rakem – the hood is down lyrics
[verse 1:]
the hood is down
whatever happened to this side of town
we get no visitors, the mail man won’t even make his rounds
this once good neighborhood, gotten so out of bounds
daylight to nightlight constant gun sounds
every block is surround by n-ggas that h-ll bound
got little kids afraid to go play on the playground
they traded their playgrounds for war-zones
the environment is a prison, full of teens with no intervention, that don’t think before making decisions or blink when the world craving their attention
lack of activity’s and ability’s led them astray toward a pathway of doing such negativity’s, which in result have them blind to see there’s possibility in positivity
badly but sadly only 10% would probably make it out
that’s like growing 200 tomatoes but
only 10% would barely escaped the drought
savages rather shoot it out than talk it out
h-ll, even the residents barely try to plan something out. they rather not snitch and watch the violence sprout other than trying to regain the neighborhoods clout
now some will see my intellect on this subject as disrespect and neglect the message i’m trying to dialect
when they realize there’s more than meet the eyes
then they’ll be surprise and ask themselves “how can one little street can swallow so many lives”
its sad what my neighborhood has become, they thinking violence is the outcome to solve their problem
they terrorize the streets, immobilize the weak, idolize the lies rappers speak
fantasize about blasting someone with the heat, but cry and snitch when face with defeat
where are the leaders to lead theses sheep’s
wheres the mentors to strengthen these minds that’s weak
i wonder what my old friends doing now
i haven’t seen my team ever since they was caught up with the lifestyle
i wonder if they ever’ed ponder, thinking was it even worth while
just to think how everyone and everything in the hood was supreme
now when i drive by all i see is abandoned homes, fragile lives and shattered dreams
this is why i frown when i ride around my hometown
seeing how quickly the hood has fallen down
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