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life 2 min read 665 views Mar 18, 2016

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Dangerous minds following curious lines watch the signs engraved in the design character flaws emotional walls pillars at steak the prasad is fake swag all jaked murderers and funerals slimming the all black cover-up's and makeup abusive the language physical the anguish broken homes and broken language authorities speaking span-glish frat parties and college drop outs all went the drug route road rage in gridlock dirty looks because they have dreadlocks hard time the basics slave blind the basis stole the heart to capture the minds enslave the souls to leave history blind if you missed it the first time crucial fear would have broken you to press rewind murder is fine! the stress will kill you faster than six shots if you seen your best friend's body flop just leaving some fool drunk punched after touching his little sister around luch time stand up for something or fall for anything broke everybody in the house him and his sister shared the couch twelfth year his birthday The lights out no bills paid moma blow the rent that day daddy working two, sick as all outsides with the flu single one lonely candle sat on the dining room table that the young boy blow made a wish that will never come true daddy black moma white sister feeling blue in her little black dress hand me down, it fit her koo His best friend remembered the man couldn't make the funeral hard situation now he claim blue Stuck in county lock up because that man brains he blow all over his shoes lost of a lost left him lost don't be confused It happens every day they teach us how to lose....

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2b2b2

FANTASTIC Capture....dark and stark wit flow....Bravo....thanks for sharing...ONE (good to read ya)

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love_supreme

This one just left what it was bringing out there. Loved it.

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