Hood Moments

I can remember sitting on the block stoop
Chilling.. watching all the lil chilren' playing
Hop Scotch and double dutch..
While he sitting getting his hair twisted.
Music blasting from old skools riding by

Hood Moments

I can remember walking down the corner store
for bags of penny candy, honey buns, and huggy juice..
only $.75 spent.. nowadays these stores want your right hand!
Before you could just go in and be greeting by the local store owner
Not having to worry about you being monitored..
It wasn't those type of times.

Hood Moments..

Not all moments were good moments
The good got a bad reputation..
Drug dealing..
People ending up missing
And drive by's during the day
Making it unsafe for the chilren' to play..

Hood Moments

Police doing their "normal" beat
Block boys running like roaches
When those lights hit the street
Females trying to make an "Honest" living
By selling or giving away what they mama gave them..
"Get it how you live" is what I always heard..
Man my hood...

Hood Moments

When yo folks end up on the busted magazine
Hood moments...
Getting approached by dope fiend named Daphine
Hood moments..
You know you better have yo butt in the house before those street lights come on
Hood moments..
Fire hydrogen open and the chilren' playing
Hood moments..
Block parties and everyone's invited..claiming family members and nobody's related

Yea.. hood moments.. although faced with the good and the bad..
Hood moments were the best to be had..

Lady R © 2013