Gum on my shoe, and blood in my hair, the police snap the photos, onlookers stare. Gucci bag in one hand, diamonds burned from my finger, "did you see the assailant?" no one remembers. THe man and the devil work as a team, the devil is laughing, the angels just scream! Who estimated the value of diamonds? who invented the barter of cash? the man or the devil, is the one you should ask. He give us his hell, in exchange for the devil's possessions, to rule his world, of material possessions. The ghetto creed, ain't about greed, it's about a man with no job, and a family to feed, so he'll split my dome, to get what he need. The angels cannot save you, where God doesn't dwell, where pain and suffering, is man's living hell. So look into, my blank dead eyes, we are the makers of our own demise. . .Birth sign: Libra
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