Inspired By Art: Momma Told Me

Name has been changed by us for privacy.

Momma said it would be better days,

The sun would replace the shade,

And we would no longer be treated like slaves.

 

Momma told me one day it would be change,

Shoes would be worn by my friend,

Not tossed to hang.

 

Momma told me the pain would go away,

But since the loss of Tyrone,

The pain been here to stay.

 

Momma always told me I was her vision,

But now I’m in a cell,

All because I didn’t listen.

 

Momma told me family over everything,

But I listened to my friends,

And now my friends are missin.’

 

See I always knew to look both ways,

Before crossin’ the streets,

But I never knew I would lose Tyrone.

 

Momma never told me,

Now he’s gone,

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