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The Hood

Damn, why the hood so misunderstood?
Why is it so hard to believe some hoodlums intentions are good?
If I could change your mind before my appearance did I would.
You're better off telling me what you've done wrong instead of what I should.
Abandoned buildings everywhere, squatters looking like they don't care.
Drugs got their weight barely there.
Like That drunk bum on the corner .
swaying harder than last name Holmes, first name Joyner.
Would you believe me if I said he studied to be a lawyer?
That he's the father of three beautiful daughters?
His wife left him because his affairs wasn't in order.
He found comfort in the bottle while his life gets shorter.
Before you walk by you might offer him a quarter.
This shopping center is his favorite spot.
Seven buildings there, but two to three stores is all it got.
Beauty supply, Citi trends and Piggly Wiggly with pot holes in the parking lot.
Cross the street you got ballers posted in front of the barber shop.
You see how many chains they rock?
Wrists covered in shiny clocks.
I know what you're thinking .. for that , how many no names got shot?
How we know if they're slinging or not?
Even if they're not , goodluck convincing the cops.
She stomped by yanking her purse over her shoulder.
One kid on her hip, another on her side pushing one in a stroller.
Takes a village to raise a child and shorty ain't got a road.
Her baby dad lost his life to the streets for breaking "codes"
For the ones who don't understand, it's another way to say he told.
Now That's 3 kids he'll never see grow old.
2 boys and a girl, repeating the wicked cycle of this secluded world
Grief raising kids creating products of anger.
That's why nowadays at young ages they go out with a banger.
From Losing loved ones at the hands of a stranger.
So forgive her frustration,
Spare her from your social legislation
Under better circumstances I'm sure she would be gracious.
Buses dropping off the kids from school.
On the walk home they focused their attention on a guy flexing his new tool
Most of the guys thought he was cool
The girls found him to be a fool
Little did they know that night his abusive dad blood made a pool.
What will make the guns stop? Rules?
Are they okay when the victim's intentions are cruel?
Am I changing your perception?
Giving you a different perspective?
Are your thoughts on our hood receptive?
Does these stories make you wanna help them?
Well welcome to our neck of the woods, where the hood so misunderstood.