Ghetto Ties..

[Absolut da poet]

*"Purple" beat plays in the background*

"Absolut..100proof...these ghetto ties make me realize how life's a B.itch.."

I see pain in the world..
in the eyes of lil girls with lost futures without fathers...
in the faces of grown men locked away in large cages in far places..
in the voices of single mothers who lose patience in their sons who walk streets...hustle to make ends meet..
...
where holidays bring tears through Christmas & New Years..
prayers of peace & pennies from heaven..
dividing a 2 bedroom apartment to fit seven..
3 space heaters and two cats to catch rats..
an H.I.V. positive cousin who smokes crack...
a mentally challenged brother who can't read..
$40 dollars and 6 kids to feed..
survivor ghetto america every week with no immunities..
...
Borrowing sugar from next door..
sex for the first time with the block whore who got knocked but it's not yours
shocked when cops flash glocks at the corner store while lookin for ya boy
you stop..
seen him running to the door heard the pops..
the sound made you watch as he dropped to the floor
saw his chest rocked 2 more..unsure what I heard him say..

"We fightin...the war..I'm dying...today.."

He looked at me then he went away..
I thought why would he die for the lie until I saw the pain in his eyes
familiar but disguised by anger and hate..
fear & the world's weight and then I realized...
how his words were a sign to the wise..
Nikkas ain't nothin but born to die
how we gonna live through the piece in this sky..release and just fly
this ghetto life brings tears to my eyes how we strive to survive but..
We'll never be alive until we clutch 5's or touched by nines..
the pain in his eyes were mines..
lookin for a way to escape time..the state of my raped mind is..*sighs*
Lord..I just wanna see the light shine or...Lord I just wanna see a sign..
that even in death we'll find...
...
D'evils...
who viciously took away friends of mine..
these crooks suspiciously look like men of our kind but
they're demons inside the uniform that hides their reason..
each season the streets are Killing fields we bleed in...breathe in
despite delights from D'evils to see us leaking and leaving
surrounded by plastic and white lines..
but they can't blow away my natural life high wit their white lies
can't see me cause I speak in invisible rhymes...just listen..
we're living in divisible times and our number is prime
don't be divided by....one...
false move and you're done subtraction of your sun(son)
and your Earth in style either..do this math or walk the green mile
and meanwhile our women are left to raise a mean child..
Who's growing up in the lost & found without daddy around
she's lookin to belong..
gettin bloodied Crip walkin to songs about thongs and..
f.uck cause they say so but it goes wrong if you don't putcha hat on..
get identified by AIDS..it's what the man wants..ya T-cell pays..
actions of a slave are puttin nikkas actually in the grave
it's all mental and the mind is a terrible thing to waste..
look in the mirror and know what to save..
but nikkas thinking they're bigger pack gats or pull triggers when their rights are waived..
round my way every son is King..they like Rodney..
get pulled over and bodied and ya top dropped if you racey and profiled by cops
you think it's a joke ?
5-0 do the hardest knock-knocks and nikkas never know "who is it"..
ya Gov'nor be the Grand Wizard like "The Others"..
send over the white sheets make you disappear by work undercovers he's
controlling internal affairs..
so what the f.uck should they care...how YOU feel..
the streets are keepin it too real..
...
Our Mid Summer Nights play out in tragedies..
every July the sparks fly we're burying families..
looking at my 3 brothers statistically one of us nikkas will be a casualty
but who actually will it be...
I'm thinking everyday...maybe it'll be me..
...
who do you trust ?

[ovb81]

Wow..that is real..love the imagery man..keep doing your thang..i used to just be a lurker on here and read you and SDG lol yall hot

[homeyjay]

AYO Abs, 'bout time u stop spittin' dat kicked in da butt by luv bit j/k.
Naw man on da real this is a hot joint a little on the long side but a brother dug da ride. Way to do this, felt! hj

[sexydeltagirl]

Dope piece...I enjoyed it...I can imagine you reading this in a spoken word cypher...

Keep em coming....

[Irish-dipstick]

:ohmy: real real real....

dam it was long but u had my attention constantly i can relate to you on a level cause my country is fcuked up no matter the colour of your skin you dig i see more of a Religious battle than a racial battle and streets is crazy for near dam everyone.....

anyway dope piece

[Absolut da poet]

AYO Abs, 'bout time u stop spittin' dat kicked in da butt by luv bit j/k.
Naw man on da real this is a hot joint a little on the long side but a brother dug da ride. Way to do this, felt! hj


lol

it's on the long side cause it's an audio...prolly close to if not 3 minutes and change..

[Absolut da poet]

:ohmy: real real real....

dam it was long but u had my attention constantly i can relate to you on a level cause my country is fcuked up no matter the colour of your skin you dig i see more of a Religious battle than a racial battle and streets is crazy for near dam everyone.....

anyway dope piece

thanks...every ghetto, every city..

[Absolut da poet]

Dope piece...I enjoyed it...I can imagine you reading this in a spoken word cypher...

Keep em coming....

maybe I'll send it to you so you can actually hear how it sounds....cause how it sounds is more important than how it reads...funny how audio joints work..