Ghetto children

• Rachel Andrada, Grade 7
• Poetry
• 2006

Ya think all tha problems in tha world can get ya down?
Take a trip to da ‘hood n listen to tha sound,
Of gunshots n suffering dat tha ghetto children go through
Everyday thay live, think they’ll only live wun mo day or two
All tha gangstas and the poverty
Caint never bring tha peace to tha streets.
So think about ya cares,
Now compare dem to yours
You know ya caint compare to theirs.
Now live ya days like each is ya last
Think about it, it’ll do ya sum good,
Coz you’ll never know what it’s like to cum from tha ‘hood