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Another Ni**a


Another Nigga

 

Hood turned into a war zone

This nigga feels alone

Lost his friend 'bout week ago

Plug died layin' in the snow

Black bodies falling from the sky everyday

Tho he see no marches for them anyway

Only a hashtag for his uncle and cuz

Unsung children being shot by they bruhz.

For his father and cuz the pigs didn't come

For his uncle, to pig bullets he'd succumb.

2 shootas unknown

2 shootas free ta roam

Are we human

or ain’t we

He repeats in his head:

Everyday another dead

News stays quiet

Only to show a, quote unquote, riot.

When the media open they mouth about the killing

The adjectives used to describe slain is chilling

Thug, gangsta, gang banger

Dumb, crazy, wild, violent, or harsh

Never innocent

He gives up

Goes down to the store

Maybe take a detour

Two niggas dealin’

One nigga sees him

Pulls a gun it’s gleamin’

Crispy cock glock an’

The boy doesn’t submit

And don’t give a shit

Yelling at the plug

No one give a fuck about me or the young

Everyday we die just to end up unsung

 

Go ahead

Pull the trigga

I’ll just be another nigga!

 
 
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