CHAPTER 1

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4 YEARS LATER

" ZAYA " i called out my 4 year old daughter

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" ZAYA " i called out my 4 year old daughter.

"mama?" i hear her small voice tryna look for me "Im right here baby" i said laughing.

"you ready to go to grandmas tonight" i said referring to Zays mom.

"yayyyyyy" she said jumping around as i laughed at her.

After running away to NY to live a better life, i can say its going pretty good. I had a little ups and downs here and there but i still managed to get back on my feet with the help of zay, marii, and their parents. Me, Marii and zay got a condo together with 4 bedrooms and 5 bathroom.

But tonight im dropping off zay zay to my moms house for the night. My real mom wasnt really around until i heard that one day she passed away due to overdose of drugs. But ever since i told marii and zay parents about me needing help from my past relationship. they've been my real parents thats why they earned the title of being my parents they never left my side.

I got zaya dressed and then i got myself dressed then went to place her in her car seat then jogging to the otherside to get in.

"zaya"

"yeth mama"

"you wanna listen to music"

'YEAAA" she said screaming and squrming around in her car seat

" ok ok ok what song you wanna play" i said laughing

"Li-lii Ba-be"

"LIL BABY" i said turning around suprised.

"yeah him" she said smiling.

"GURLL BOO what you know bout lil baby"

"auntie mar mar played it" she said smiling all this baby do is smile thats what i love about her.

"ima hurt yah auntie" i said laughing

"but who is your favorite artist"

"ni-key-ma-ma-nah" she said stuttering she meant to say nicki minaj.

"ughhh im raising you right- YOU GO GWORL" i said sounding like martin and acting like im shedding a tear.

It's bigger than black and white
It's a problem with the whole way of life
It can't change overnight
But we gotta start somewhere
Might as well gon' 'head start here
We done had a hell of a year
I'ma make it count while I'm here
God is the only man I fearFuck it, I'm goin' on the front line
He gon' bust your ass if you come past that gun line
You know when the storm go away, then the sun shine
You gotta put your head in the game when it's crunch time
I want all my sons to grow up to be monsters
I want all my daughters to show out in public
Seems like we losing our country
But we gotta stand up for something, so this what it comes toEvery video I see on my conscience
I got power, now I gotta say somethin'
Corrupted police been the problem where I'm from
But I'd be lying if I said it was all of them
I ain't do this for the trend, I don't follow them
Altercations with the law, had a lot of them
People speaking for the people, I'm proud of them
Stick together, we can get it up out of themI can't lie like I don't rap about killing and dope
But I'm telling my youngins to vote
I did what I did 'cause I didn't have no choice or no hope
I was forced to just jump in and go
This bullshit is all that we know, but it's time for a change
Got time to be serious, no time for no games
We ain't takin' no more, let us go from them chains
God bless they souls, every one of them namesIt's bigger than black and white
It's a problem with the whole way of life
It can't change overnight
But we gotta start somewhere
Might as well gon' 'head start here
We done had a hell of a year
I'ma make it count while I'm here
God is the only man I fearThey trainin' officers to kill us
Then shootin' protestors with these rubber bullets
They regular people, I know that they feel it
These scars too deep to heal us
What happened to COVID? Nobody remember
It ain't makin' sense, I'm just here to vent
It happen to one of your people, it's different
We get it, the system is wicked, just learn how to pick itKnowledge is power, I swear I'm a witness, I know that I'm gifted
I won't go too deep 'cause I'm scared they'll get me
Ain't scared to admit it, some shit I can't mention
It's people who can, well, here's the chance
I won't take the stand, but I'll take a stand for what I believe
Must not be breathing the air that I breathe
You know that the way that I bleed, you can bleedI never been a fan of police
But my neighborhood know I try to keep peace
So it's only right that I get in the streets
March for a reason, not just on GP
Our people died for us to be free
Fuck do you mean? This was a dream
Now we got the power that we need to have
They don't want us with it and that's why they mad, yeahIt's bigger than black and white
It's a problem with the whole way of life
It can't change overnight
But we gotta start somewhere
Might as well gon' 'head start here
We done had a hell of a year
I'ma make it count while I'm here
God is the only man I fearIt's bigger than black and white
It's a problem with the whole way of life
It can't change overnight
But we gotta start somewhere
Might as well gon' 'head start here
We done had a hell of a year
I'ma make it count while I'm here
God is the only man I fear





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