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Verse 1
Lemme tell you about this guy named Zeke
Times have been hard for him recent
his dad went to the precent
a bad time he went
Cuz Zeke's mom was late on the rent
And they're at bitter ends
cuz Zeke's grades dropped again
Zeke went out into the street
His friends gave him heat
Told him there's only one way to leave poverty beat
Zeke started to sell rocks
Spent his nights ducking from the cops
And escaping being shot
His dad was killed on his cell block
That pushed Zeke to fully become a thug
Ducking for cover
Competition got smothered
He didn't give a shit
Got to provide for your mother
One way or another
You gotta have her covered
But one day Zeke was on the street
He came face to face with that heat
His life flashed on repeat
And quick fast he tasted defeat
now he's another nigga
Who met his end at the trigger
All cuz Zeke was on the brink
His friends had him convinced
That being a thug could make you live like a prince
But it don't matter since
He died with his pocket full of lint
Verse 2
She was told to abstain
But her friends didn't tell her the same
They said time has changed
They had all done it before
Now they were gonna do it again
You can't have dignity
If you got your virginity
that's what they told her
So she met up with her friend who was older
He began to hold her
He convinced her that he loved her
Got her under the covers
But he didn't wear a rubber
Now she's knocked up
And he doesn't even hug her
Scorn from her mother
To the world she's just another
Kid who made a bad decision
Didn't learn her lesson
But to her
abortion isn't an option
Not when there's adoption
Didn't pay attention to the doctrine
that told her to abstain
Looking out the window as it rains
So much on her brain
Everything has changed
It'll never the same
Kids picking out phones
While she's picking out names
They getting clothes
She's getting pain
She feels so alone
She feels so drained
Her cheeks soaked with tears
She's feeling fear
No hope for a career
She can't do it by herself
It ain't good for her health
Thank God she got her mother to help
Verse 3
Martin was never an alcoholic
Never used to sip on tonic
Never even thought of pill popping
But his friends were on it
Vodka and antibiotics
Abusing prescriptions
His friends said "You don't know what you're missing"
All the rappers do it
You already knew it
Even athletes use it
You don't gotta abuse it
We do it, and we don't lose it
Martin took a drink
He threw it back up in the sink
Popped a pill, now he's on the brink
Of self-destruction
losing his motor functions
He faints
His friends try to save him, it's too late
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Verse 1
Lemme tell you about this guy named Zeke
Times have been hard for him recent
his dad went to the precent
a bad time he went
Cuz Zeke's mom was late on the rent
And they're at bitter ends
cuz Zeke's grades dropped again
Zeke went out into the street
His friends gave him heat
Told him there's only one way to leave poverty beat
Zeke started to sell rocks
Spent his nights ducking from the cops
And escaping being shot
His dad was killed on his cell block
That pushed Zeke to fully become a thug
Ducking for cover
Competition got smothered
He didn't give a shit
Got to provide for your mother
One way or another
You gotta have her covered
But one day Zeke was on the street
He came face to face with that heat
His life flashed on repeat
And quick fast he tasted defeat
now he's another nigga
Who met his end at the trigger
All cuz Zeke was on the brink
His friends had him convinced
That being a thug could make you live like a prince
But it don't matter since
He died with his pocket full of lint
Verse 2
She was told to abstain
But her friends didn't tell her the same
They said time has changed
They had all done it before
Now they were gonna do it again
You can't have dignity
If you got your virginity
that's what they told her
So she met up with her friend who was older
He began to hold her
He convinced her that he loved her
Got her under the covers
But he didn't wear a rubber
Now she's knocked up
And he doesn't even hug her
Scorn from her mother
To the world she's just another
Kid who made a bad decision
Didn't learn her lesson
But to her
abortion isn't an option
Not when there's adoption
Didn't pay attention to the doctrine
that told her to abstain
Looking out the window as it rains
So much on her brain
Everything has changed
It'll never the same
Kids picking out phones
While she's picking out names
They getting clothes
She's getting pain
She feels so alone
She feels so drained
Her cheeks soaked with tears
She's feeling fear
No hope for a career
She can't do it by herself
It ain't good for her health
Thank God she got her mother to help
Verse 3
Martin was never an alcoholic
Never used to sip on tonic
Never even thought of pill popping
But his friends were on it
Vodka and antibiotics
Abusing prescriptions
His friends said "You don't know what you're missing"
All the rappers do it
You already knew it
Even athletes use it
You don't gotta abuse it
We do it, and we don't lose it
Martin took a drink
He threw it back up in the sink
Popped a pill, now he's on the brink
Of self-destruction
losing his motor functions
He faints
His friends try to save him, it's too late
It's not finished. If you took the time to read this, I'd like feedback.