To whom it may concern, or more appropriately, those who aren't concerned
about the sad state affairs of our nation, culture, our childerns' future
you say it is of no consequence to you, for you will be gone
but you are the one who put the child in that situation all along
remember with me now. you were the one who chose to have sex rawback
more concerned with the feeling of a nut but didn't think about where that birthcontrol was at
it was you who chose to forgo prenatal care you who chose to ignore that womb and what was going on in there
it was your choice to hang with your boys and smoke that weed instead of coming up with what your child may need
it was your decision to not come around till that child was 2, never once thinknig of what he was going through
it was your choice to let him cry and take your hatred of his father out on him and wish he would die
you were the one who sold your WIC to buy you a bottle now your child has nothing in his bottle
you leave him to cry while you hang with your peeps who all talk about how much your child reeks
never once have you cleansed him a qucik flip of a wipe and hes done for the night
this child who soon becomes 5 and can speak whatever you teach
instead of saying his ABC's his first sentences are nigga and bitch please
he never sang the Itsy Bitsy Spider more like I told her to bust it open so I could come inside her
he can't count doesn't even know his numbers worries more about making it rain and clap like thunder
this child that goes to school with no preparation, then you say its because his teacher is caucasion
this child that gets suspended for fights because you said if they talk crazy to you knock out their lights
this child who has never been to another childs home to play because you never taught him how to behave day to day
this child who in 5 more years will become a victim of the block, forgoing school supplies for a glock
this child who will catch his first case, not because of his deeds, but taking an older thugs place
juvenile dentition will release him at 18 and he will return to the same scene
no real education or motivation to do anything worthwhile but you welcome him home with a smile
tell him about what he has missed and which niggas held him down and who didn't
ignorance flows from your lips to his ears and he will be back in the street life it appears
he goes out one night to right those wrongs and to your despair he never comes home
hes found lying in a ditch cold to the bone, lay there dying while you were talking on the phone
while you were keeping it real with your friends, those thugs, he was meeting his end
now you sit with tears streaming down your face screaming who would do this in the first place
never owning up to your part but deep inside you feel it in your heart
people will treat you like you did them, 'sorry bout his loss but thats on him"
you will bury your child and wonder how could no one care, but you said the same of others, to be fair
so when we will stop being selfish and do the best for our seeds or will you continue to glorify misdeeds
a circle of violence is not a circle to keep unbroken, these behaviors should be more thought provoking
unfortunately another minute has passed, somebodies childs' breath was their first and it was somebodies childs' last
Copyright 2010 Butterfli
