Impoverished peoples baited by illicit temptations
Pauses in moral hesitation before engaging in transgression
Perplexity abounds in life changing contemplation
Heed to virtue or delve into vice
Right or wrong is void in changing status quo
A call to conscience fails to suffice
A nine to five brings blood to a boil
Criminal history leaves future job prospects foiled
Slaving for pennies, drudgery in broil
Money, power, and respect
Craving immediate ascension in netherworld success
Easily obtained through drugs, guns, and sex
Liquor stores, Cell phone stores, Gun stores
Languishing on the maligned corners that plague the poor
Vagabonds beg for change in hoards
Prostitutes sell their product at the door
Affront of the myriad check cashing stores
The poor have few means for social success
Advantages and opportunities are nothing but less
Tumultuous conscience compartmentalized
Actions, legal or illicit, rationalized
Big profits recycled and capitalized
Loss of love, life, and liberty comes at a price
No matter the means of fortune and prominence
roll the dice, pick your vice: jail, death, or financial dominance
To be continued...
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