Hello!
Today I would like to feature writer, college student and
former fighter Antonio Spears on my page. I love inspiring work and loved the
raw truth that rings through so clearly in his work. Enjoy!
The Cycle
Being where we’re from… what we go through is just a routine
We see gang violence.. racist cops.. and everything in
between
So I sit back in wonder…. how’d it all come about
Then I realized the ghetto is to old for me myself to figure
it out
This constant theme of violence has been going on for years
Aspects like Guns gangs and drugs has taken so many people
tears
We see R.I.P written on walls… facebook….twitter ….it’s
everywhere we go
Waking up seeing the news cause us to show sympathy to
families
we don’t even know
I wonder if I’m the only one that thinks it’s time for the
madness to
stop
A generation dies off… but the ghetto isn’t worried… it just
breeds a brand new crop
We start off lost in a system…. with some that can’t find
their way
We learn the wrong ways to live and those ways causes us to
stay
My generation is being taught by people that were never
taught properly
And their generation were taught by even older cats that
wasn’t taught properly
We’re being raised by the streets there’s no father figure
in our lives
We’re taught by the OG’z and they say only the strong will
survive
So violence erupts and before you know it your in and out of
jail
Then you realize the stuff you were taught was all fake
because
the hoods never there for your bail
Its hard to see us all fall for this same old story
the selfishness of the ghetto causes us to fall into the
same
category
once you step foot in jail society no longer wants you
you see your family struggling so you do what you were taught
too
after you make the decision the cycle starts over and the
warrants start to pile
now the kid that grew up with no father…… is now the father
not there for his child