Gangsta's Paradise

I'ma "G"!
I Live by the streets and I die by the streets.
Thats Just the way it is.
Thats the way it will always B.
-anonymous

Hoods
Where folks are subjected to gunshots ringing
Where the laughter of children is silenced,
by the drive-by gunner's singing.
Speed bumps line every street, along with rival gangs "tags".
Everybody worried about the body bags.

Hoods
Where Gangstas are in absolute control.
You know them when you see them, they give you that glare.
Daring you to return their stare.
The goal is instant intimidation.
A game of truth or dare
Only one chance for redemption.
Which choice is the best?
Will you bow down to their authority,
or be the next name on someones homicide quest.

Hoods
A place where it's easy to make the seven o'clock news.
Unless of course another wealthy white woman with large breast dies,
Then it'll just be your family and friends in the pews.

Hoods
Are the remnants left of neighborhoods.
Once prosperous communities.
Back when it was all good.

Hoods
Need to be rebuilt into communities we can be proud of.
The gangsta mentality can't continue infecting our youth
there will be complete self destruction,
today's hoods are the proof.
-Lady S