OUR CHILDHOOD WAS NO GOLD...
GROWING UP IN THE "PROJECTS"...DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, OH.
MOTHER ON WELFARE TRYIN' TO RAISE HER 2 SMALL KIDS on her own
ASKIN' DA DADDY'S FOR HELP...
BUT THEM OUT DRINKIN' WIT OTHER CHICKS.
LIL BRO 2 LITTLE TO UNDERSTAND...
PLAYIN' WIT HIS CARS ON THE FLOOR BY THE DOOR...ASKIN MAMI WHEN PAPI WAS COMIN' HOME FROM "WORK".
MAMI TELLIN US IT WOULD BE O.K.
TRYIN' NOT 2 CRY IN FRONT OF OUT LITTLE FACES
LIL BRO WATCHIN TRYIN 2 UNDERSTAND....
TELLIN' MAMI HE WAS GOING TO BUILD HER A NEW HOUSE WITH WATEVER SHE NEEDED.
MAMA CRYIN' WIT JOY OF HER SONS WORDS.
BEIN' IN DA PROJECTS WAS GOOD IN A WAY U KNO? ALWAYZ OUT PLAYIN' WIT DA LIL BAD KIDS IN DA DIRT.
KNOWING RIGHT FROM WRONG.
WE WOULD CALL OUR SELFS BROTHERS & SISTERZ 4 LIFE!!!
NEVER HAVIN' TO WORRY ABOUT NUTTIN' WHEN WE WER OUT PLAYIN...EXCEPT 4 MAMA BEIN MAD CUZ WE GOT OUR CLOTHES DIRTY PLAYIN IN DA DIRT...HAHA WICH WAS FUN.
MAMI ALWYZ TRYIN' TO MAKE THE BEST OUT OF EVERYTHING...NOT COMPLAINING BOUT NUTTIN.
MAMA TALKIN TO ME...ASKINME WHAT I WANTED TO BE IN LIFE WHEN I GREW UP...
ME STILL LIL & HAD NO CLUE. SHE WANTED HER KIDZ TO GROW UP & BE STRONG LIKE HER...NOT 2 DEPEND ON NOBODY..SHE SAID.
TEARS CAME ROLLIN' DOWN FROM Y DIRTY BROWN CHEEKS. SHE MADE ME PROMISE TO BE SOMETHING IN LIFE...NOT LIKE THE LADY ALWAYZ STANDING ON THE CORNER OF THE LIQOUR STORE ON MAIN ST.
I PROMISED.
DADDY LEAVIN' THAT ERLY MORNIN' TELLIN ME HE WAS OFF 2 WORK. THAT HE LOVED ME AND HE WOULD CALL ME.
REMEMBERING THAT NIGHT DADDY NOT COMING HOME FOR DINNER. I WENT TO MY ROOM BEGAN TO CRY MYSELF 2 SLEEP UNDER MY BARBIE & PRINCESS COVERS.
14 KNOW, UNDERSTANDIN' SUM PROBLEMS
MY MAMI WENT THROUGH.
BLAMIN' DADDY FOR ALL THE PROBLEMS GIVIN HIM ALL THE GUILT.
TALKIN WITH MY LIL BRO AT NIGHT...
TUCKIN' HIM IN AT NIGHT, TEACHING HIM HOW 2 RIDE A BIKE WITH NO TRAINING WHEELS 4 THE FIRST TIME...SOMETHING A FATHER SHOULD DO.
BUT I DONT MIND
IM NOT GOING TO BE THE ONE WITH ALL THE HATRED & DISGRACE WHEN DA LIL SHORTY GETS BIG.
" HE'LL GET HIS" I PROMISED LIL SHORTY.
IN REVERSE MY BRO WILL THANK ME KNOWING I WAS THER 4 HIM..AS WELL AS MAMA.
BY : ANDRIANA MORALES
GROWING UP IN THE "PROJECTS"...DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, OH.
MOTHER ON WELFARE TRYIN' TO RAISE HER 2 SMALL KIDS on her own
ASKIN' DA DADDY'S FOR HELP...
BUT THEM OUT DRINKIN' WIT OTHER CHICKS.
LIL BRO 2 LITTLE TO UNDERSTAND...
PLAYIN' WIT HIS CARS ON THE FLOOR BY THE DOOR...ASKIN MAMI WHEN PAPI WAS COMIN' HOME FROM "WORK".
MAMI TELLIN US IT WOULD BE O.K.
TRYIN' NOT 2 CRY IN FRONT OF OUT LITTLE FACES
LIL BRO WATCHIN TRYIN 2 UNDERSTAND....
TELLIN' MAMI HE WAS GOING TO BUILD HER A NEW HOUSE WITH WATEVER SHE NEEDED.
MAMA CRYIN' WIT JOY OF HER SONS WORDS.
BEIN' IN DA PROJECTS WAS GOOD IN A WAY U KNO? ALWAYZ OUT PLAYIN' WIT DA LIL BAD KIDS IN DA DIRT.
KNOWING RIGHT FROM WRONG.
WE WOULD CALL OUR SELFS BROTHERS & SISTERZ 4 LIFE!!!
NEVER HAVIN' TO WORRY ABOUT NUTTIN' WHEN WE WER OUT PLAYIN...EXCEPT 4 MAMA BEIN MAD CUZ WE GOT OUR CLOTHES DIRTY PLAYIN IN DA DIRT...HAHA WICH WAS FUN.
MAMI ALWYZ TRYIN' TO MAKE THE BEST OUT OF EVERYTHING...NOT COMPLAINING BOUT NUTTIN.
MAMA TALKIN TO ME...ASKINME WHAT I WANTED TO BE IN LIFE WHEN I GREW UP...
ME STILL LIL & HAD NO CLUE. SHE WANTED HER KIDZ TO GROW UP & BE STRONG LIKE HER...NOT 2 DEPEND ON NOBODY..SHE SAID.
TEARS CAME ROLLIN' DOWN FROM Y DIRTY BROWN CHEEKS. SHE MADE ME PROMISE TO BE SOMETHING IN LIFE...NOT LIKE THE LADY ALWAYZ STANDING ON THE CORNER OF THE LIQOUR STORE ON MAIN ST.
I PROMISED.
DADDY LEAVIN' THAT ERLY MORNIN' TELLIN ME HE WAS OFF 2 WORK. THAT HE LOVED ME AND HE WOULD CALL ME.
REMEMBERING THAT NIGHT DADDY NOT COMING HOME FOR DINNER. I WENT TO MY ROOM BEGAN TO CRY MYSELF 2 SLEEP UNDER MY BARBIE & PRINCESS COVERS.
14 KNOW, UNDERSTANDIN' SUM PROBLEMS
MY MAMI WENT THROUGH.
BLAMIN' DADDY FOR ALL THE PROBLEMS GIVIN HIM ALL THE GUILT.
TALKIN WITH MY LIL BRO AT NIGHT...
TUCKIN' HIM IN AT NIGHT, TEACHING HIM HOW 2 RIDE A BIKE WITH NO TRAINING WHEELS 4 THE FIRST TIME...SOMETHING A FATHER SHOULD DO.
BUT I DONT MIND
IM NOT GOING TO BE THE ONE WITH ALL THE HATRED & DISGRACE WHEN DA LIL SHORTY GETS BIG.
" HE'LL GET HIS" I PROMISED LIL SHORTY.
IN REVERSE MY BRO WILL THANK ME KNOWING I WAS THER 4 HIM..AS WELL AS MAMA.
BY : ANDRIANA MORALES
