stopping

those people
who got offed
over by the bus stop?
same ol' same ol'.
up a jeep pulled
boom they got glocked.
t.v. showed it whole
from the first gunshot.

i see the signs all over
the city and you know,
can't get 'em outta my head.
every body and corner
everywhere i go
all i see is red.

the power
on my block went down
again, out for hours.
nothin' works right.
at my place now
always five past midnight
won't change the clock
since it stopped.

they're all over the place.
prowlin' around like a crook,
can't get 'em outta my sight.
every street and face
everywhere i look
red light, red red lights.

my dog naz
ran into the road.
driver didn't slow
no way, not here.
get this, happened near
where i found the pup.
she licked my hand as
i felt her heart stop.

this flick's all over, done.
you know it ain't fantasy
'cuz in this movie
the heroes are dead
the bad dudes won
'the end' is written in red.

my girlfriend
stepped on outta here.
never said stop,
chance she got
was wicked good.
woulda gone too, yeah
life was hollywood.
didn't want us to end...

'all over the city
things looking pretty'
today's newspaper said.
it's all bullshit lies, yo
the headlines are fixed, know
the story before it's read.

my 'problem'...
got addicted young,
used everything i found
but lately stopped.
every night, safe at home
scratched till i was numb
getting it all out, down,
my music, my poems.

one day i'm gonna get free
go to a mountain get high
right up to the goddamn top
gotta get outta the city
to the ocean see a sky
that never seems to stop


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