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The back-twister, lingerie-ripper. Automatic leg-spreader, quicker-brain-getter, keepin’ it gangsta wit’ ya. I slayed MCs back in the rec room era; my style broke motherfuckin’ backs like Ken Patera. I mean, I got to be the hardest– middle name “Concrete,” and shit like that, you know? The sun never shined on my side of the street, see? And only once or twice a week I would speak. On Pico Boulevard I was regarded as a retard. And when people said I‘d always be ill and twisted. And when the therapist had told us that the pills would fix it. Sometimes I wish I could afford a pistol then, though. To stop the hell, I would’ve ended things a while ago. I’ll give you a earful, it’s tearful. Told my mother I hustle, and she said “Be careful.” Nah, I ain't complainin’, just tellin y'all what it is. So, if y'all goin’ through it now, just know that another kid made somethin’ outta nothin’– well I'm frontin’, I was never nothin’. Older ladies used to tell my mother "’Ain't he somethin’?" I never did represent doin’ dumb shit. No gangsta lyin’, I’d rather diss presidents. Get the picture, sit ya, seat ya. Preacher with scriptures, I'm equipped to rip ya, reach ya. Neighborhoods are now hoods, ‘cause nobody's neighbors– just animals, surviving off that animal behavior. On my block, we got some ‘Nam vets, shell-shocked, who never quite got right, now they inhale rocks. We in the projects, a lot of us lab rats. Voted for Obama, hopin’ he wouldn’t have that. Stiffer stipulations attached to each sentence. Budget cutbacks, but increased police presence. One murdered my man like it was okay. For the life he ended, he got suspended, with no pay. Fours clap, dogs crap in the grass here. You love to hear the story, son? The saga began here. MCs are fictitious, yet the actual facts here. Hip hop used to console my soul. Now, it’s a bunch of assholes. Rap about a dance while I’m targeting cops. Spit some shit for Oscar Grant, hit the sergeant with shots. And they say I’m insane, ‘cause I see the remains of the whips and chains in my hood, where it ‘aint all good. God takes care of old folks and fools, while the Devil takes care of makin’ all the rules. In the name of Jesus Christ, they got my soul on ice. Shit, my momma got cancer in her breast, don’t ask me why I’m motherfuckin’ stressed. I swear to God, I want to just slit my wrists and end this bullshit; throw the Magnum to my head, threaten to pull shit. And squeeze, until the bed's completely red. Body spread on the bedspread; red on the wall; red on the ceiling; red on the floor– get a new whore: met on the second, wet on the third, then she’s dead on the fourth. I’m dead wrong.https://shooknotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/starry-sky-night-sparkle2.jpgI'm writing this stuff downHey Pete. How do I know that the colors you see are the same as the colors that I see? 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