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"privledged" poems
These low income kids need more motivation My teachers don’t know the problems we are facing I am not a rich privledged girl I am a chicana, raised in the ghetto type of girl Let me take you inside of my world Just next to my house is where the gangsters meet If you say something wrong They’re quick to leave you dead in the street Graffiti and gang signs is all you see on the walls If you take a walk and hear shots You wouldn’t want to be in deep Cops can stop you just because they can People like us, do you really think they give a **** My brother is always getting stopped by a white man They tell him “Put your hands over your head” Any sudden movement and he is for sure dead In the night the guns are pulled Gang enemies coming over Looking for problems up to no good The street rules are in place like it would Gun shots and sirens are playing in the background of my hood Poverty makes times even more rough I didn’t get new kicks for Christmas I guess it’s just my luck I have faith in God that I will get out of being stuck I have decided I have had enough...
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Dec 30, 2017
Dec 30, 2017 at 1:39 AM UTC
Livin’ in the Ghetto