Yo, from the top to the bottom
Bottom to top I stop
At the core I've forgotten
In the middle of my thoughts
Taken far from my safety
The picture's there
The memory won't escape me

I'm here at this podium talking
The ceremonial offerings
Dedicated to urban dysfunctional offspring
What's happening
City governments are eternally napping
Trapped in greedy covenants
Causing urban collapsing
Bullets that scar souls
With dark coals
Get more than your car stole
Some hearts be blacker than charcoal
For real
This society's deprivation depends
Not on our differences
But the separation within
No preparation is made
Limited aid
Minimum wage
Living in a tenement cage
Where rent isn't paid
Tragedy within a parade
The darkness overspreads
Like a permanent plague
I'm the forgotten

In the memory you'll find me
Eyes burning up
The darkness holding me tightly
Until the sun rises up