It Was a Gift of Presence (Breakfast with my son in The Hood)

By Iris Wildflower, Philadelphia, April 11, 2019 —

Just another day living ‘n the hood….
Just another day around the way…
Just another day living ‘n the hood…. I’m feeling good 2-day ‘n… Phila-Del-phi-A…

So let’s knock down these walls…TEAR off these chains…and which up our ways…

So now we can breathe again… Man I can breathe again… I been stressing 4 a long time had 2 cut off some
friends they ain’t wanna c me ball, they ain’t wanna c me win!

Screaming they’re “real” but all they do is pretend… my heart is colder than ice…
like Chicago wind…
I work hard 4 this like a Mexican… had 2 cut them people off they on That stuff again, could be the perks or the Beni’s… But it was all love w/me never ’bout the benjamins…

I could have caught like 5-10, And I wont do that stuff again… so now I can breathe again.

Knock down walls
Tore off chains…
Which up my ways…

Now I can
Breathe again, Man
I
can
breathe
again…