One Last Chance

One Last Chance

Teen Boy

All I need is one last chance

But will I get it?

Only the judge knows.

In the past, I've said I'm going to change

with no intention in my heart.

I say I want to stay sober

Yet all I want is to get high.

Everytime I get out

I run straight to the block

thinking they can help me manage my life 

But all they do is corrupt me with the drugs

that make me a slave

So every day, I pray to my God

For just one last chance

to get out of the game.

Fake Faces

Fake Faces

Teen Boy

Trapped in these white walls
Forced to walk guarded halls
This place has some wear and tear
They even recycle the air
A lot of people put on a front like they don't care
They be pretending at night when they cry
Pretending that no one hears.
No matter what,
I have no fear
'Cause when it comes down to it
I'm the only reason I'm here
So here's to make it clear
Plain and simple
Don't come here.

How? Because....

How? Because...

Teen Boy

I chose the struggle,

I chose to hustle,

Now I'm to blame

for the way my lil' brother

acts every day. 

Blood's not always thicker than water

'till you see that coffin,

Motivation, There's no stopping

When you're in the fast lane,

They call it a game

but there's no playing

Sometimes life is the admission.

Who's paying?

Addiction took my life away

to me a knife is no way of payment

No one keeps it real in this place

How come?

Because alone...they're on knees praying,

Real talk nobody can take it,

For me, I can't take being away from the streets.

Tears of a soldier

If you hear a tear drop on the floor

Out of cell 1E4

That's ain't ride-or-die

in the heat

They run-or-hide

can't take the streets

No I love you

Don't say it because the streets don't love too

The streets are cold and hearltless

So I'm only eating with who I started with,

This is the real me,

This is what the streets make young

Loyal teens out to be.

 

Resist Temptation

Resist Temptation

Teen Boy

There's only lies in these elections

life is just about prime selection

tryng my best to resist temptation

'cus my life's full of deception.

Everyone around wants to feel some acceptance

but for many it means grabbing the weapon

My life so far has been me second guessing

really not a student, never got the lesson.

Now, the only thing on my mind

are the years of my time

Why'd I ever do the crime

Didn't read between the lines.

I was trying to grind on my shine

But now all the time to focus on my rhymes

Now I'm locked up with my own kind

from misdemanors to felonies

all I see is orange in a big chunk of my memories

When I pass, will anyone remember me

or just the judge that condemended me

Hopefully Jesus will transcend me.

Poetic Justic

Poetic Justice

Teen Boy

My Momma told me to stay home

But boy, oh, boy did I want to roam

Hated the thought to be alone

So I hit the streets that I call home

Now look at me,

all alone 

as I talk to Momma on the DYC phone.

Locked Up

Locked Up

Teen Boy

I always kicked it with the homies
'Causing trouble until I got stopped.
When I got pulled over,
Sometimes I cooperated with the cops.

Some of the Police Officers were nice
But when they pulled me over,
I was on ice.

I'd always tell them I was heading home,
But they didn't believe me.
So in the end,
I found myself in a cell
all alone.

When I'm locked up,
Sometimes I was happy
because no one was there to support me
but my family.

God's Gift

                                                    GOD'S GIFT

Teen Boy


The day we are born on this earth
until the day we leave in the hearse
you realize that deep inside
there is a gift that is full of pride.

It is up to you to find the real you
the gift that is deep inside you
the gift that will lead you to success
the gift that makes you the best.

Be the best at what you do
because you never know
when dreams will come true
And when it does come true
you'll know what to do.

Because God gave us all a gift
we've had the gift for years.
It's up to you to find your gift.