As I sit here,
recollecting about my life,
I gaze out into the distance,
and see nothing I haven't seen before...
There goes the same liquor store,
same people walking in and out,
buying the same things even in this summer's drought,
there goes the same neighborhood crackhead,
beggin for the same change,
giving up dome aint that a dayum shame,
for drugs that'll disable her entire mind frame,
society stop caring,
community eyes glaring,
shaking they head at her transgressions,
10 years ago schools stopped teaching her lessons,
saying she is too far gone for the system to invest in,
so she wandered around Detroit,
mind trapped in a maze,
smoking drug after drug,
body far in a daze,
sitting in drug spot after drug spot,
heart being molested,
And this is what the entire city elected....
To Do?
As I sit here,
and take a journey thru these eyes,
I see the same nothing,
nothing but the same pain,
and the same strife,
same abused girl bout to take her own life,
same drug dealers tryin cop a lick,
same community leaders sitting round doing shyt...
It's time!!!!
Time for a change,
I see,
but before I preach about change,
It must happen in me....
powerful write through the eyes of a powerful writer...excellent message in this piece...so much pain in these streets...I can definitely relate to this write....perfect song choice too...this is the harsh reality of our world *SMH* but nobody seems to care enough to change it....much respect fam...def. a fav
"Time for a change,
I see,
but before I preach about change,
It must happen in me...." so true. in order to talk about change we must be the change first.
you know what masey baby,your right(everything changes including onesself..n for your teaching purposes youve changed a lot (well your poetry n the impression you give off.....you know i heart you dont ya, n i love how your growing n showing us how to lay it down ..i often go thru these thoughts but never quite put it down right..i like how you metamorph n materialize into others lives..xxxxx
great piece... the ending is the most important part to me... if we want change in the world we must change things within our self... keep doing ur thang!
"I see the same nothing,
nothing but the same pain,
and the same strife,
same abused girl bout to take her own life,
same drug dealers tryin cop a lick,
same community leaders sitting round doing shyt...
It's time!!!!
Time for a change,
I see,
but before I preach about change,
It must happen in me"---nothing but truth
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