Ya Don't Know What Poverty Is

[Toe Jay Simpson]

Breh real poverty if when you have to pray to God for the strength not to have to do something foul to someone to get what you need

Cause he’ll front me they Sat Nite Special if I bring him back $40 instead of $30

 

[King_Kamala61]

Breh real poverty if when you have to pray to God for the strength not to have to do something foul to someone to get what you need

Cause he’ll front me they Sat Nite Special if I bring him back $40 instead of $30

You mean the brown bag delivery? That's how I got food sometimes. I was given the bag and told don't look in it. Cross the field to Peach street project and give it to Peaches. Peaches was a gangbanger with a silk press. I got a 20 for it.

Sardines and rice that night. My Mama ask where I got the money I told her I was cutting yards and washing cars, then I graduated to Peaches showing me to cook it soft or cook it hard.

 

[focusloco]

grilled cheese sandwiches no meat involved...open the cubbard and a thousand roaches running for their life

Been there big dog...mom used to send me to steal the neighbors newspaper because he was a gay man

 

[King_Kamala61]

grilled cheese sandwiches no meat involved...open the cubbard and a thousand roaches running for their life

Been there big dog...mom used to send me to steal the neighbors newspaper because he was a gay man

I got sleep issues still today cause Mama would put us to bed and Dad would get upset from the racism at work and made he got kids to pay child support for so he would wait til we go to sleep beat Mama

 

[focusloco]

I got sleep issues still today cause Mama would put us to bed and Dad would get upset from the racism at work and made he got kids to pay child support for so he would wait til we go to sleep beat Mama

What you know about putting on extra clothes to soften them blows cuz you know pops was dealing with racism shyt and mom was talking shyt ... we used to hide under our bed when I heard my dad truck pull up from work

 

[King_Kamala61]

What you know about putting on extra clothes to soften them blows cuz you know pops was dealing with racism shyt and mom was talking shyt ... we used to hide under our bed when I heard my dad truck pull up from work

I learned first aid at 4 breh...cleaning her face up...

I remember the first time heard the word n***ER when the cops came and pulled my dad over for kidnapping us after beating my Mama ass...

Racist cops say, "You bring them n***ER boys back to they Mama"

 

[focusloco]

I learned first aid at 4 breh...cleaning her face up...

I remember the first time heard the word n***ER when the cops came and pulled my dad over for kidnapping us after beating my Mama ass...

Racist cops say, "You bring them n***ER boys back to they Mama"

Quick story....our family got busted by the swat team ....they made a whole episode on tv about our shyt....it's called Nastyboys....anyways I remember my dad trying to flush that shyt and this cac mfer put his gun to my pops head and said "do it n***Er"

I was right there breh...I seen the whole thing...they busted every single windows out our house that night

 

[CopiousX]

I learned first aid at 4 breh...cleaning her face up...

I remember the first time heard the word n***ER when the cops came and pulled my dad over for kidnapping us after beating my Mama ass...

Racist cops say, "You bring them n***ER boys back to they Mama"

It's slightly off topic, but have you considered branching out of art into literature? I guarantee you that if you wrote down your experiences as a black child living in poverty , you may have a lot of awards coming your way. As black people these stories of poverty are commonplace to us and undervalued, but white people absolutely eat that stuff up like crack.

You may even be able to grow your career by feeding off of your literary acclaim. You should Seriously consider writing down those stories and getting an editor.

American fiction was lowkey telling the truth. A while ago I actually tried publishing in historical academic journals, and you'd be surprised the vast majority of the award winners are about ethnic struggle.