Black Poetry : GROWIN UP

bigrob3775

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ST.LOUIS NATTIVE OF DETROIT
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HEAD BELLMAN FOR OMNI MAJESTIC HOTEL
THE WAY WE PLAY IS SO AMAZING TO THE DEPTHS
OF SPACE BETWEEN OUR SOULS ON THIS NIGHT:
SHOUT OUT TO THE STARS THE WORDS THAT YOU WANT
THE WORLD TO HEAR AND IT SHALL BE SO:
WALK WITH ME THROUGH THE VALLEY OF FEAR AND PAIN
SO THAT WE CAN FIND OUR TRAIL OF JOY:
WE'LL HOPSCOTCH IN PENNY LOAFERS EVERY TWO SQUARES
DOWN TO MISTA FOX, MISTA FOX WHAT TIME IS IT:
WALLY WONKA DONT COME TO THE HOOD NO MO CAUSE
HE KEPT GEETIN JACKED FOR HIS SNICKER BARS:
AND THESE ARE THE BREAKS ON MY NO.2 PENCIL
WHILE WE BEE-BEE BUTCHER THESE ****** IN A GAME
OF PICK'EM UP MESS'EM UP:
BUT YET I CANT SEEM TO FIGURE
WHO I SHOULD BE
WHO SHOULD I BE WITH
WHERE SHOULD I GO
WHEN SHOULD I GO
AND WHAT SHOULD I WEAR

SUNDAY MORNINGS HERE AND IT'S TIME FOR CHURCH
BUT THE VIBRATION OF THE NIGHT PAST HAS LEFT ME
WITH NO OPTION BUT TO ATTEND (BEDSIDE BAPTIST)
ON THE CORNER OF SHEETS AND PILLOWS:
I DID IT ALL, I DID IT ALL, THE HIGH'S, THE LOW'S
THE DREAMS, AND THE NOT QUITE WHAT IT SEEMS:
WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME NOT TO GROW UPSO FAST?
WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME THAT WHEN SOMEONE
NEW GET'S INTOOFFICE THAT I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO
FIND A JOB?
WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME THAT THESE BILLS
COST SO **** MUCH?
WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME THAT I WOULD WORK SO MUCH
THAT I CANT SPEND THE MONEY THAT I WORKED
SO HARD FOR?
WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME THAT EVEN AFTER HIGH SCHOOL
AND COLLEGE THAT I STILL HAD TO FIGURE OUT
WHO SHOULD I BE
WHO SHOULD I BE WITH
WHERE SHOULD I GO
WHEN SHOULD I GO
AND WHAT SHOULD I WEAR:


P.S.
BACK IN THE DAY WHEN I WAS YOUNG I'M NOT A KID ANYMORE
BUT, SOME DAYS I SIT AND WISH I WAS A KID AGAIN: :glasses:
 

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