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Streets'
Who are we? What do we Do?
We live! We wander! And we Die!
The streets are the stomping grounds!
The corners the hills we climb.
The ghetto our world!
This is the environment!
We are the breeders of hate.
We conquer our own fears to live our days.
Deliver the consciousness so we may see.
And breathe the night so we may continue our lives.
Those who see us, fear what we are!
Those who hear us, don’t listen to our words.
Those who mock us, don’t know how we live.
But those who know us, are living the same life!
To live here is to be here, and to die here is our fate.
The streets are everywhere, but the chasms are where we roam.
A culture in its own, the reality of our everyday dying.
The air polluted with brashness, the skies dark with envy.
To see the other side and to wander towards a new beginning.
This is the dream, this is our goal, this is the street.
July 12, 2004
Copyright © 2004 Hector J Alvarez
