A Gangstas' Cry

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    A Gangstas' Cry

                              I've cried many nights, many days
                    Pondering, wondering how I'm suppose to get paid
                       How am i to feed my family, I can't find a job
                      I mean everyone struggles, but this shit is hard
                                            So I pause
                               Forgive me Lord, for I have sinned
                    I know I'm dead wrong, but somebody's got to win
                              I have a family Lord, akid and a wife
                 I'm willing to sit behind bars for them, the rest of my life
                                           Yea that's right
                   I'm a gangsta, I'm from the hood, this is what I know
                   And even though it's in my mind, I still can't let it go
                 Behind all of this there's a purpose, my baby needs milk
                    We rest on a naked matress, nothing dressed in silk
                                           This shit is real
                         It's not my fault, my mother smoked crack
                       Tossed me in a dumpster, and didn't turn back
                         See I was born into this, for this I didn't ask
                       So tell me if it were you, could you handle that
                                           I wear no mask
                               I've cried many nights, many days
                     Contemplated on how to get money, so many ways
                  Filling out application after application, they're all denied
                      It's because of a cold world, that a gangsta cries
                   

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    Tempestlady commented on A Gangstas' Cry

    04-23-2011

    Well said, as the situation gets tougher, more people find that desperate times make desperate men. Liked your rhythm, dug your rhyme and the message was right on time. Write on........Tlady
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    truth917

    04/24/2011

    Thank you..

    Poetry is what is lost in translation.

    Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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