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Helpless
Little kid shy's away from the woman with blood shot eyes,
Who asks questions that do not make any sense, but she is still demanding to know why?
The men with their hand guns tucked in the front of their pants,
Only to make them look more like cowards, because they know without them they do not stand a chance,
The older boys throw rocks at the male strippers that come out from their busy night,
A stranger yells out to the hookers, "You're nasty!!! Get out from underneath that street light,"
This is definitely no place for a child to be,
So many terrible things that they have to already see,
Families with no homes in which to go,
Some, because of hard knocks, cannot find work, or worse, drug addiction which I find to be the hardest blow,
Today's bitter economy, no jobs for us Americans reveals any desperate measure,
It only forces us to do whatever it takes to get relief from all of this pressure,
Gangbangers, prostitutes, or gee, how about a glorified drug dealer?
You might as well throw in that all mighty money stealer,
This is what many families are forced to do,
No matter how many sleepless nights you lie in bed wondering why your dreams are not coming true,
As my hand so eagerly writes the words above,
I stop to read what were once my thoughts, and I think of what I truly love,
A final smack in the face of my own harsh world that I have so recklessly come to know,
Seeing this, acknowledging my own character defects, I do not know which path I should go!
Who asks questions that do not make any sense, but she is still demanding to know why?
The men with their hand guns tucked in the front of their pants,
Only to make them look more like cowards, because they know without them they do not stand a chance,
The older boys throw rocks at the male strippers that come out from their busy night,
A stranger yells out to the hookers, "You're nasty!!! Get out from underneath that street light,"
This is definitely no place for a child to be,
So many terrible things that they have to already see,
Families with no homes in which to go,
Some, because of hard knocks, cannot find work, or worse, drug addiction which I find to be the hardest blow,
Today's bitter economy, no jobs for us Americans reveals any desperate measure,
It only forces us to do whatever it takes to get relief from all of this pressure,
Gangbangers, prostitutes, or gee, how about a glorified drug dealer?
You might as well throw in that all mighty money stealer,
This is what many families are forced to do,
No matter how many sleepless nights you lie in bed wondering why your dreams are not coming true,
As my hand so eagerly writes the words above,
I stop to read what were once my thoughts, and I think of what I truly love,
A final smack in the face of my own harsh world that I have so recklessly come to know,
Seeing this, acknowledging my own character defects, I do not know which path I should go!
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