Black Poetry : Da Rise and Fall

[Street So'ja]

in OUR every day lives
we understand no success without
ccmpromise
da lows da highs
da fall da rise

depending on your perspective
biased and selective
don't lose sight of da message
from da streets in da concrete trenches
tales of da hood endless
no time for repentance

we're branded and marked wit da bullseye
limited means but still "gettin" by
born to die
under God's eye

they try to sweep us under da rug
like we don't exist
cause we ain't rich
saying our neighborhoods are nothing but
crime and drugs
but there are good people here we ain't
all thugs
and da noise don't pay da bills cause

we work hard for our little crumbs
like a fugitive on da run
ducking cops and thugs wit guns
trying to feeds our family and get da job done
peace of mind is all we want
we have no voice cause we have no funds

but i wish
we wouldn't spend our money so foolish
pool together our resources
become a vital FORCE
change da course
of DESTINY

my core message is between da lines
they hit u if ur 3rd I isn't blind
so here i am trying
til da day i'm dying

feel it in your mental
feel it in your bones muscle and dental

PURE GRIT
and da survival kit


Da Street So'ja
from da streets
coming in PEACE

 

[baller]

there are many on the streets...

trying hard to make ends meet...while trying to remain legit. yet, being stereotyped as thugs and bums and ****.

preaching from da streets
stay up, So'ja.

One.

 

[$$RICH$$]

YES SIR

OUT DA HOOD
WHAT THEY SHOULD //COULD & WOULD
MANY ON THE BRINKS YET GOT IT
2GETHER FOR DA BETTER
AND STILL DOWN PLAYED

 

[Da Street So'ja]

Baller and Rich

baller you had i nice touch on this, thanks for the love is means so much

rich you always so love man and i appreciate it


you know people who have and don't live it can't possible understand
the So'ja

thank for hearing my voice

 

[shaneak]

This is so True!!!

And it is so hard to leave something for the best and still be stereo typed as something else. Its sad. I often wonder what is our world coming to...but **** ain't change since centuries... This was a nice scribe...keep speaking the truth. Your words are real...