Wrong Way

By Joseph Idoko

On Senior

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[Verse 1]

Left school around 2 to 3

Take a route kinda new to me

Back street of an old community project building

Passing some of the houses under constructions allowing all of the hundreds of thousands of roaches on the ceiling

Not the literal roach, but the marijuana

I see a woman with black leggings who standing yonder

She's grilling me and I'm staring she's staring longer

I'm unfamiliar gathered it from my scared persona

She made a gesture to run but I ain't listen to nun thought of directions and saw the deli and turned the corner

I'm realizing my house is only 2 blocks away through project buildings delis and mini houses but in that order

Thinking jogging through the distance is a logical decision but my stomach is disagreeing with known law

So I pull up in the store and buy a honey bun with 50 cents I had and I'm exiting now oh god

Make a right and after 3 steps I heard a call stumble but it wasn't familiar I'm ignoring it

Heard it two more times and it got louder and louder as it progressed so the paranoia is pouring in

I turned around To the faces of individuals about 3 for a situation to discuss

Ask me where I from? I told them Saint Marks Place. From a face of curiosity to faces of disgust

"Don't nobody know you ain't your other niggas show you that you and them aren't good around here nigga?

I got weapons and pieces of Smith wessons to hit you in different sections for making you disappear nigga"

When you surrounded by rivals without a rifle keep your head for survival they're feeding off of your fear nigga

I'm contemplating on reaching my destination but primarily I gotta get the fuck up out of here nigga

The ringleader was wearing a black hoodie bout a foot taller than me and had the fragrance of cannabis

The cold the air that was rubbing on my jacket

Turned to something that was passing through my noggin as I stand a hit

I heard gibberish seeing distorted images of settling of differences my face is in the spot of the this

My visions darker than the color of his sweater but my versions looking better as I'm fading out of consciousness