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Mis- Understood


Just a man of the current generation. Misunderstood from station to station. See "it's not the generation but the situation" Mom struggle to educate me , Dead beat dad not concern nor do he see. I will walk down the aisle with a 3.0 mom so proud of the work she done, Dead beat dad only know that I ' am his oldest son. So misunderstood-"it's not the generation but the situation". Johnny did not make it , he got shot down with a gun! Dead beat could not bury his only son. Grandpa stood in a made a plan. See he wanted me to be the better man. Mom struggles to keep things a float Got two baby sisters still to educate, Dead beat dad still running late. "It's not the generation but the situation". Mary sixteen with a baby girl. Sorry she will struggle through out this world. Gun shots in the schools, gun shots on the streets, baby dying and hard working teachers too. Around dope slingers all mess up my home town. Reserve the guns is my plan. Kill the bullets will be my demand. As for the drugs investigate high places. Men dressed in suits with smiling faces. "It's not the generation it's the situation". Going to college is my plan, remembering grandpa's demand to be a better man. Mom she's still working hard to educate baby sisters , dead beat dad still around. Prayers taken out of school, as for me I'll remember moms golden rule. "It's not the generation, but the situation". O'sha Bell Senior East St. John High School
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OSHATB
This is for all the young men who is mis-understood

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