LaTijera Gipson Biography

Friends
Friends are something we think we have,
But don’t,
They say when it come down to it the got our back,
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I walked the streets and knew i was bad,
I reminisced on all the girls i had.
i could make a pimp get mad. Lots of elders look at me and say 'that is so sad, that smart young man headed to the pin.'
I walk down the block, that i knew was hot, but i didnt care cause anywho walked up on me was sure to be shot.
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Fire is everywhere, I can hear my mother on the outside, screaming, 'my baby in there get her out of that house'. I heard the fire trucks and the sound of shuttered glass. Someone had began to speak. 'Is there anyone in here'?
As soon as i had began to speak, the smoke had taken over me, it feeled my mouth i could no longer breath.
I feel to the floor, flames was beneath me. And then there stood a man at my feet. Soon my body was numb. and the man finally got me.
He scooped me up, & then carried me. i was taken to the hospital.
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