No love

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2004, june 6th i'm 14 years old. it's a day before ma birthday.

mama's in the kitchen whippin up ma favorite meal, corn bread n fried chicken. i'm with ma big brother, n little sis. ma uncle's at the pub, getting drunk; spending money on trash. i have nothing against alcohol, but ma uncle is another meaning for a rum head. ma aunty says she'll also come check me out, give me a little change, but never will. you see, ma aunt is those oreos that switch, when they get rich. ma grandma n grandad out at the front chattin bout the old days. then there's ma dad, well...you know how that goes. although the people that i love the most are here with me, i'll just like it if i knew who ma dad was, what he looks like, and why he ain't here.

I've always asked ma self, if i could change the hood, make a difference; a stop to all this crime, poverty and lack of liberty. but i'm just a nigga in the streets, tryna make it to the top. Nothing wrong with that.

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