MOMMA PLEASE BE PROUD...

MOMMA I WENT TO THE CONCERT AND DID WHAT YOU SAID
WHILE THEY WERE SMOKIN BLUNTS I SAID, "I'LL PASS" INSTEAD.
MOMMA YOU WERE RIGHT I WAS FEELING PROUD
UNLIKE THEM I WASN'T ACTIN SILLY AND BEING LOUD
MOMMA I GOT INTO THE USUAL TEENAGE MESS AND WENT TO THE AFTER-PARTY LIKE

THE REST. I WENT TO MY BOYFRIENDS HOUSE AND IT WAS ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE ME AND HIM
BUT... HIS FRIENDS SHOWED UP AND IT TURNED IN TO ME AND THEM.
MOMMA THEY WERE ALL HIGH INSTEAD OF SAYIN, "NO" I ACTED SHY.
MOMMA HELP ME!!!
I'M BEING RAPED DEAR GOD DON'T LET THIS BE MY ENDING FATE!
MOMMA I COME HOME BLOODY AND BRUISED BUT, MOMMA IT ISN'T THE ONE YOU
ACCUSED.
MOMMA IT WAS HIS FRIENDS THAT ALMOST BROUGHT YOUR BABY'S LIFE TO AN
UNEXPECTED END.
MOMMA I'M PREGNANT AND HAVE THE HIV DISEASE.
WHY DID THIS HAPPEN ONLY TO ME?!
MOMMA I GAVE BIRTH TO A BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRL. GOD MADE HER THE MOST
PRECIOUS CREATURE IN THE WORLD.
GOD GAVE HER A CHANCE TO LIVE HER LIFE WITHOUT THE DISEASE BUT THAT IS
SOMETHING I WILL NEVER SEE.
WHEN I GAVE BIRTH MY BODY BECAME WEAK I HANDED HER TO YOU AND FELL INTO
AN EVERLASTING SLEEP.
MOMMA THERE ARE THREE LAST THINGS I WANT YOU TO TAKE IN STRIDE
THE FIRST IS TELL MY DAUGHTER I LOVE HER AND NAME HER SHAI
THE SECOND IS NEVER LET HER SEE YOU CRY
THE THIRD IS SIMPLE IN A WAY MAKE THEM PAY FOR ALL OUR PAIN.

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DANIELLE GRAY A.K.A CUT-TEE