the lake is blue, the forest watchful.
that she is looking at the lake and forest from the burned down house
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In the burned house I am eating breakfast.You understand: there is no house, there is no breakfast,yet here I
she was eating breakfast before the house burned down
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including the body I had then,including the body I have now
that she got caught in the fire and it burned her qhole body bad
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in this house has long been over,kettle and mirror, spoon and bowl,including my own body
that the hose burned down with everything in it
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The day is bright and songless,
the day is quiet of noise
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their dishes piled beside the s
no one did the dishes and they left them there
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No one else is around
no one else was there at the burned house
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The spoon which was melted scrapes against the bowl which was melted also.
that the spoon was melted to even it didnt look like a spoon anymore
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while she burns like a sack of dry ice.
they cant touch her because you cant touch dry ice
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The cry I bring down from the hillsbelongs to a girl still burninginside my head
that a piece of land is burning
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She glows like the fat tip
that the fire is big and bright
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We stand with our handshanging at our sides,while she burns
that they can not help her they stand there watching her burn
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She burns like a shot glass of vodka
that a shot of vodka burns when you drink it
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The city never sleeps, full of villains and creeps
alot of people cant sleep because there are alot of crazy people out there
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I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death
if u don't stay awake in the streets you are going to get caught lacking maybe end up dead
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It's like the game ain't the same
that the hood aint the same no more
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Got younger negroes pulling the triggers, bringing fame to their nameAnd claim some corners, crews without guns are goners
that young kids are joining gangs and stuff killing people like its nothing
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Gave another squeeze, heard it click, "yo, my stuff is stuck"Try to cock it, it wouldn't shoot, now I'm in danger
he tried to shoot again but the gun jammed and he couldnt shoot.
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the Mac-10 was in the grass andI ran like a cheetah with thoughts of an assassinPick the Mac up, told brothers, "Back up, " t
he was running towards the gun so he could shoot back and telling his people to move so he wont shoot them
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Negroes be running through the block shootin'Time to start the revolution,
that black people be shooting each other in the hood
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I'm like Scarface smelling amphetaminesHolding an M-16,
so he is bsaically saying he is on top and dangerous
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Where fake negroes don't make it back
that people that try to act black and different from what they are wont make it
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they were delicious so sweet and so cold
he is asking for forgiveness
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and which you were probably saving for breakf
the food he ate wasn't supposed to be eaten
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I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox
that they just told someone that they ate something that wasn't theirs.
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Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold
that they feel guilty for so something they were not supposed to do
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The witness in a building across the street Who watched how a young man helped a girl to step Up to the windowsill, then held her out
he helped her to see what was happening
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She burns like a shot glass of vodka.
that vodka is a very strong liquor
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A skirt of flames dances around her at dusk.
that the fire is getting bigger
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she burns like a piece of paper.
that a piece of paper is easy to set on fire
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We stand with our hands hanging at our sides, while she burns like a sack of dry ice.
that we are doing nothing to help her
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The cry I bring down from the hills belongs to a girl still burning inside my head. At daybreak
that he probably saw a girl calling for help
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like a raisin in the su
your dream gets small
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Or does it explode
dreams are to much to handle
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Maybe it just sag
to take a long time to come true
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Does it stink like rotten meat?
it does stink to put a dream to the side
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And then run?
dreams sometimes are challenging and wanrs you tpo give up
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What happens to a dream deferred?
its like postponed and put it to the side
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Does it dry up
dreams that dry up usally dont come true
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Dreams
a dream is something you wiish for
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For if dreams di
that dreams dont last long andsometimes dont come true
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From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome
that she is holding a flame
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“Give me your tired
this means give them the people that have nothing to live for.
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A mighty woman with a torch,
the statue is a women
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Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
saying the statue is not like the greek fame
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The New Colossus
thats its a big statue
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Where it is dry.
its dry in africa
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cultivation of victory Over
must've won something
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I call for youcultivation of strength to heal and enhancein the non-cheering dark,
wants to heal in the light
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what wants to crumble you down, to sickenyou.
something that want to tear you down
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Under the wolves and coyotes of particular silences.
that wolves and coyotes are usally loud
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To Prisoners
the title means like somebody is being treated miserable
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with a wild, headlong motion for the game he loved like a country
he loved the game of basketball so much
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in slow motion, almost exactly like a coach’s drawing on the blackboard,
the play said was going to happen on the board is happening in the game
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of a high, gliding dribble and a man letting the play develop in front of him
that the man is dribbling the ball too high and its easy to steal
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an underhand pass toward the other guard scissoring past a flat-footed defender
he throws and underhand pass because so the other defender cant get it
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perfectly, gathering the orange leather from the air like a cherished possession
he gathered a missed shot from the air to get a rebound
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A hook shot kisses the rim and hangs there, helplessly, but doesn’t drop,
the hook is lonely all up there by its self and need help
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Break
I think something entertaining is going to happen
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Fast Break
what does fast break mean?
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