Where Did it Go?

 

Where did Childhood go?

The children of my day don't know toys, they don't know good books, they don't know the joy behind and innocent cartoon they know sex, drugs, ass shaking, and guns, they don't know the light of the sun only the dark of the moon. I remember a simple sentence "Boy go to your room" now its right there in their eyes BET, Worldstar, YouTube. The kids are dumb they're hungry for love and they're looking for it in all the wrong places, from all the wrong faces, and everyday they're opening more and more cases for the kids who were never taught.  

Where did Womanhood go? 

The women of my day don't know motherhood, they can't cook, they won't clean, they shake ass for the youth to see, there is no strength there is no power, how will my daughter ever learn to be womanly. What happened to the mystery behind the female anatomy? The respect that you all once had for yourselves is fading rapidly, what happens after me? Who will tell my daughter to keep her clothes on and decline these young boys happily? Are there any more women? There has to be. I fear for our woman, I hurt for our woman, please pray for our woman. 

Where did Manhood Go?

The men of my day don't know a hard days work, its easier to kill for it, to get high and forget about it, to leave responsibility to a tomorrow that never comes. We shoot each other, sell drugs to our brothers, sisters, families, the children have no guidelines no strong voice to tell them their actions are purely dumb. The men don’t know that there is no forever young if you play with life it could cost you one. These men will create a life and run that child will live and come up numb. Who will teach our sons the way of the words, how to love a woman, how to be the good guy even when no ones looking.

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