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november edition

A Time for Change
by Alin

Next to the Gods
by Pedro R. Briones

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Mom and the Mideast
by Sarah D

[Industry]
by Elsa Kim








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A Time for Change
by Alim

Before niggas recite rhymes
they light dimes
but i'm in my right mind
when i write mine
i skip the turn
of cats that be
spittin turd
i be hittin herbs
but i wont hit the herb
hittin birds
is a way of gettin germs
cuz they peck to burn
just to get
wrecked off sherm
their rectum torn
once my records born
you gonna know right from wrong
when i write my song
you'll get hype for more
like some type of raw
hydro
that'll make your eyes glow
in complete envy
STD's lookin
extremely tempting
the devil bet me
that i'd be blinded by the guns and the Bentleys
but i'm not dumb like the rest be
"kill em son" is what they're suggesting
now every Sunday he's confessing
wheres his life going? I'm not even guessing
he just do what they tell him
he dont know what it is, he just sell them
its seldom that he goes to school
but it's always when he
holds the tools
kills to be recognized but nobody knows the fool
he got pressed by some old school dude
he said he was! on the wrong turf, but he was on his own block
he kid aint think he'd get hurt, cuz he had mad props
so the kid cracked a smerk, thats when he got popped
the nigga did his work and left before the body dropped
people just watched and aint
nobody call the cops
he thought he was dead
then he felt alot of liquid pouring from his head
like the right pocket of a Blood all he saw was red
next two weeks he was always on a bed
his name wasn't even mentioned in the news
just another nobody caught up in some feud
lungs aint workin breathing through some tubes
didn't get a visit from no one in his crew
thats another life down the drain
i might sound insane
but yo its a time for change.



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