Soldier rags and ‘flags’

pDIV align="left" TABLE cellpadding="5"TR VALIGN="TOP"TDIMG SRC= "../sites/default/files/arch_img/546/photo_1_supplement.jpg" //td/trTR VALIGN="TOP"TD/td/trTR VALIGN="TOP"TDTR VALIGN="TOP"TD pby Staff Writer/p pbr /Half-staffed fo a twenty on gun ‘salute’br / br /silent cries in my heart fo being ‘confused’br / br /at times alone in my room isbr / br /not knowing what to do a smallbr / br /moment in prayers is due tobr / br /every youth that lost they lifebr / br /for being part of the that street life hustlingbr / br /overtime by the code do or diebr / br /holding back the demons that arebr / br /locked inside.br / br /Hear me Lord why is itbr / br /the good are the ones to die. I’m onbr / br /the outside of the world looking inbr / br /watching time pass by walking in thebr / br /hands of time puffing on the healingbr / br /herb to ease my mind. Followin intobr / br /footsteps of a lost ‘tribe’br / br /educate yo ‘mind’ know yo ‘rights.’br / br / They say increase da ‘peace’br / br /but how can ‘we’ when all webr / br /is deceit. Where’sbr / br /da ‘equality’ when brothazbr / br /shadows get swept from from beneath theirbr / br /feet. I’m on my kneez looking upbr / br /to heaven praying fo mybr / br /unborn seeds. Hopin they don’t growbr / br /up to “see” da shit thatbr / br /I’ve ‘seen.’ Creator please help mebr / br /wit dis situation.br / br /Pacin back and forth realizin we allbr / br /God’s children in dis babylon ‘war.’br / br /I’m juss a youngsta upbr / br /in dis ‘world’ down tobr / br /die fo what I stand ‘fo’br / br /and that’s helpin out mybr / br /community and da ‘poe’br / br /God Bless/p pSituations sometimes bebr / br /‘critical’ with all deze hatersbr / br /suckaz and ‘foez’ sobr / br /I hit da ‘studio’ droppin songsbr / br /usin my mentals andbr / br /getto ‘instrumentals.’ Hopin onebr / br /day that it paysbr / br /instead of sittin around waitinbr / br /fo judgement ‘day.’br / br /I got to keep my head upbr / br /and ‘maintain’ holdin onbr / br /to my ‘faith.’ Cuzz divide conquerbr / br /and ‘assasinate’ is howbr / br /we was ‘raised’ earnin mybr / br /‘ranks’ by bein threebr / br /steps ahead of da ‘game.’br / br /Earnin mines by da nationwidebr / br /‘fame.’ If U want be a thugbr / br /U gotta have heart andbr / br /know ‘why.’ Its either Ubr / br /fall victim to ‘genocide’br / br /or hustle to ‘survive’br / br /thugging til my lastbr / br /Its either U fall victim tobr / br /‘genocide’br / br /or hustle to ‘survive’ plan out and ‘strategize’br / br /obiding by da code ridebr / br /or ‘die.’br / br /Thugging til my last dayzbr / br /in da West ‘Side.”/p/td/tr/td/tr/table/div/p