Look at what I did I came a long way from being a filthy ghetto kid
I grew up but I’m still in da ghetto
The people I grew up with saying hello
I turn my head cuz dey all crack heads and hoes
My niggas chasing fatty’s makin my girls sick
Drama always thick and money aint quick
So they can’t get fixed so they stay putting more people into the Aids
Epidemic
My eyes cry for the people that can’t
I’m trying to be the greatest
But the hood tries to drag me down
But I blast Kanye, Common, Nas, Lupe and Tupac
I tune into the hood and I hear them say
“My mom cant fed me”
“My boyfriend beats me”
“I have sex for money”
“The hood don’t love me”
This nonsense is in me
The teachers never taught me
The boys and the girls fought me cuz I was a genius
My nigga hates me
My daddy rapes me
My pastor touch me
Dem niggas rush me
I turned off the hood cuz it hurts me so
Like Lupe and Pac I wanna change the world with my words
I so different cuz I love who I am
I’m not a gangsta
I'm not a thug
I’m not a hood rat
I’m not a hooker
I’m not a drug dealer
I’m not a nigga
I’m not dumb
I am Kell aka Black Thought
That spits Black Thought that stays in ya mind
Makes ya heart beat and move ya feet to my beat
That plays in me head an in my head
Is my genius
Please tell me what you think
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Well done, lil sister. :-)
Love these lines:
I grew up but I’m still in da ghetto
The people I grew up with saying hello
Keep writing.
Always,
DEZ -
This is a great poem. It reminds me of someone who doesn't want society's labels on them. I'm really feeling this write, one of my favs. thanks for posting it.
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yup dats me
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Sorry. I wrote like a whole paragraph and it didnt post. You never lost me or my interest in this write, and 'm sure you already are touching ppl with ur words by relating to them.
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Great
if you want it to be absolutely perfect... look at "feed".
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i love this..its really really good...
i just love how you put your words together.
keep it up .
<3 Amanda Jean -
wow thats really good!!! keep up dat Writing
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This be tight. keepin it real thats what its all about.
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This is off the hook...Word is born Nubian queen...Keep inkin' yo thoughts down...These are the kinds of positive messages we as MCs, poets and the likes, need to pass across...I'm feelin' this...Big ups Sista...Peace
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Real Shit
I like this because it is real and straight from the heart. you ell it like it is and hat is what i like to read. i like your style and your presence in the poem because i can relate to the words. keep doing what you do and stay real. keep on writing and i'll keep reading.
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this tha shiznit! makes alot of sense. I feel ya pain
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damn righttt gurl! you tell them who you are. i love it!
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