Come on come on
I see no changes wake up in the morning and I ask myself
Is life worth living should I blast myself?
I'm tired of bein' poor and even worse I'm black
My stomach hurts so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatch
Cops give a damn about a negro
Pull the trigger kill a nigga he's a hero
Give the crack to the kids who the hell cares
One less hungry mouth on the welfare
First ship 'em dope and let 'em deal the brothers
Give 'em guns step back watch 'em kill each other
It's time to fight back that's what Huey said
Two shots in the dark now Huey's dead
-Tupac Shakur
I was walking home as the wind blew swiftly as it drags the weightless leaves down the sidewalk as a swift breeze passes my ear. I hear a dog barking in the distance it began to circle then eats the undisclosed object rain began to trickle down from the sky as if the clouds were releasing it's bottled up emotion. With every drop of rain the vague clouds seem to cry as the sky gets darker the emptiness washes over the earth once more as the trees fight a losing fight against the wind yet the beautiful flower thrived through the gloomy grey night standing proud through the voidness of the storm. The sky roared with thunder. It was as if the sky had reached it finally breaking point. the salty tears on my face slides down my face mixes with the rain as the music from my headphones explains my feelings in the words that i couldn't put together
Rest your weary heart
Dry your teary eyes
I know you are scarred
And torn apart inside, ah
Darlin', so am I, okay
'Cause, baby, I was born tired
Getting more tired
As time passes me by, yeah
I'ma need more fire
I walked for what seemed like forever til I got home. When I got home I walk to the bathroom undressing myself I pulled the wet clothes off my body slowly letting the wet clothes fall to the ground with a wet thump. I stepped in the shower not giving it time to warm up I just needed to relax. In matter of minutes my peace became my heartache.
I sat in the shower washing my body. I let the sizzling hot mist of water run down my body til it simmer to cool droplets that Made my body quiver. I stepped out the shower wrapping up in the towel that once rested the towel rack then exited to bathroom going into our bedroom to do my hygiene and get dressed when I was done. I went to take a nap on the couch. When the news came on a school popped up on the screen I turned up the tv
"The shots were reported to have been fired about 15 minutes ago. 15are injuries and 7 dead. The cause of the incident was said to have started between one of the victims and the shooter which escalated rather quickly. The name of the assailant has not yet been released but we're hoping to get to the bottom of this back to you Tom" The anchor said standing in front of a school that was all too familiar
10mins later
The door swung open revealing my grandma and father looking worried. But my focus immediately set on the blood stained t shirt entering behind them. I knew who this t shirt belong to which made my heart drop to the depths of my soul.
"Kei what happened" I asked shooting up from the couch
He walked past me going into the room with the look of desperation and shock on his face."someone shot up the school and one of his friends got clipped.
As evil as it may sound I was feeling relieved that he was okay, but hurt that he had to witness that so young.
"Just give him some time he'll heal" my grandma said as I went to stop him.
We all just sat in silence. Cautiously waiting for the faint sounds of despair to start but it never did.
After 30minutes I went up to find him on the phone just staring as if nothing happens, but the look he had was very distant.
" So I heard what happened" I said sitting next to him on the un made ved that he and King share. The room was in shambles.
"Yeah well..." He said never taking his eyes off the phone
" Look bro you know I'm here for you whenever right" I asked
" Yeah till Legacy pops up. Heard you skipped school today" he said as if he was not just in the middle of a shot out and lost his homie
This nijjas Ill
" You good" I asked lifting my eyebrow
"Yeah when the baby due" he asked rubbing my stomach jokingly
"You know if you need a shoulder to cry on I got you" I said
" Ewww why you being all mushy fa on fo nem that's them pregnancy hormones" he said
He was never really the type to cry so that made sense, He'd usually just lash out and act cool the next day.
"And bout G you ain't gotta worry bout that no mo" I said
" I was just a joke brah chill" h e said smiling going right back to his phone
" No cause there might be some feelings behind that and you king and Kanni always comes first" I said snatching his phone. He immediately got up and reached.
" NO GIVE THAT BACK" he yelled
" Not til you look at me and say you understand" I said holding it back
" Yeah sure simp shit I get it" he said
"I smacked the back of his head and handed him the phone" Don be cussing luh yah get some rest,and Gramma got kill you bout this room" I said exiting the door. He didn't even answer me back
"Aye Rai" he called out
" Yeah KEI" I asked
"Turn off the lights" he said
I did and left out
ion know what he got going on on that phone but as long as he stay out on trouble and heal the right way it's cool with me
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The Commitment: Darker Than Envy
Random"KEYANNI ARE YOU FU- HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND" He said as he entered the room that smelt like alcohol she had lines of powder on the table "YOU'RE PREGNANT AND YOU'RE DOING THIS SHIT" he yelled swipping this white substance off the table "GET OUT NO...
