Inspired By Art: From the Streets to Slavery
Years ago slavery started from people enslaving people.
Men like Willie Lynch made slavery into what used to be physical into mental.
The streets today doesn’t take people like Willie to make us slaves,
Because we are accustomed to think the ways of Willie are natural.
So we eventually go from the streets to slavery,
To being a victim of crime and slaughtered in time.
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