Black Short Stories : Second Chance

KUJIMANI

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My family was so proud of me
I was accepted into a college
To get a degree
An all black college that is
Where I wanted to be
I got accepted into
Morehouse that was my dream
I remember so well
What my my father said to me
Son don't mess up this is
A lifetime opportunity
So I said to my father
You are going to be
So proud of me
I am Going to get
That college degree
We arrived at the college
It was a new world to me
To see all my brothers
No guns and no drugs
everyone trying to get a
College degree
As I was taking the rest
of the bags from the car
My father said to me
Son remember what I said
Don't let us down
As he shook my hand
Out of the ghetto you see
This world was truly new to me
I have never felt so free
No drugs no sirens surrounding me
My G.P.A was a 4.0
Little did I know
It dropped to 1.0 OH HELL NO!
What I am I thinking
What the hell is wrong with me
I have to get myself together and think
There was a letter in my door
And it read like this
Sorry to inform you your
Grades have dropped
There is no more funding for you
It is time for your Father
To come and get you
My entire hope and dreams
Blow up right in front of me
Then the words of my
Father came to me
Son don't mess up if you do
The streets will be
Waiting for you
As I sat in the Deans office
She said to me, Son
We are going to give
you a second chance
To get that college degree
I stood in the front of the Dean and said
I won't let you down
Thank you for giving me
A second chance
My Father arrived at the college to get me
The only words he said to me were
I knew you wasn't going make it
All you know is the streets
Oh, you are going to get a job
You are not laying around me
Your dumd a** had an
Opportunity to get a college degree
Everytime I tried to talk
He would say
Shut the f**k up
There is nothing to say
Sorry Dad I didn't mean
To let everybody
That world was new to me
I have never been out of town you see
Yes, I got caught up
In the new surroundings,
that is now all out of me
The Dean is giving me
A second chance
To turn it around and
Get back on the right track
Then my Father said
Son I don't want to hear
S**T from you
You are not going to no ****
College I am not putting
Up anymore money for you
Then I said Dad just
Believe in me I will make it
This time you will see
Like I said you had a chance
You messed up
There is no more second chances
And there is no more degree
My world was shattered
He didn't believe in me
I don't belong in college you see
That is what my Father said to me
I didn't know what to do
I started hanging with my boys
And now I am on the corners
Selling drugs too.


We sometimes fall down, encourage someone back up!

KUJIMANI
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