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november edition

CRYSTYLE
by Torrence

The Black Flower
MaryBeth

Purity
by Christian Vien

Author Unknown
by Ryan Murphy

untitled
by Rocky Roberts

"a day in the life"
by Jose Vadi

War
by Kathleen Gilbert






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CRYSTYLE
by Torrence

April 18, 1984 you were born a brave little girl with a shield and a sword

I could have sworn you taught me every thing I learned
you was the one who told me I had to work for what I earned

you put a brother in check for trying to shout a teck
trying to work on the deck
callin' myself a ruffneck

you said I had to give respect treat people nice
or else I would always live a messed up life

you caught a brother shootin' dice didn't say nothing
caught a brother bussin' still didn't say nothin'

you kept stuff to yourself and that's cool with me
people see us on the streets thats lil "T" and Ms. "C"

Crystyle DuPree yeah but I call you Crystyle
don't ever wanna see a frown

always keep the young smile
I see you coming in from miles,

you helped me up when I was down
I call you my queen cause
you will always wear the crown
we can skip across town

stop the whole verse

we had to look at our mama leave the church in a hearse

you wiped my tear when I cried when Uncle DATCH died

when uncle Walter passed away you said I had to keep my pride

you said if you keep working on it Torrence you will get it
she look like she got aids Torrence, please don't hit it.

you told me to go to school and play it real smooth
but I just kept on, kept on, kept on, acting a fool

I wasn't paying attention, wasn't worried about a damn thing
I kept my mind on the money, the girls and bling. bling.

you told me about my hygene when I was kicking
I help you put the ball in the hoop when you were missin

it's one more thing I forgot to tell you that I did not mention

I love you with all my heart Crystyle

nothing but hugs and kisses Crystyle.

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