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When you handed him that gun,
you handed him an opened door
allowed him to force respect and power with fear
When you handed him that gun,
he wasn't a little kid anymore
the violence and shootings he sees in video games
went from virtual to reality
"He's gonna be a crip,
so he better learn to represent"
and what if instead of the pencils he needs for school,
he brings a gun and thinks it's cool?
When you handed him that gun
he said "no"
even though he's only 6 years old
and has been traumatized enough,
you hand him a gun so he can look tough
You gave him unpermitted power,
showed him that it's the only way he can get
what he wants
he needs a father not a "homie"
I understand that you'd play favorites
but this type of favoritism is setting him up
for a life of gang violence
When you handed him that gun,
you said "it's for protection when i'm not here"
Only 6! And you're teaching him that he needs weapons
to stand up to his fears
That is not courage
Courage is walking away and not being ashamed
You're feeding him lies,
thrusting him into a world he doesn't deserve to be in
and he is beginning to think that it's fun
but he doesn't know that his friends will end up
dying, in jail, or fighting for a way out of that hell
That evil that men indoctrinate in the minds of young boys,
is that they do not cry
and you tell him to trade his tears for bullets and steel
trade his tears for retalliation
When you handed him that gun,
and his small and trembling hands reached out in submission,
you shaped his mind into an automatic
and slaughtered his innocence
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