Wall Street

 Where I come from/Wall is not a street – its deceit –no retreat…
…corrupt cops on the beat/Knockout Games/fatal robberies erase lives like delete…
Winning at life is like Lotto when you’re groomed for defeat…

Where I come from/Wall is not a street, its carry heat –Tupac Lives! – The
Rose That Grew Through Concrete – EBT shrinking yearly/larder shelves less replete-
Wear your Jimmy/shit is real…AIDS is playing for keeps/ Amanda Knox, did she do it?
…can’t trust the chick that you meet…

Where I come from/ Wall is not a street…its Blacks take a seat – peeps downbeat/I
Phones snatched in the street – Halloween like existence…more tricks and less treat-
You hardly get noticed if you don’t sag and you’re neat…The GVT putting steroids in
The food that we eat/its people blessed to have money still they’re filled with conceit…

 Where I come from/ Wall is not a street – it’s how you greet/who you meet –
illiterate minds incomplete –It seems our boys are less masculine/Down low teens
on the creep – it’s the chasm growing wider between the Poor and Elite/it’s like now
it seems normal if both Man and Wife cheat -It’s the corridors of power in a masonic
seat, it’s the Mom and Pop stores that strive hard to compete/Humdrum hopes  in
the slum- 10 degrees and no heat…It’s no Merrill Lynch/Bronze Bull/or Nasdaq/just
a  fading heartbeat…

Because Where I Come From…
….Wall Is Not A Street…

Wall Street
By Don Simmons aka Poetiq1der