Living without guidance is
A path of trial and error
There are No role models
Instead players and thugs
Women acting out
Trying to be the biggest hoe
Without an conscious thought
There is just no love
Life does not stop
You create your own ending
Winning can be the beginning
For many with no understanding
Surviving is not a goal
It is something you are born with
So do something with your gift
For your kids will have the same success
Not able to progress past society's
Never ending strain of stress
You ask for forgiveness for the past
But do something now
So someone can thank you in the future
Like the Heroes in our past.
The difference between now and then
They did not struggle by choice
But struggle because they had no voice
Silence is what started Mlk's dream
We have to use what we are to compete
Kings and queens you know what I mean
We shall not die without completing our dreams
Or at least giving our children a chance to finish what we started
Like Martin Luther King
I didn't mean to make this sound like a plead
But your voice and screams aren't giving us what we need
So put your guns down and your thoughts up
Make sure our future don't run on the same luck
Submitted: September 30, 2015
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