Collapsed Lexicon | Page 51

  51   Tearing  Me  Apart     I  can’t  believe  it’s  true,   what  are  we  to  do?   Allow  me  some  seconds  to  process   the  fact  he  left  us  a  loan   without  a  letter  or  call.     I  knew  your  brother  was  trouble,   those  gold  fronts  looking  like  government  cheese   blocks  every  time  he  smiled.     All  those  sessions  in  NA  (Narcotics  Anonymous)   while  he  opened  up  to  strangers  about  cocaine   being  a  powerful  drug  and  Jesus  changed  his  ways   turned  into  a  damn  lie.     Wolves  never  change,  they  only  replace   clothing  like  the  sheep’s  wool  sweater   he  stole  from  your  dresser  to  satisfy     a  fix  since  pusher  Charlie  wanted  to  breathe  you.     Now  he  managed  to  forge  your  name   on  a  personal  promissory  note,   and  that  house  we  wanted  as  the  ticket  out   from  the  hood  becomes  null  and  void     cause  your  credit’s  shot.     God  said  love  everybody,   So  why  does  uncle  Score-­‐Ray  hate  us   Mama?  I  wish  he  would  die  soon,   leave  us  alone  finally  so  you  can  live