Black Poetry : Grandma was Mama......not you

krazelyricks

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I hate to tell the truth
But grandma not mama was the one who put money under my pillow for my first tooth
That while other kids had mothers in their teens and twenties in kindergarden my mama was walking on a cane at fifty two
She smiled dentures....no real tooth
I didn't rock name brands, my mama was on fixed income...retired....so when I asked for Nikes she refused
I was inside reading books and looking outside my window as the other girls ran loose
Cause while their mothers were mothers......my grandma was not only playing mama she WAS mama......not YOU

She took me to church faithfully
Made me pray daily
And if I didn't have the strength to pray she prayed FOR me
We didn't have a lot of money
And she was strict as hell but she was ALWAYS there for me
She wobbled the six blocks to school like a champ with her cane when a teacher called on me
She cried when I went to jail for selling rocks to make money
She fell down on her knees
To ask God to shield me
That's my mama.......you just hold the name but she'll always have that title to me

She explained to me that these n****** in these streets are all sheisty
She told me to forgive you for not taking care of me
That the streets were evil but those same streets took me
Made me a hardknock, pass you daily
And say nothing but '**** you'.......this **** is crazy
You see, she was a strong lady
But after a while she couldn't hold me
She grew weak and after a while she couldn't beat me
When she told me to stay in the house I left and she was left crying for me
I respected her, resented you, but somehow you mama became me
You see grandma was mama, mama was me.....and I was just a stranger

DANGER!!!!!!!!!!!!

More than one girl in my hood had lives like me, it was nothin new
Mothers as teens, children given to the grandmothers, this cycle is so true
Grandmamas are abused
But strong as hell because they raise another generation just to be just LIKE YOU
But not me though, I got my kid with me and we're alrite without the help of you
I just wanted you to know you can continued to do you
Because you never raised me, no papa either, and grandma did a GREAT job FOR YOU
It's sad but true
Grandma was Mama......not you
 
sometimes

grandmoms are there blessings you need to make it

and they can love and teach you alot

but you condemn mama

take a look at why mama didn't take the leadership

maybe she had her own issues

maybe she wasn't ready or didn't know and understand how to do the parent

thing under the apocalypse we presently live

but in the long run

thank god somebody was there to show you the way

to me that goes further then who did what or didn't do what

but we do long for the ones that birthed us

to be in that leadership role that we have every right to yearn for

peace

great piece to Grandma
 

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