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| Title: | Put Down the heat |
| Author: | Jamie Jackson |
| Theme: | hopes, dreams, achievements |
| Story: | Why do these young kids to gain wanna life the ill life make money the same Another mother to bury her son, dying quick in vain Killed over tennis shoe and peddling contraband in the drug game. One gets killed no one remembers there name cold hearted killers Don’t give a damn with no remorse or shame Looking for a finger so is hip hop music they blame Why are we killing each other like Abel did Kane So they why I prey and I’m begging for change To stop kids pulling guns and getting all blown away When you choose that path is one step closer to the grave We need an other million man march again help to get pistols and guns From the streets and start begin to eliminate, departing them Is not apart who the most gangster and has the hardest ends Losing your friends when you grew up together since you were like 10 Get a career in a trade and have a car and be paying rent I cry for the mums and dad that lose their sons Fall victim to the end of a gun I’m like Marvin Gaye what really going on Is this the life we lead and what had it become Put down the Heat is not about beef Or taking it to the streets or selling 8/th or Keys Put Down the Heat is crazy nowadays isn’t even safe to sleep Put down the heat no one can do anything because the attitude is rob to eat So clueless and so are Police So now you know young star Bad things are not money or cars Do a bid on lock doing life behind bards Left with bullet flesh for scars We need a change of heart The days are last, start again and erase the past So now you know how these streets are Unload the chamber and clip put down the heater |
