTLER/ HIS UNCLE SMOKEY TOUGHT HIM HOW TO BE THAT WAY/WHEN THE DARK NITE WOULD FALL UPON ALL THE BOROUGs IN THE BIG CITY/HE WOULD LAUNCH  HIM SELF/ He Called himself THE  MID-NITE MISSILE OF  HUSTLE OF  SWITCH –N-BAIT  THROUGH OUT  THE FIVE BOROUGHS OF NEW YORK  AND UP STATE/BUT DIG/ONE DAY WHILE LISTENING TO A STRIP CLUB SOUND TRACK IN HIS HEAD/ HE REALIZED THE ULTIMATE  TAKE DOWN ON SOCIETY  WAS IN HACKING AND JACKING THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE DAY/ MAN TABLET’S, IPAD’S,IPHONE’S,LAPTOP’S/WITH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF THEASE DEVICES RIDING THE NEW YORK SUBWAY EACH DAY/ WHY THE ULTIMATE HUSTLE /WITH BIG TIME DEVICE COMPANIES HYPING UP THEIR PRODUCT  TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC/  THAT  THEY CAN OWN WITH CONFIDENCE AND KNOW THAT  THERE PRIVACY WILL BE PROTECTED IN SOME KIND OF WAY/ WAS THE FALSE FRONT  THE WISDOM OF OZ NEEDED TO RUN HIS GAME DOWN/EVERY WHERE YOU LOOKED/
FROM MANHATTAN TO THE BRONX TO STANTAN ISLAND AND QUEENS/TO STANDING IN LINE or BUYING A PAIR OF JEANS/ THE MASSES OF PEOPLE WOULD BE WALKIN’-N-TALKIN’ AND NOT AWARE OF WHERE THAY WERE A OR WHO THEY WALK INTO/
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HAYNES Avatar
March 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
There are few comments on my beat writing, but I am going to post more. I dug your view of the city.
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