young brown boy
finds himself
lost in the garden,
knees still muddy
though the grass is green.
he picked the apple
thinking it was supposed to be juicy.
don't let the Gucci hiss at you pretty.
you aren't allowed to be picky.
He didn't tell you to eat from any tree.
you know better than to listen to Givenchy
welcoming you to bring all your friends
to a succumbed salvation.
pick the pen up and hold the gun down.
don't you think we all know this is harder than life?
how fast can you write 'AK' in the script?
my uncle did 47 times too late.
shortcuts drain blood boy.
you know what they don't say to you,
when a fish stays too long
it starts to stink.
you don't know no Clinton,
No Bush to hide behind.
your father earned his last name
when his father played his cards wrong
and lost at the lynching game
and now you wear chains,
playing games boy?
bite the apple.
see where it takes you.
you better hope out of e.d.e.n
away from every. dead. end. nigga.
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this is the shit i write after listening to kendrick lamar. p.s. no, i'm not going to apologize for saying nigga. based on the context in the poem, it fits quite fine.
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