What The Hood Taught Me

-check for that cold metal in his waist
-cars only drive slow to aim
-he loves me for those dollars
-eyes will tell the story
-justice is a blue moon
-funerals over graduations
-weed means I'm home
-innocence invites trouble
-no such thing as family
-nobody sees anything
-valued for the price of the night
-barbeques for lost ones
-henny while blasting sum
-emotions are optional
-tinted life deep red
-mixtapes at each corner
-gang signs are art
-graffiti is beauty