GHETTO

Life ain't easy growing up in the ghetto

People suffering, no foods, cloths or someone to turn to

Mama always told me to take life easy that she loves me

She hugs me every day as a reminder to love everyone around me

Son, she says, you've got to work hard to make a living

Going through college, getting a job wasn't easy from the beginning

So I went down on my knees and pray

God has a reason for watching over me

Every day I ask God for his plans towards me

I have been putting on the same clothes for years

Graduating out from college was only by his grace

The world doesn't regard me because of where I am from

I vowed in my life to do everything to prove the world wrong

I have got every right to leave a decent life

I used to trek the distance to hang out at my best friend's house

Every day my dreams grew stronger, I knew life can be as deserved

But I couldn't afford to take my girlfriend out,

For I wasn't able to give her the love she deserved

With holes in my shoes, I trend my way seeking for a job that's not lost

I read every book I could find, searching why life is difficult

I sat down one night crying and asked God what I have done

Why suffering for something I knew not when it occurred

I couldn't take care of mom and my little sister

But tried not to leave home without a smile in my hand

I had hope as a companion, only he knows where it hurt me most inside

My dreams are always around me, they remind me to put distractions aside

In the ghetto, we share everything we had together

Love was not scared for everyone was a brother

When it rains, I spent the whole night awake

Watching little drops find their way through my room in the dark

It's beautiful to have a dream, even when they are sometimes vogue

For out of this world, no man can breach the stars from shining above

For no matter what the world throws at me
In life someday the world is going to appreciate me

I am going to make it and fly so high

And look back at the world and smile

(c) Akan Udofia E. 2014