There's More

Young boys sell drugs

And rob stores

Bearing arms,

To gain profit and power,

Signifying their definitions of manhood



You see, their fathers never told them

That being a man is not about packing nines in their waists,

But packing knowledge in their heads!

And that street credit

Is as good as “no credit”

Because all it does Is discredit them

From any chance of survival

In this game of life,

They say young black males

Have but two choices,

Jail or death!

And their fathers never told them that there’s more.



Their fathers never told them that being a man

Is not about how many women they can sleep with,

But taking care of the children that may enter this world as a result

So, young boys play on the emotions of young girls

Who

Find themselves…

Trying to find themselves!



And their fathers never told them that

It’s not about the clothes that they wear

Or the expensive cars that they drive

People are going to love them for them

Or hate them just the same

And no one ever told them

That “thug life” eventually leads to “NO LIFE”

And since we’re only given one life

We need to make the most of it!



Young girls stand on corners

Switching hips and turning tricks.

Trying to gain a dollar

From a lack of common sense!

You see, her mother never told her

That she doesn’t have to open her legs

Just because he opens his wallet

And if she’d close her legs and open her EYES,

She’d see more than the four walls she’s trapped inside of.

Disillusioned about life,

Starving to find love



Her mother never told her that if he hits her once chances are…

He’ll do it again

And she doesn’t have to stand idly by and take it…

SHE CAN LEAVE HIM!

But she stays

Because no one ever told her that there’s more!



Her mother never told her that miniskirts and makeup

Won’t make her beautiful

That beauty starts on the INSIDE… out!

And if he doesn’t love her BEFORE she has his child

Chances are…

He won’t love her after

So, young girls hold on to young babies

Desperately trying to hold on to young boys

Who have moved ON

And are not thinking twice about looking back!



Our children…

No one ever tells them that they don’t have to let where they come from determine where they are going. So our kids grow up in the “hood”, idolizing the “hood”, because they don’t know anything that exists outside the “hood”. Can someone please tell them, can someone please show them… that THERE IS MORE?!?!?



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