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Corner Boy Blues

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CORNER BOY BLUES

Standing on the corner with my drugs and a gun

Chilling' with my boys and trying to have fun

I'm just a kid lost in the world of dope

and I can't see any way out or hope

That's corner boy blues

Stick up boys waiting to take my bread

They pull out a gun...Click...I'm not dead

The gun jams and I begin to run fast

Trouble seems to always pop up from my past

That's corner boy blues

I have no dreams for tomorrow, for I'm living day to day

Is life really supposed to be that way?

I have no future and I'm stuck in the past

At this rate my life won't last

That's corner boy blues

I'm having sex at an early age because I think I'm the man

Trying to get through life the best way I can

I'm having unprotected sex and trying to get laid

Now I have a disease called AIDS

That's corner boy blues

I hope these young girls haven't read the poem "Words of

Wisdom" and try to change their lives

For I'm going to sleep with as many as I can and try to take their

lives

That's community blues

Now I have this gun to my head

As I begin to pull the trigger...Click...I'm not dead

The gun jams and I don't hear a blast,

so I dropped to my knees and begin to pray fast

My God, My God

Why did you save my life, when I tried to end my life?

I can feel that the presence of the Lord is here

because I can feel Him in the atmosphere

My son, it is not the time for your life to end

Actually this is the time for your life to begin

You want me even though I sold dope, carried a gun, and tried to

kill young girls with my disease, and attempted to take my life?

Why God did you spare my life?

I'm considered a low life, a thug, and a gangster brother by most

in the hood

People always pointing and saying I'm up to no good

Hell's angel most would say,

so I lived up to the reputation in every way

Why God did you spare me?

I needed your spirit to be free, to let others know the powers of

ME

That even someone who is considered a low life can in fact

change their life

Thank God for sparing me

Now my soul is free

Now my soul is free

 

Reflection on this poem:

The "Corner Boy" represents a culmination of people I knew in

my youth, showing the consequences of our actions and how we

can affect others in our communities and the world.

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mrmelody7 says:

Very inspiring, its a vicious circle for folks from the hood, each generation same ole same ole, words like yours helps bring about change
 

mrmelody7 says:

Very inspiring, its a vicious circle for folks from the hood, each generation same ole same ole, words like yours helps bring about change

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zebthepoet says:

Thank you....

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