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This is a true story about my best friend Ken....

KEN

This is a story bout a young man named Ken  
A poor street kid who had only a few friends              
Never knows where he’s goin nor where he been
One day he decides to hang on the corner      
The next thing I knew he became an organ donor          
All cuz the devil was messin with his head
Now Ken is slab meat in a morgue---dead    
That’s what happens when you do the crack thing       
Ken was white so this is not a black thing
I hope this message sinks in the head of you younger folks     
Doin drugs is not joke     
This is a true story bout a drug head named Ken      
Although he was drug user, he wasn’t a total loser      
He was first, my best friend    
Now he’s gone       
He left me here to do Earth alone     
As I continue to write about the wrong       
Lettin’ you youngons know       
This is no way to go

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1990lh commented on KEN

09-16-2009

i'm sorry for you lose this a very deep and beauitful poem i can related to this my brother is doing crack and even though we never really got along it kills me i hated when i see him snorting that shit, but any way great write

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