Note: Poet Warriors write with truth and purpose; this poem contains strong language, graphic details…
Got to Go
I gtg got no time being a hoe
I gtg get my masters
Maybe I’ll get my bachelor’s
I don’t got time for all this bull
I’m too busy fighting for my rights in school
This school ain’t getting any better
All this fighting, putting kids under the weather
All these sick jokes
Make all of them laugh
but that doesn’t help the kids around the corner smoking crack
I’m tired of watching people spending money
On all these accessories
When we got children in Africa dying of disease?
Nobody reads the newspaper
They don’t see those headlines that I see
They don’t see the economy we’re feeding
The wars we are raging
The hate that’s been spreading
And the governments that are failing
All they see now are
Victoria Secret models that show girls what they should be
Music that’s no different from pornography
And movies that advertise violence on our t.v screens
This is the world we live in
This is what our generation is like
The question is, What are you going to do about it?
Because….
I gtg get an education
I gtg and spread salvation
I gtg and Save My World.