Loose Ends

Dear Mom

Alana's in her second trimester

Stressed out

'Cause I'm gone she acting all extra

We're happy cause she knows it's a girl

But we doubtful if we should bring another one in the world

An'the pic you sent with you and the kids is da bomb;

I'm keepin all my photos in my 23rd Psalm

My best friend Armani lost her arm at the border

Just tryin to restore a little peace and order an'

It's strange cause she reads the koran

Torn between what side she needs to be on

Haven't slept for days

I squeeze Visine

Cause no man's eyes should see what I've seen

Soldiers lost their mind

Robbin pillagin

Tomahawk missiles into civilian villages

And they ease the pain with narcotics

I'm scared but I'm tryin to remain patriotic

My father

Forgive us cause we know not what we doin

And my brothers

How we gonna tie up all these loose ends

And my mother

Tryin to use ev'rything you taught me to keep it movin'

And my brothers &sisters

How we gonna tie up all these loose ends

New message from mom at

Bringbackthetroopsdot-com:At

Home they 'Nam

So sad you had to miss Shavonne's prom

Just some songs off the Marvin Gaye What's going on album

And her smile lit up the room

She asks me

If at night when she stares at the moon

Is it possible at the same moment of time

You're starin'as well 'cause you two were in tune

Your dad's Purple Heart now hangs over his ashes

An'Trini's alive and wake up with hot flashes

They say the disease's gastric --

Have yet to explain the migraines and rashes

And have you seen what the price of gas is

We can't afford the property taxes

We just want you back at home

Where you belong with your family

You're the backbone

My father

Forgive us 'cause we know not what we doin'

And my brothers

How we gonn tie up all these loose ends

And my mother

Tryin to use ev'rything you taught me to keep it movin'

And my brothers &sisters

How we gonna tie up all these loose ends

Tell me how can we live this way

We've gone so far astray

No one knows what to say

We got young peoples lives at stake

What is it gonna take

For us to find a way

The world is changin

We in danger

'Cause We ain't changin

Our behaviour

We behave like

Calm is nothing

Ain't concerned with

Repercussions

Ain't that somethin

Check 'em out now

Pointin fingers

When they know how

We got to this point of terror

Precaution could have

Made the road clearer

But we stuck with

Mediocre leadership

So we'll just suffer

Who knows what the

Hell is going on

With conflicts they keep on growing

It's a f**ked up situation

When you ain't got no education

On the problem

Or know what its about

You gotta help me out