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I busted open the door, breathed in the **** smell Floored by the busted bottles, used to beat females Beneath me, was a body, her bust exposed as she lied on the floor The liquor must of licked her, it missed her in her misery How’d she get mixed with pimps, and unsavory misters? Money. Funny, Dead presidents solve most mysteries I see north of me, broken pictures and light fixtures They say demons do their deeds in the darkness, These ****** damages defile as they fill in, this apartment The AC, broke, like empty pockets, The place equivalent to an icebox The ice on my wrist at home in one way But cool things will get you shot, You can’t strut on these runways I take some steps, I hear the wood scream Similar to when he laid her down in the sheets I find *** and a *** of crack cookin on the stovetop The trash has McDonald’s wrappers, his diet a disaster Bras of five different women on the floor Probably people purchased at clubs, to do his ***** chores I can see his finances are a mess, but his spirit is what’s poor Pores are sweatin, as I hear the walls of my past confessing THIS IS HOME This is where I was raised, actually no, where I was brought down Baby mamas in rotation like my favorite mixtapes My mind like what a place, ain’t no way I’m a stay He had his life all backwards, and I could never set him straight? I walked into Man’s Hood, I’m just glad I escaped But the women still abused, and the drugs he uses God, I’m 20 years old, this a lot on my plate I feel called to fix it, maybe that’s why I’m back I came for my bags, but the baggage attacks I hear a cry, a child breaks out in a whimper A skinny lil boy, probably missed too many dinners A son of another woman but my brother the same How can I make change if I run away THIS IS HOME I wipe his tears, tell him, it’ll be okay I stayed for that night. The future an unknown
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Oct 30, 2020
Oct 30, 2020 at 11:51 PM UTC
Man's Hood
I busted open the door, breathed in the **** smell Floored by the busted bottles, used to beat females Beneath me, was a body, her bust exposed as she lied on the floor The liquor must of licked her, it missed her in her misery How’d she get mixed with pimps, and unsavory misters? Money. Funny, Dead presidents solve most mysteries I see north of me, broken pictures and light fixtures They say demons do their deeds in the darkness, These ****** damages defile as they fill in, this apartment The AC, broke, like empty pockets, The place equivalent to an icebox The ice on my wrist at home in one way But cool things will get you shot, You can’t strut on these runways I take some steps, I hear the wood scream Similar to when he laid her down in the sheets I find *** and a *** of crack cookin on the stovetop The trash has McDonald’s wrappers, his diet a disaster Bras of five different women on the floor Probably people purchased at clubs, to do his ***** chores I can see his finances are a mess, but his spirit is what’s poor Pores are sweatin, as I hear the walls of my past confessing THIS IS HOME This is where I was raised, actually no, where I was brought down Baby mamas in rotation like my favorite mixtapes My mind like what a place, ain’t no way I’m a stay He had his life all backwards, and I could never set him straight? I walked into Man’s Hood, I’m just glad I escaped But the women still abused, and the drugs he uses God, I’m 20 years old, this a lot on my plate I feel called to fix it, maybe that’s why I’m back I came for my bags, but the baggage attacks I hear a cry, a child breaks out in a whimper A skinny lil boy, probably missed too many dinners A son of another woman but my brother the same How can I make change if I run away THIS IS HOME I wipe his tears, tell him, it’ll be okay I stayed for that night. The future an unknown
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20/M/Houston, TX
Oct 30, 2020
Oct 30, 2020 at 11:51 PM UTC
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