The crooks and curves of Chicago concrete streets are set deep deep deep<\/p>\n
BAH BAH BAH
\nWe rise and lay flattened prostrate whenever the pistol rooster speaks
\nSinging confirmation <\/p>\n
Whooah Whooah Whooah
\nSirens scream closely behind the scene
\nWith no mountain-top dreams or affirmation <\/p>\n
WE EW WE EW WE EW
\nA sluggish struggling symphony the ambulance hums and cries<\/p>\n
Lead us not into temptation
\nDeliver us from evil lies<\/p>\n
Grab my words babies and prayers to attention feet<\/p>\n
Lord I long to be with you
\nBut I got promises to keep<\/p>\n
I borrowed that last line from Robert Frost
\nHe was familiar with dark gloomy days
\nI wonder when he wasn\u2019t writing poems did he speak to you this way<\/p>\n
He had miles yet to go before he went to sleep<\/p>\n
His sentiment comforts my pains in a way<\/p>\n
The curses and crafts of Chicago streets are constitutional and cut deep <\/p>\n
Child 4 shot in crossfire dies
\n16 injured 32 fatalities
\nMost weekends what we face<\/p>\n
NRA WINS NEW CASE<\/p>\n
NOBODY RUNNING
\nWE HAVE BEEN TRAINED NOT TONRUN FROM GUNS
\nITS NOT ABOUT RUNNING ITS ABOUT THE RACE<\/p>\n
BAH BAH BAH
\nwe roll diwn the sides of the beds lay flat and pray<\/p>\n
Whooah Whooah Whooah
\nITS GONE OKAY
\nSTAY DOWN BE THERE IN A MINUTE
\nCHECKING WINDOWS NO SPRAY<\/p>\n
WE EW WE EW WE EW
\nWE CAN STAND
\nBREATHE
\nHAVE A GOOD DAY<\/p>\n
hug my babies in my prayers every day we keep<\/p>\n
Lord I long for you
\nBut I got promises to keep<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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