hey cuz

Who are you?
You claim to be my bro,
But what do you really know?
You and I have traveled down different paths,
For whatever reason,
And now I’m standing here wondering,
Weighing and deciding what to do.
I don’t know you anymore and that’s the truth,
What we do, what we think, who we are,
So different from who we were back in ’92.
No good or bad in this,
Just the way it has turned out,
Even though you share blood with mine,
Nothing to salvage at this point.
All the smack you talk all the time,
Was almost endearing when you were twelve,
Now pushing thirty just seems pathetic,
Who you still trying to convince?
You’ve heard this and you’ve heard that,
Still can’t think for yourself,
Never gonna grow beyond your father’s shadow,
Never gonna let go of momma’s apron strings.
So you heard that B_ told A_ this and that,
Have you ever concerned why,
Was she trying to help her or help you,
Are you really that blinded by your pride?
It was good to see you again,
But don’t expect me to come around,
After all that had been said,
After I saw the company that you still keep,
Doing the things that kept you away from your kids,
Got yourself locked away trying to play gangsta,
So you go on doing whatever you need to do.
So B_ represents something else to you,
You do pretty good covering the other half,
Littered and broken down,
Floundering between reality and illusion,
Just like the all the rest,
So choose your poison,
Choose your context.
I hold on to a sliver of hope,
Despite what you showed me,
Despite my darkest fears,
Just can’t stand to see another generation wasted,
Alcohol, drugs, and whatever else,
So much promise in everyone’s face,
In that faded picture you had on the fridge.
Where are they all at now?
A couple in prison,
A couple on their way there,
The rest on probation,
You call that representin’?
What would your father say,
If he were still alive,
Or your sister for that part,
But that’s right,
You pay little attention,
To anything outside your little box,
So throw it all away,
Living just for today,
Forgetting about whatever else,
Family, blood, children,
Left to fend for themselves.