I Was Raised
I was raised by a white flower called magnolia
I was raised by a park named after it
I was raised by another park of which I attended school at
I was raised by the bayou near this all
I was raised by many houses
I was raised by the people who loved me in the houses
I was raised by many schools with many different teachers
I was raised by the kind and generous hearts in these schools
I was raised by the different music genres around me
I was raised by Lil’ Wayne
I was raised by Fall Out Boy
I was raised by many other artists
I was raised by the different types of people in my family
I was raised by my now deceased great-grandma
I was raised by my cousin that was taken too early
I was raised by my great-grandpa who has been passed
I was raised by the friends that have long since left
I was raised by Christian
I was raised by Brandon
I was raised by Clarissa and many others
I was raised by the emotions I developed at a young age
I was raised by the anger
I was raised by the loneliness
I was raised by the depression
I was raised by the technology that changed everything
I was raised with a Polaroid and flip phones
I was raised by film cameras and small touch screens
I was raised by digital cameras and iPhones
I was raised by a world that doesn’t know right from wrong anymore
I was raised by a world where people shoot schools
I was raised by a world where people kill for the fun of it
I was raised by a world where people play about killing each other
I was raised by this planet, Earth
I Was Raised…