Counting my Blessings

Nine and buddies smoking the shore
Nine and past time to ride home
Nine and’v cried souless to the core
Nines, I'm not to unfamiliar with

TENS, the doctor says will help her
Ten and my mom will miss me
Tens, but that's not enough to deter
Ten men banging loud on her door

Eleven after seven is the place to hang
Eleven 24oz for myself and friends
Eleven months since the police rang
Eleven placeholders in the ground

Twelve, I'm kneeling down looking up
Twelve more rotations I could be dead
Twelve hoods strong, never to grow up
Twelve and it's real hard to go to bed.