Ghetto Boy I Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE AFGHFIJKFFFL AMNFFOIPQ AJFJR AS| Ghetto boy | A |
| Born in the hood and | B |
| With a golden spoon | C |
| But mine was with no food | D |
| So mama invested her sweat to the soil to make sure we feed well | E |
| - | |
| Ghetto boy | A |
| I watch with tears | F |
| As my brothers misunderstand | G |
| The understanding of our fathers who fought to be free from the white | H |
| Divided they fall in the name of confraternities | F |
| Hacking one another | I |
| They smile with satisfaction | J |
| Our rivers keep on flowing | K |
| That's The tears of our mothers | F |
| Families and friends crying over the demise | F |
| Of the fallen brothers | F |
| Down to ignorant | L |
| - | |
| Ghetto boy | A |
| Let the young hearts be educated | M |
| That if there's a reason to fight at all | N |
| Then he should fight for the weak rape victims | F |
| Fight that Nigeria may rise and walk for she still crawls | F |
| Fight the good course to better humanity | O |
| But know that every winner in the battlefield is a peaceful warrior | I |
| Fight but not to kill | P |
| Rather to make a change | Q |
| - | |
| Ghetto boy | A |
| Shoot but not with the gun | J |
| Let you gun be your lips | F |
| And your bullets let them be positive words of transformation | J |
| Strong enough to revive a dying man | R |
| - | |
| Ghetto boy | A |
| Never forget where you come from | S |
Tim Justin
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 01/22/2021
Poet's note: It's about where I live and grow as a child
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