Mama Got Cancer

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I Woke Up The Next Morning And I Had Hot Towels And Heating pads Around Me I Looked At My Phone On My Phone Mirror And I Seen I Had A Black Eye And Busted Lip I Heard The Door Creeping Open And It Was Cali I Kinda Figured She Was Watching Me Sleep Until I Woke Up When It Got Like This that's The Only Time You'll See The Soft Side Of Cali

" Are You Okay ?" she Asked

" Yeah Where Is Kayla ?"I Asked

" With Jamal She Cried Too Go With Jamal Just So She Can Be With Asia He Said He Was Taking Them On Date " She Told Me

" Her Spoiled Ass " I Said

" Do You Think You Can Get Up ?" she Asked

" Yeah Let Me Try " I Said

Cali Helped Me Out Of Bed And Down Stairs I Asked Where My Mom Was And Cali Told Me She Went Too The Doctor . We Walked Down Stairs Where Rooty And Tay Was Your Probably Wondering Why We Not In School Or At Work When I Tried Too Go Too Class The Day After Dre Broke My Leg He Had Stop Paying For My Tuition For College  And I Couldn't Go But My Other Sibling Go And As Far As Me Working They Cut My Days So It's Less Hours. The Door Unlocked And I Seen Jamal With The Kids Kayla Ran Over Too Me . It Still Hurt Too Pick Her Up Jamal Took All The Kids Upstairs Too And Turned On A Movie Then He Came Back Down Stairs

" Now Lets Talk About Getting This Nigga Because We Done Let This Nigga Ice Skate For Too Long " Said Jamal

" Jamal We Can't Do Nothing He Know Everybody In BR " I Said


" Who Said We Had Too I Know Some People Who On That " Said Tay

" Listen You Gone Be A Clean Face Okay We All Is " Said Rooty

Then The Door Unlocked Again It Was Mama We All Got Up Too Hug And Kiss Her You Can Tell She Had Been Crying Her Nose Was Red And Stuffy She Tried Too Stay Strong But We New Something Was Hurting Her .

" Ma What's Wrong ?" asked Cali

" Yeah Ma Wassup You Been Crying " Said Rooty


We All Hated Seeing My Mom Cry She Wasn't A Weak Woman But We All New When She Was Hurting She Told Us Too Sit Down She Had Too Talk Too Us . Jamal Sat Next Too Me Cali Sat Next Too Tay And Rooty Sat Next Too Mama .

" Babies Im Sorry I Let Y'all Down " She Started Off

" Mama What You Mean ?" asked Rooty

" Say Ma What You Talking About ?" asked Tay

" Babies About A Year Ago I Went Too The Doctor And They Told Me That I Had Lung Cancer Now It Disappeared For A Couples Years But Now It's Back Babies I'm Sorry " She Told Us

" Mama Don't Apologize You Going Too Be Okay " Said Cali

" No I'm Not They Told Me I Will Have 6 Months Or Less If The Cancer Get Worse Too Live And There's A Possibility That I Can Loose 95% Of My Vision in My Left Eye " She Told Us

I Started Crying With All This Shit Going On With Dre The Last Thing I Wanted Was Too Loose My Mom She Was My Everything . Jamal Put His Arm Around Me And Told Me Don't Let Mama See Us Cry We Have Too Be Strong For Her . But Deep Down Inside We Was All Dying With Her Cali Walked Out Rooty Went After Her Tay Stayed And Hugged Mama And Jamal Held Me . Lord Please Don't Take The Only Important Thing Besides My Daughter Away From Me in Case Y'all Haven't Realized My Mama Was All Really Had In BR And Being That I'm Moving Soon Too L.A I Wanted My Mama Too Be There Too See Me . Then It Was A Knock On The Door ...

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