"True Poets" genre: Hip Hop
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	"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
	MP3.com CD: Invisible Enemies... - buy it! CD: Invisible Enemies   Label: Millenium Productions Credits: Truse, Young Poet, Phil Harmonic
	Story Behind the Song This song is about two young Black teens trying to carve a life for themselves out of the poverty and sorrow they face on a daily basis in the Los Angeles Ghettos. Lyrics First verse: Truse Words fall out of their lungs like metaphors when they're hung Microphones fill the void of the noise in the boys But they can' stop their screaming cause thier voices are horse But their lyrics come first and they thirst for a force To pull them out of this monetary, planetary, curse Poverty left them lying and dying of thirst Cursed to write verse about familial hurts In their mothers purse sits a picture of pride Taken three years before daddy dies Eyes open wide, scenes of homicide, outside their window and nowhere to hide Judged by all those who live priviledged lives Realized lies, munipulated eyes Blamed for their situation not given a chance Romance is only in songs so they dance To cheer up their mother as she sits broken hearted Shattered last year when her husband was blaseted And the police, swear it was imminent, But in God's and in her heart he's forever innocent Second Verse: Young Poet I hit the streets when the moon replace the sun Armed with a black gun, wearing a black hoody and black jeans Pocket full of stones serving fiends To the average person it's frightening scene Decaying zombies, prostitutes with undeveloped bodies sometimes this shit haunts me nightmare of me having a permanant stare still I hit the streets like I don't care...

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