№162: red roses. blue violets. part ii.

Benjamin Raji
Sep 6, 2018 · 3 min read
Photo by João Silas on Unsplash

roses be red,
violets be blue,
white girls still saying me too
while voting for pussy grabbin’ buffoons,
white boys still shooting up schools,
black girls still rude
‘cause niggas still treading like animals in the hood — I mean,
black boys still wipe each other from existence
over some overpriced shoes.

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